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.

Spring of 2017

Ship Name	Cruise No.	Observation Area	Start Date	End Date
Keifu Maru	1703	East of Honshu	08 Apr. 2017	26 Apr. 2017
Keifu Maru	1704	The western North Pacific	02 May 2017	06 Jun. 2017
Ryofu Maru	1704	East of Honshu	08 Apr. 2017	19 Apr. 2017
Ryofu Maru	1705	South of Honshu	25 Apr. 2017	08 May 2017
Ryofu Maru	1706	The western North Pacific, the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea	16 May 2017	16 Jun. 2017

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.)