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.

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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 2010

Ship Name	Cruise No.	Observation Area	Start Date	End Date
Ryofu Maru	1007	The western North Pacific and the East China Sea	09 Nov. 2010	22 Dec. 2010
Keifu Maru	1007	The western North Pacific and the Sea of Japan	02 Oct. 2010	04 Nov. 2010
Keifu Maru	1008	The western North Pacific	09 Nov. 2010	26 Nov. 2010
Keifu Maru	1009	East of Honshu	03 Dec. 2010	22 Dec. 2010

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.)