The UNESCO-IOC-IODE "Global Oceanographic Data Archeology and Rescue" (GODAR) Project and "World Ocean Database" Project

Japanese Contribution to the World Data Center for Oceanography

The Japan Oceanographic Data Center has been submitting oceanographic data to the World Data Center)for oceanography through the framework of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange committee sponsored by the UNESCO/IOC. In the World Ocean Database 2009 which is the compiled database of WDC for oceanography, the Japanese contribution has reached about 16% of the total. Jap...

The World Ocean Database

The World Ocean Database (WOD) is the most comprehensive global ocean profile-plankton database available internationally without restriction. All data are in one well-documented format and are available both on DVDs for a minimal charge and on-line without charge. The latest DVD version of the WOD is the World Ocean Database 2009 (WOD09). All data in the WOD are associated with as much metadat...

Needed: Global Collaboration for Comparative Research on Cities and Health

Over half of the world’s population lives in cities and United Nations (UN) demographers project an increase of 2.5 billion more urban dwellers by 2050. Yet there is too little systematic comparative research on the practice of urban health policy and management (HPAM), particularly in the megacities of middle-income and developing nations. We make a case for creating a global database on citie...

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION (OF UNESCO) JOINT WMO/IOC TECHNICAL COMMISSION FOR OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE METEOROLOGY ADVANCES IN THE APPLICATIONS OF MARINE CLIMATOLOGY The Dynamic Part of the WMO Guide to the Applications of Marine Meteorology

Indicators of Stress in the Marine Benthos

Proceedings of an International workshop on the promotion and use of benthic tools for assessing the health of coastal marine ecosystems Proceedings of an International workshop on the promotion and use of benthic tools for assessing the health of coastal marine ecosystems Disclaimer The designation employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of an...