KER 3-4 : CRUISE SUMMARY REPORT : 97001

Reference No.: 97001
Country      : Japan
Restrict Data: No

Ship Name: CHOFU MARU
Ship Type: Marine and Meteorological observation ship
Call Sign: 

Cruise No./Name  : 97-01
Cruise Period    : 22/01/1997 to 08/03/1997
Port of Departure: Nagasaki
Port of Return   : Nagasaki

Responsible Laboratory: Nagasaki Marine Observatory, Japan Meteorological Agency
Address               : 11-51, Minamiyamatemachi, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki, 850 Japan
Chief Scientist(s)    : K. Kimura, Marine Obsevation

General Ocean Area(s): East China Sea (Tung Hai)
                       Philippine Sea
Specific Areas       : 
Geographic Coverage  : 59,60,96,132,131,95   

Project Name: IGOSS,KER,MARPOLMON,WESTPAC


Coordinating Body:

Principal Investigators: A; S. Wakaki,
                         B; K. Kimura,
                         C; M. Iwamoto,
                         D; K. Ashimine,

Objectives and Brief Narrative of Cruise:
     *A seasonal oceanographical observation (physicalm chemical and biology) in the East
     China Sea and the Philippine Sea in winte.
     *An observation of marine pollutant to monitor background of marine pollution.
     *Oceanographical and maritime meteorological observations for the verification of
     buoy robot observation.
      

Moorings,Bottom Mounted Gear and Drifting Systems:

Summary of Measurements and Samples Taken:
      PI  NO   UNITS    DATA TYPE                                              [DESCRIPTION]
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      A  72    Stations CTD stations                                           [Using Neil-Brown Mark 3B CTD.]
      A  37    Days     Subsurface measurements underway(T,S)                  [Using Tsurumi-Seiki Co.thermosalinograph.]
      A  37    Days     Current profiler(e.g. ADCP)                            [Using Furuno Co. ADCM.]
      A  24    Days     Bathythermograph drops                                 [XBT drops with T6 type probes.]
      B  29    Stations Oxygen                                                 [Using Rosette sampler.]
                        Phosphates                                            
                        Nitrates                                              
                        Nitrites                                              
      B  3     Stations Total-P                                                [Using Rosette sampler.]
                        pH                                                    
      B  2     Stations Trace metals                                           [Using Rosette sampler.]
      B  2     Stations Petroleum residues                                     [Using glass jar.]
      B  1     Stations Other contaminant measurements                         [Using Neuston net.]
      B  2     Stations Radioactivity                                          [Using Rosette sampler.]
      C  8     Stations Phytoplankton pigments(e.g. chlorophyll, fluorescence) [Using Rosette sampler.]
      C  8     Stations Phytoplankton                                          [Using stainless steel water bucket.]
      C  8     Stations Zooplankton                                            [Using Norpac net.]
      D  37    Days     Routine standard measurements                          [Using cylindrical resonator digital barometer,]
                                                                               [platinum resistance thermometer, lithium]
                                                                               [chloride dew-point hygrometer and wind vane]
                                                                               [and fan-anemograph.]
      D  26    Times    Upper air observations                                 [Automated shipboard aerological observation]
                                                                               [system by VAISALA.]
      D  131   Stations Instrumented wave measurements                         [Using Micro-wave wavemeter.]