1. NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
PHILIPPINES

2. HISTORY of PHILIPPINE NODC:
1961 – National Committee on Marine Science (NCMS) was
formed to serve as the focal point of IOC in the
country
1966 – NCMS designated the then Bureau of Coast &
Geodetic Survey (BCGS) as the custodian of the
NODC
Philippines became a participating member of IODE
system with the implementation of the CSK project
1987 – National Mapping and Resource Information Authority
(NAMRIA) was created to merge all mapping
agencies where BCGS was included together with (3)
other agencies

6. NODC Data Holdings 1. Tides 2. Tidal and ocean currents 3. BT data
 Types of data holdings currently in the NODC:
1. Tides
2. Tidal and ocean currents
3. BT data
4. Salinity and density
5. Water temperature
6. Ocean meteorology
The type of data in the NODC were results of:
a. Oceanographic data from cooperative
projects.
b. Data acquired through bilateral exchange with
other countries .
c. NAMRIA data collected in the performance of its
function as a hydrographic and
oceanographic office of the government.

7. OTHER DATA CONCERNS
Bathymetric data are currently stored in our map
production unit
Data from other fields such as chemical,
biological, meteorological and geophysical are still
in the archives of the agencies concerned.
Data are available in forms, reports, publications,
and/ or floppy disks.

8. Data Processing, Management and Exchange
The technology extended by JODC in 1988 and 1989 which
introduced the digitization of analog data have help a lot in
the continuing development of the NODC.
Some of the computer equipment and oceanographic software
from that assistance have been continuously in use for data
processing and management
As with the other software and equipment provided by the
ASEAN-Australia Cooperative Programme on Marine Science
Projects Tides and Tidal Phenomena (TTP) and Regional Ocean
Dynamics (ROD).
Further development of software are still being undertaken by
NAMRIA for its NODC especially from the System Development
and Programming Division of the Information Management
Department of NAMRIA.
Also incorporating the software from UHLC

9. Exchange:
In addition, among the involvement of Philippine NODC in the international data exchange are:
ASEAN-Australia Cooperative Programme on Marine
Sciences which involves “tides and tidal phenomena
(TTP) project and the regional ocean Dynamics (ROD)
project - Current Metering Experiment”
Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS)/ PSMSL
Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS)/
IGOSS Sea Level Project in the Pacific (ISLPP)
Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere (TOGA)
World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)
Pacific Tsunami Warning System (PTWS)

10. Other NODC Related Activity of NAMRIA
1. Digital capture of time series meteorological data of survey vessels in its transit and survey routes.
2. Plan to retrieve old log books of survey vessels for eventual conversion to digital format.
3. To increase data holdings of CTD observations.
4. ADCP data would soon be an addition to its data holdings.
5. NAMRIA digitization of old analog data to digital format from past years of observation beginning from is still in progress.
 6. At the national level, consultative meetings of the NCMS committee are constantly in progress to address the issue to fully develop the Philippine NODC.

11. "THANK YOU"

12. KURUSHIO current circulation from the east coast of the Philippines towards Taiwan then to Japan