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Home > Data of Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observation > Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observations by Research Vessels > Description and format of data

Description and format of data

Data Extension Format Last updated Information
Summary of cruise .SUM  38KB 2009/4/23 A summary of each cruise, including the period of cruise, equipment of a ship and other information related to the cruise.
Station information .STN  69KB 2008/9/10 The date, time, location and other information of the observation stations in the cruise.
Hydrographic data .E  70KB 2008/9/10 Data of water temperature, salinity, oxygen, nutrients and other materials in sampling layers. Water temperature and salinity at the standard depths are also included.
CTD and XCTD data .CTD .XCT  65KB 2008/9/10 Data of water temperature and salinity at every 1 dbar of depth by CTD (Conductivity Temperature Depth profiler) and/or XCTD (expendable CTD).
XBT-DBT data for standard depth .T  61KB 2008/9/10 Data of water temperature at the standard depths by XBT (expendable bathythermograph) and/or DBT (digital bathythermograph).
XBT-DBT data .BT  63KB 2008/9/11 Data of water temperature at every 1m of depth by XBT (expendable bathythermog raph) and/or DBT (digital bathythermograph).
Water sample data .WAT  66KB 2008/9/10 Data of oxygen, nutrients, total inorganic carbon and other materials in sampled water.
Subsurface current data .A  46KB 2008/9/10 Data of multi-layer subsurface current by acoustic current meter.
Greenhouse gas data .WAY  34KB 2008/9/10 Data of carbon dioxide and methane concentration in marine air and surface water.
Floating pollutant data .FLT  31KB 2008/9/10 Number of floating pollutants (e.g. plastic materials) by visual observation.
Tar ball data .TRB  34KB 2008/9/10 Data of floating tar balls.
Petroleum hydrocarbon and heavy metal data .OHM  33KB 2008/9/10 Data of petrolem hydrocarbon in surface water, and data of mercury and cadmium in sea water.
Maritime meteorological data .IM1  40KB 2008/9/10 Data of maritime meteorological observation (e.g. air temperature, wind speed and wind direction) by research vessels of JMA.
WMO code tables  86KB 2007/5/7 WMO code tables of maritime meteorological data.
Aerological data .AER  41KB 2008/9/11 Data of upper-air observation (e.g. air temperature, wind speed and wind direction) by radiosondes launched from reseach vessels of JMA
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