Terms and Conditions

Data Policy

Handling policy of data and samples obtained by research cruises depends on fiscal year of operation, research vessel used, or type of call for proposals. Data and samples under Public Distribution Moratorium Period defined in the respective handling policy, or those obtained from cruises with no handling policy, are disclosed for public distribution under permission by Principal Investigator or Dive Researcher.

Type of data policy applied to each cruise is indicated on each cruise page.

Cruises with "JAMSTEC" Data Policy Cruises with "JURCAOS-JAMSTEC" Data Policy
Type of Cruise Handling Policy Type of Cruise Handling Policy
MIRAI Cruises FY1998 - FY2007 Handling policy for each FY attached to the research proposal application documents Cooperative Research Cruises FY2019 - Data and Sample Handling Policy for Cooperative Research Cruises
FY2008 - JAMSTEC regulations for handling data and samples
Deep Sea Research Cruises FY2001 - FY2002 Follow the handling policy for MIRAI cruise of corresponding FY
FY2003 - FY2007 Handling policy for each FY attached to the research proposal application documents
FY2008 - JAMSTEC regulations for handling data and samples
Other Cruises FY1981 - FY2007 no handling policy
FY2008 - JAMSTEC regulations for handling data and samples

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Conditions of Use

Conditions of use of the data and samples provided on this web site depend on the data policy.
Type of data policy applied to each cruise is indicated on each cruise page.

Cruises with "JAMSTEC" Data Policy Cruises with "JURCAOS-JAMSTEC" Data Policy
  1. Provided data and samples shall belong to JAMSTEC, and users shall only be entitled to the use thereof.
  2. JAMSTEC shall not bear any responsibility for the results of use of the provided data and samples.
  3. Users shall not change maliciously or sell the provided data or samples.
  4. Additional costs of communication, media, shipping and expendable supplies required for providing the data or samples shall be borne by users.
  5. For publicizing the results obtained by using the provided data and samples, users shall clearly refer to the use of JAMSTEC data and samples. For more information, see "Acknowledgement and citation" below.
  6. For granting the use of provided data and samples, JAMSTEC may ask users to state the responsible person who has obtained such data and samples.
  7. For publicizing the results obtained by using the provided data and samples, see "How to report the publication of results" below.
  1. Provided data and samples shall belong to JURCAOS and JAMSTEC, and users shall only be entitled to the use thereof.
  2. JURCAOS and JAMSTEC shall not bear any responsibility for the results of use of the provided data and samples.
  3. Users shall not change maliciously or sell the provided data or samples.
  4. Additional costs of communication, media, shipping and expendable supplies required for providing the data or samples shall be borne by users.
  5. For more information, see "Acknowledgement and citation" below.
  6. For granting the use of provided data and samples, JURCAOS and JAMSTEC may ask users to state the responsible person who has obtained such data and samples.
  7. For publicizing the results obtained by using the provided data and samples, see "How to report the publication of results" below.

These conditions may be modified or added if necessary.

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Commercial Use of Data and Samples

An Application is required in advance when using data or samples for commercial purposes. When you use the data, please send the "Request for JAMSTEC Data" to the e-mail as below.
When you use the sample, please contact sample management department. If you don't know sample management department, please contact the email as below.

dmojamstec.go.jp

The office in charge of intellectual property shall make contact with you.
For the commercial use of images and films, please contact the Research Resource Management Section (imagesjamstec.go.jp).

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Other Notification in Use

Information of data and samples may be changed without notice. In creating or publishing maps from bathymetry data, regulation on similar publication in the article 25 in the law on hydrographic works may be applied.

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Acknowledgement and citation

When publicizing a result obtained by using data and samples, please state an appropriate acknowledgement and/or a citation.


 Cruises with "JAMSTEC" Data Policy Cruises with "JURCAOS-JAMSTEC" Data Policy
Acknowledgement Please state the title and URL of data site you used, and describe that you used the JAMSTEC data and/or samples on this data site. Please state the title and URL of data site you used, and describe that you used the data and/or samples obtained by Cooperation Research Cruise which are provided from this data site.
DOI Citation

Cruise and cruise reports are assigned DOIs in turn. Please use DOIs to cite cruise or cruise reports in the format specified for each medium.
You can copy the major citation style by entering the DOI into the DOI Citation Formatter  .

Cruise: DOIs are described in the item "DOI" on each cruise page.
e.g.
JURCAOS, JAMSTEC, 2019. SHINSEI MARU KS-19-7 Cruise Data. https://doi.org/10.17596/0002044

Cruise report：DOIs are described in the upper right corner of the front cover of each PDF file.
e. g.
Kawakami, H., 2003. Cruise Report of NT03-12. https://doi.org/10.17596/0003667

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How to report the publication of results

Users are requested to send a Publication Report to the responsible office, to report a publication of results obtained by using data and samples provided through this data site.

Cruises with "JAMSTEC" Data Policy Cruises with "JURCAOS-JAMSTEC" Data Policy

Publication Report (for JAMSTEC Cruise)

[JAMSTEC office]

submit-rv-cruisejamstec.go.jp

Publication Report (for Cooperative Research Cruise: under preparation)

[CRC office]

kyodoriyoaori.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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About Data Quality

On this site, cruise data is classified as below table. Please note that the classification has been changed from the old site (opened until March 18th, 2022).

Quality classification on this site Quality classification on the old public site Content
Raw Raw Raw data as acquired by Vessel
DMO-Processed Processed (DMO)-Basic
Processed (DMO)-QCed
Processed (DMO)-Corrected		 DMO* performs value conversion, quality flag addition, correction, filter processing, etc.
PI-Processed Processed (DMO/PI)
Processed (PI)		 Principal Investigators process (including partially processed by DMO)

Note: Details of data quality and processing content are shown in the ReadMe. Please download the data file and check it.
*DMO: Data Management Office

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