Data Policy

The Meteorological Research Institute of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA/MRI) and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) have developed the dataset “Four-dimensional variational ocean reanalysis for the seas around Japan over 60 years” (FORA-JPN60) under MEXT-Program for the advanced studies of climate change projection (SENTAN) Grant Number JPMXD0722680734. This dataset is available under the terms and conditions and the constraints listed below.

Terms and Conditions

  1. The dataset is available free of charge.
  2. Users are not permitted to redistribute, deliver, or sell the dataset to public.
  3. The source of the dataset should be accordingly acknowledged and the article below should also be referred in scientific or technical papers, publications, press releases or other communications regarding the dataset.：
    Usui, N., N. Hirose, K. Sakamoto, H. Asai, S. Nishikawa, H. Igarashi, Y. Kawakami, K. Aoki, H. Nakano, Y. Ishikawa, 2026: Four-dimensional variational ocean reanalysis for the seas around Japan over 60 years (FORA-JPN60): Part I – system configuration and basic performance. J. Oceanogr., doi;10.1007/s10872-026-00795-x
    Example of the citation format:
    This study utilized the dataset ‘Four-dimensional variational ocean reanalysis for the seas around Japan over 60 years’ (FORA-JPN60), which was produced by Meteorological Research Institute of Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA/MRI) and Japan Agency for Marine-Science and Technology (JAMSTEC).
  4. Users should provide JAMSTEC/CEIST a copy or URI of their scientific or technical papers, publications, press releases or other communications regarding the dataset.

Contact

Application Laboratory, Research Institute for Earth and Information Sciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Address
3173-25, Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-0001, Japan
E-mail

Constraints and Disclaimer

  1. The copyright and intellectual property right of the dataset belong to JMA/MRI and JAMSTEC. Please note that although JMA/MRI and JAMSTEC have paid the close attention to produce the dataset, JMA/MRI and JAMSTEC assume no responsibility regarding the reliability of the dataset.
  2. JMA/MRI and JAMSTEC are not responsible to users for any damage that may be caused by the use of the dataset.

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