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updated on 30 Oct. 2017
Research Plans of GEOTRACES Japan
Compliant Cruises and Studies
Plan and status of the research cruises and studies related to GEOTRACES Japan are shown in the following table. Those cruises and studies are expected to contribute to GEOTRACES though those are not endorsed as a GEOTRACES cruise or study.
Criteria for the GEOTRACES compliant cruise and study decided by SSC is shown in PDF.
Also, a flow chart to guide cruise leaders who wish to develop a research programme to be designated as a GEOTRACES cruise or compliant data has been published.
Responsible researcher in those cruises or studies is kindly requested to provide update information of the cruise or studiy to JODC with the form of pre/post cruise metadata at its e-mail address: jodc (a) jodc.go.jp.
| Year | Ship (Platform) |
Cruise ID | Status | PI of Cruise |
CS forGEOTRACES | Period | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Hakuho-Maru | KH-03-01, leg.3,4 | Done | Y.Sano(ORI) | Y.Sano(ORI) | 25 Jun - 11 Aug 03 |
East Pacific Ocean |
| 2004/ 2005 | Hakuho-Maru | KH-04-05 | Done | T.Gamo(ORI)/ Y.Sano(ORI)/ K.Kogure(ORI) |
T.Gamo(ORI) | 29 Nov 04 - 22 Mar 05 |
South Pacific Ocean and Antarctic Ocean |
| 2005 | Tansei-Maru | KT-05-11 | Done | T.Gamo(ORI) | T.Gamo(ORI) | 16-26 May 05 | Sea of Japan |
| 2006 | Tansei-Maru | KT-06-18 | Done | H.Obata(ORI) | H.Obata(ORI) | 14-16 Aug 06 | Sagami Bay, Suruga Bay of the south coast of Japan |
| 2007 | Tansei-Maru | KT-07-24 | Done | T.Gamo(ORI) | T.Gamo(ORI) | 25 Sep - 4 Oct 07 |
Sea of Japan |
| 2007 | Tansei-Maru | KT-07-27 | Done | H.Obata(ORI) | H.Obata(ORI) | 21-25 Oct 07 | Sagami Bay, Suruga Bay, Tokyo bay of the south coast of Japan, and Kuroshio region |
| 2008 | Tansei-Maru | KT-08-04 | Done | Y.Sano (ORI) | T.Gamo(ORI) | 13-19 Mar 08 | Okinawa Trough |
| 2009 | Tansei-Maru | KT-09-13 | Done | T.Gamo(ORI) | T.Gamo(ORI) | 24-30 Jul 09 | South-off of Honshu island of Japan, Kuroshio region |
| 2015 | Shinsei-Maru | KS-15-06 | Done | H.Obata(AORI) | H.Obata(AORI) | 25 Jun. - 6 Jul. 2015 | East China sea, Okinawa Trough, Philippine Sea |
| 2016 | Hakuho-Maru | KH-16-07 | Done | I.Yasuda(AORI) | J.Nishioka(Hokaido Univ.) | 6-26 Dec 2016 | East China Sea, Sub-tropical region of Western Pacific Ocean |