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 2018

Ship Name	Cruise No.	Observation Area	Start Date	End Date
Keifu Maru	1801	South of Honshu and the East China Sea	06 Jan. 2018	24 Jan. 2018
Keifu Maru	1802	The western North Pacific	29 Jan. 2018	09 Mar. 2018
Keifu Maru	1803	East of Honshu	14 Mar. 2018	26 Mar. 2018
Ryofu Maru	1801	The western North Pacific	10 Jan. 2018	22 Feb. 2018
Ryofu Maru	1802	East of Honshu	28 Feb. 2018	26 Mar. 2018

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.)