Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observations by Research Vessels

Oceanographic and marine meteorological observations are conducted in the western North Pacific and in the seas adjacent to Japan by two JMA research vessels named Ryofu Maru and Keifu Maru. Background marine pollution and greenhouse gases are also observed. For details of the data provided on this website, please refer to Description and Format of Data.

Observation Data

Point to one of the seasons below to display all observation tracklines for the season. Clicking on the season shows a list of observation cruises for that period in the table on the right.

Winter Spring Summer Fall

Revision History

Pointing to a ship name displays its trackline in the figure on the left. Click on the ship name to view the station chart and observation data of the cruise.

Summer of 2020

Ship Name	Cruise No.	Observation Area	Start Date	End Date
Ryofu Maru	2005	South of Honshu and the East China Sea	05 Jun. 2020	15 Jul. 2020
Ryofu Maru	2006	The western North Pacific	30 Jul. 2020	09 Sep. 2020
Keifu Maru	2005	The western North Pacific	19 Jun. 2020	24 Jul. 2020
Keifu Maru	2006	The western North Pacific	30 Jul. 2020	20 Aug. 2020

JMA Data Report of Oceanographic Observations Special Issue is preserved by the National Diet Library's Web Archiving Project (WARP). (Go to the WARP page.)