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Journal for accession number: 0000483
Created on:                   Mon 25 Jun 2001 08:28:01 -0400
By:                           Robert Gelfeld,SSMC3 4230,7133295 179

Source: JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY

Format: ASCII text

Data available as part of the World Ocean Database

Temperature, salinity  and other measurements found in dataset OSD taken from the SEIFU MARU (Call Sign JIVB)
(Operation dates: 1993 to present), RYOFU MARU (Call sign JGZK; Operation date: 08.1966 - 05.1995) and other 
platforms in the Coastal N Pacific, North Pacific and other locations from 1964 to 1992 (NODC Accession 0000483)

Accession| 0000483
Date Received (month/day/year)| 8/31/2001
Start date (month/day/year)| 5/19/1964
End date (month/day/year)| 11/3/1992
Contains observation type(s)| physical,chemical,biology,meterology
Contains datatype(s)| 12173 temperature profiles
                        12171 salinity profiles
                        11991 oxygen profiles
                        10055 phosphate profiles
                        3172 pH profiles
                        658 silicate profiles
                        6778 nitrate profiles
                        22 alkalinity profiles
                        7810 chlorophyll profiles

                      11112 Bottom_Depth measurements
                      6186 Water_Color measurements
                      6167 Water_Transpar measurements
                      1101 Wave_Direction measurements
                      790 Wave_Height measurements
                      306 Sea_State measurements
                      472 Wave_Period measurements
                      1197 Wind_Direction measurements
                      1197 Wind_Speed measurements
                      1157 Barometric_Pres measurements
                      1199 Dry_Bulb_Temp measurements
                      1125 Wet-Bulb_Temp measurements
                      1118 Weather_Condit measurements
                      1040 Cloud-Type measurements
                      1100 Cloud_Cover measurements
                      280 Visibility measurements
Includes Sea Area(s)| Coastal N Pacific
                      North Pacific
                      Equatorial Pacific
                      Coastal Equatorial Pacific
                      South Pacific
West Boundary|  120.45
East Boundary|  155.73
North Boundary|   50.00
South Boundary|  -11.00
Contains Instrument Type(s)| CTD (159 casts)
                             bottle/rossette/net (12014 casts)
Project(s)| CSK
Institute(s)| METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY; MARINE DIVISION (KOBE; HAKODATE; NAGASAKI)
            NAGASAKI MARINE OBSERVATORY
            KOBE MARINE OBSERVATORY
            HAKODATE MARINE OBSERVATORY
Platform(s)| SEIFU MARU (Call Sign JIVB) (Operation dates: 1993 to present)
             RYOFU MARU (Call sign JGZK; Operation date: 08.1966 - 05.1995)
             KOFU MARU (Call sign 8JNZ; active as Kofu Mary 1963-1987; IMO5406118)
             CHOFU MARU (Call sign JCCX) (Operation dates: 1987 to present)
             SHUMPU MARU
             KOFU MARU (Call sign JDWX; built 1988; IMO8716112)
             KEIFU MARU (Call Sign JBOA) (Operational 1969 - 2000)