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 2016

Ship Name	Cruise No.	Observation Area	Start Date	End Date
Keifu Maru	1609	South of Honshu and the East China Sea	16 Nov. 2016	19 Dec. 2016
Ryofu Maru	1607	East of Honshu	01 Oct. 2016	13 Oct. 2016
Ryofu Maru	1608	East of Honshu and the Sea of Japan	21 Oct. 2016	06 Dec. 2016
Ryofu Maru	1609	East of Honshu and the Sea of Japan	11 Dec. 2016	24 Dec. 2016

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.)