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 2021

Ship Name	Cruise No.	Observation Area	Start Date	End Date
Ryofu Maru	2101	The western North Pacific	13 Jan. 2021	23 Feb. 2021
Ryofu Maru	2102	East of Honshu	01 Mar. 2021	21 Mar. 2021
Keifu Maru	2101	South of Honshu	08 Jan. 2021	26 Jan. 2021
Keifu Maru	2102	The western Pacific	02 Feb. 2021	12 Mar. 2021

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.)