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 2006

Ship Name	Cruise No.	Observation Area	Start Date	End Date
Kofu Maru	0601	East of Honshu	24 Jan. 2006	28 Feb. 2006
Keifu Maru	0601	The western North Pacific	18 Jan. 2006	02 Mar. 2006
Chofu Maru	0601	The western North Pacific and the East China Sea	26 Jan. 2006	26 Feb. 2006
Ryofu Maru	0601	The western North Pacific	15 Jan. 2006	05 Mar. 2006
Seifu Maru	0601	The Sea of Japan	25 Jan. 2006	03 Mar. 2006

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.)