KER 3-4 : CRUISE SUMMARY REPORT : 96036

Reference No.: 96036
Country      : Japan
Restrict Data: No

Ship Name: SHUMPU MARU
Ship Type: Research Vessel
Call Sign: 

Cruise No./Name  : 96-08
Cruise Period    : 17/08/1996 to 12/09/1996
Port of Departure: Kobe
Port of Return   : Kobe

Responsible Laboratory: Kobe Marine Observatory, Japan Meteorological Agency
Address               : 7-14-1, Nakayamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo,650  Japan
Chief Scientist(s)    : K. Hayashi   KMO, JMA

General Ocean Area(s): Philippine Sea
Specific Areas       : South of Honshu 
Geographic Coverage  : 
Project Name: IGOSS,KER,WESTPAC


Coordinating Body:

Principal Investigators: A; Oceanographical Div., KMO, JMA
                         B; Maritime Meteorological Div., KMO, JMA

Objectives and Brief Narrative of Cruise:
     Regular Oceanographic (physical, chemical and biological) and maritime meteorological
     observations in the South of Honshu.
     The observations along the TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetry satellite tracks in order to
     contribute to the development of oceanographical data assimilation system.

Moorings,Bottom Mounted Gear and Drifting Systems:

Summary of Measurements and Samples Taken:
      PI  NO   UNITS    DATA TYPE                                              [DESCRIPTION]
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      A  2334  NM       Surface measurements underway(T,S)                     [Countinuous sea surface temperature recordig.			]
      A  85    stations Current profiler(e.g. ADCP)                            [Using FURUNO ELECTRIC co. LTD Acoustic Doppler]
                                                                               [Current Meter.]
      A  34    stations CTD stations                                           [Using Neil-Brown Mark IIIB CTD (only upper]
                                                                               [1200m except 1 station).]
      A  10    stations Water bottle stations                                  [Using Rosette sampler.]
                        Oxygen                                                
                        Phosphates                                            
                        Nitrates                                              
      A  3     stations pH                                                     [Using Rosette sampler.]
      A  10    stations Phytoplankton pigments(e.g. chlorophyll, fluorescence) [Using Rosette sampler.]
      A  9     stations Phytoplankton                                          [Using bucket.]
      A  9     stations Zooplankton                                            [Using neuston net.]
      A  19    stations Transparency(e.g. transmissometer)                     [Using Secchi disk.]
      A  56    drops    Bathythermograph drops                                 [9 stations using XBT T6 type prove, 7 stations]
                                                                               [usings XBT with T7 type probe, 40 stations]
                                                                               [using TSURUMI-SEIKI co.LTD. MICON-BT.]
      B  135   stations Routine standard measurements                          [Observed every three hours.]
      B  19    stations Instrumented wave measurements                         [Using wave recorder, OKI DENKI co. WX-1008]