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.

Winter of 2020

Ship Name	Cruise No.	Observation Area	Start Date	End Date
Ryofu Maru	2001	The western North Pacific and the East China Sea	10 Jan. 2020	21 Feb. 2020
Ryofu Maru	2002	East of Honshu	27 Feb. 2020	23 Mar. 2020
Keifu Maru	2001	The western North Pacific	08 Jan. 2020	26 Jan. 2020
Keifu Maru	2002	The western North Pacific	01 Feb. 2020	23 Mar. 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.)