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Description and format of data

Data Extension Period Format Last updated Information
Summary of cruise .SUM All Period  22kB 2011/8/29 A summary of each cruise, including the period of cruise, equipment of a ship and other information related to the cruise.
Station information .STN Before winter of 2010 cruise  44kB 2011/9/5 The date, time, location and other information of the observation stations in the cruise.
After spring of 2010 cruise  46kB 2012/3/23
Hydrographic data .E Before winter of 2010 cruise  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.
After spring of 2010 cruise  46kB 2011/9/5
CTD and XCTD data .CTD .XCT Before winter of 2010 cruise  65kB 2008/9/10 Data of water temperature, salinity and oxygen at every 1 dbar of depth by CTD (Conductivity Temperature Depth profiler) and/or XCTD (expendable CTD).
After spring of 2010 cruise  31kB 2011/9/1
XBT-DBT data for standard depth .T All Period  36kB 2011/8/24 Data of water temperature at the standard depths by XBT (expendable bathythermograph) and/or DBT (digital bathythermograph).
XBT-DBT data .BT Before winter of 2010 cruise  38kB 2011/9/1 Data of water temperature at every 1m of depth by XBT (expendable bathythermog raph) and/or DBT (digital bathythermograph).
After spring of 2010 cruise  33kB 2011/9/1
Water sample data .WAT Before winter of 2010 cruise  66kB 2008/9/10 Data of oxygen, nutrients, total inorganic carbon and other materials in sampled water.
After spring of 2010 cruise  50kB 2012/3/23
Subsurface current data .A All Period  29kB 2011/8/24 Data of multi-layer subsurface current by acoustic current meter.
Greenhouse gas data .WAY All Period  20kB 2011/8/5 Data of carbon dioxide and methane concentration in marine air and surface water.
Floating pollutant data .FLT All Period  18kB 2011/8/5 Number of floating pollutants (e.g. plastic materials) by visual observation.
Tar ball data .TRB All Period  18kB 2011/8/5 Data of floating tar balls.
Petroleum hydrocarbon and heavy metal data .OHM All Period  19kB 2011/8/5 Data of petrolem hydrocarbon in surface water, and data of mercury and cadmium in sea water.
Maritime meteorological data IM2.TXT
IM3.TXT
All Period  39kB 2011/6/7 Data of maritime meteorological observation (e.g. air temperature, wind speed and wind direction) by research vessels.
WMO code tables  86kB 2007/5/7 WMO code tables of maritime meteorological data.
Aerological data .AER All Period  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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