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.

Fall of 2008

Ship Name	Cruise No.	Observation Area	Start Date	End Date
Kofu Maru	0810	East of Honshu	21 Oct. 2008	25 Nov. 2008
Keifu Maru	0810	The western North Pacific	30 Oct. 2008	28 Nov. 2008
Chofu Maru	0809	The western North Pacific and the East China Sea	30 Sep. 2008	01 Nov. 2008
Ryofu Maru	0811	The western North Pacific	05 Nov. 2008	01 Dec. 2008
Seifu Maru	0810	The Sea of Japan	21 Oct. 2008	25 Nov. 2008

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.)