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Journal for accession number: 0000972
Created on:                    Wed  2 Apr 2003 10:07:32 -0500
By:                            Robert Gelfeld,SSMC3 4230,7133295 179

Source: These data from the Japan Meteorology Agency were sent to the Ocean Climate Lab of NODC.

Format: Data in ASCII 9text) in FETI format. the about directory includes files describing the data format.

Data available in the World Ocean Database

Temperature, salinity, nutreints, chlorophyll and other measurements found in dataset OSD 
taken from the CHOFU MARU (Call sign JCCX) (Operation dates: 1987 to present), SEIFU MARU (Call Sign JIVB) 
(Operation dates: 1993 to present)and other platforms in the Coastal N Pacific, North Pacific and other 
locations from 1987 to 1990 (NODC Accession 0000972)

Accession| 0000972
Date Received (month/day/year)| 5/23/2005
Start date (month/day/year)| 3/10/1987
End date (month/day/year)| 12/13/1990
Submitting Institute| JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY
Contains observation type(s)| physical,chemical,biology,meterology
Contains datatype(s)| 988 temperature profiles
                        988 salinity profiles
                        203 oxygen profiles
                        1 phosphate profiles
                        1 nitrate profiles
                        2 chlorophyll profiles

                      217 Bottom_Depth measurements
                      94 Water_Color measurements
                      101 Water_Transpar measurements
Includes Sea Area(s)| Coastal N Pacific
                      North Pacific
                      Equatorial Pacific
West Boundary|  122.25
East Boundary|  155.02
North Boundary|   45.58
South Boundary|    9.00
Contains Instrument Type(s)| CTD (785 casts)
                             bottle/rossette/net (203 casts)
Institute(s)| JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY
Platform(s)| CHOFU MARU (Call sign JCCX) (Operation dates: 1987 to present)
             SEIFU MARU (Call Sign JIVB) (Operation dates: 1993 to present)
             KOFU MARU (Call sign JDWX; built 1988; IMO8716112)
             KEIFU MARU (Call Sign JBOA) (Operational 1969 - 2000)
             SHUNPU MARU (JFDG) (March 1974 to present)
             RYOFU MARU (Call sign JGZK; Operation date: 08.1966 - 05.1995)
             SHUMPU MARU