About JAMSTEC E-library of Deep-sea Images

The Global Oceanographic Data Center (GODAC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) holds and manages the data of valuable deep sea research videos and photos which were obtained by JAMSTEC submersibles and make them available to the public. The JAMSTEC E-library of Deep-sea Images provides users with access to videos and photos whose moratorium periods have expired, along with detailed information including research location and context (ex. living organism or phenomena). Although the videos and photos on this site are in low resolution, high resolution data are available on request. Users are able to search for videos and photos by content or dive information and browse videos and photos. All of data on this site belongs to JAMSTEC.

Available Data

2012/08/01 updated

SubmersibleYear of dive#registered
dives
#videos
#photos
#videos with
comments
SHINKAI2000 1982-20021287 58417
141782
17905
SHINKAI6500 1990-2009975 40966
260597
9134
DOLPHIN-3K 1987-2002517 10859
30659
1589
HYPER-DOLPHIN 2000-2009880 26377
291422
4976
KAIKO 1995-2009374 9406
65057
1471

Terms and Conditions

Although using data on this site for scientific or educational purposes is free of charge, users are requested to express that JAMSTEC data is used in the paper, document or video etc. In using data for other purposes and of high resolution, please refer to "Terms and Conditions" page.

Contact

Data Management Office, JAMSTEC manages videos and photos on this site.Contact address on videos and photos is as follows:


Related links

Data Research System for Whole Cruise Information in JAMSTEC

Provides data from JAMSTEC's research cruises.

BISMaL(Biological Information System for Marine Life)

Provides biological information including photos, videos, biogeography, etc. of marine organisms.

JAMSTEC Document Catalog

Provides access to publications and research papers issued by JAMSTEC.

Global Oceanographic Data Center (GODAC)

Holds the data of deep sea research images obtained by JAMSTEC submersibles.

Data Research Center for Marine-Earth Sciences (DrC)

Manages and makes available JAMSTEC's research data and samples to the public.

JAMSTEC Channel on YouTube

Provides streaming of videos created by JAMSTEC.