CRUISE SUMMARY REPORT(CSR) DISPLAY

Reference No.: 95036
Country      : Japan
Restrict Data: No

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

Cruise No./Name  : 95-10
Cruise Period    : 02/10/1995 to 31/10/1995
Port of Departure: Nagasaki
Port of Return   : Nagasaki

Responsible Laboratory: Nagasaki MarineObservatory, Japan Meteorological Agency
Address               : 11-51, Minamiyamatemachi, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki, 850 Japan
Chief Scientist(s)    : R. Okada   NMO, JMA

General Ocean Area(s): East China Sea
                       Philippine Sea
Specific Areas       : 
Geographic Coverage  : 95,96,131,132
Project Name: IGOSS,KER,MARPOLMON,WESTPAC


Coordinating Body:

Principal Investigators: A; Mr. S. Wakaki   NMO, JMA
                         B; Mr. K. Kimura   NMO, JMA
                         C; Mr. J. Jifuku   NMO, JMA
                         D; Mr. Y. Tomiyama   NMO, JMA

Objectives and Brief Narrative of Cruise:
     A seasonal oceanographical observation (physical, chemical and biological) in the
     East China Sea in autumn.
     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]
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      A  75    stations CTD stations                                           [Using Neil-Brown MK 3B CTD.]
      A  19    days     Subsurface measurements underway(T,S)                  [Using Tsurumi-seiki Co. thermosalinograph.]
      A  21    days     Current profiler(e.g. ADCP)                            [Using Furuno Co. ADCM.]
      A  6     drops    Bathythermograph drops                                 [XBT drops with T6 type probes.]
      A  29    stations Oxygen                                                 [Using Rosette sampler.]
                        Phosphates                                            
                        Nitrates                                              
                        Nitrites                                              
      B  3     stations pH                                                     [Using Rosette sampler.]
      B  2     stations Trace metals                                           [Using Rosette sampler.]
      B  2     stations Trace metals                                           [Using glass jar.]
      B  3     stations Other contaminant measurements                         [Using Neuston net.]
      C  11    stations Phytoplankton pigments(e.g. chlorophyll, fluorescence) [Using Rosette sampler.]
      C  11    stations Phytoplankton                                          [Using stainless steel water bucket.]
      C  11    stations Zooplankton                                            [Using Norpac net.]
      D  23    days     Routine standard measurements                          [Using cylingrical resonator digital barometer,]
                                                                               [platinum resistance thermometer, lithium]
                                                                               [chloride dew-point hygrometer and wind vane]
                                                                               [and fan-anemograph.]
      D  8     times    Upper air observations                                 [Automated shipbord aerological observation]
                                                                               [system by VAISALA.]
      D  124   stations Instrumented wave measurements                         [Micro-wave wave meter.]
      D  23    days     Incident radiation                                     [Pyranometer.]

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