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Abstract

Wake Island Passage (near 18_N, 169_E) connects the Central Pacific Basin with the Northwest Pacific Basin. Through Wake Island Passage, the coldest, saltiest, most oxygen-rich and silicate-poor bottom water is supplied to areas north of Wake Island Passage from its southern source. On this site data from CTD observations and current meter moorings in Wake Island Passage are posted.

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator
Hiroshi Uchida , Hirofumi Yamamoto , Kaoru Ichikawa , Masaki Kawabe , Masao Fukasawa
Dataset Title
WAKE ISLAND PASSAGE FLUX EXPERIMENT DATA BOOK

Personnel

Role
TECHNICAL CONTACT
Contact
Hiroshi Uchida Research and Global Ocean Observation Research Center (huchida@jamstec.go.jp)

Keyword List

ISO Topic Category
OCEANS
Parameter
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY>WATER DEPTH
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>ALKALINITY
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>CARBON
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>NITRATE
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>NITRITE
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>OCEAN TRACERS
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>OXYGEN
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>PH
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>PHOSPHATE
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>SILICATE
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN CIRCULATION>OCEAN CURRENTS
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN PRESSURE>WATER PRESSURE
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN TEMPERATURE>POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN TEMPERATURE>SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN TEMPERATURE>WATER TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>SALINITY/DENSITY>CONDUCTIVITY
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>SALINITY/DENSITY>DENSITY
Platform
MOORINGS>CTD>Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
SHIPS>CTD>Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
Other
JAMSTEC

Start Date - End Date

  • 2003-05-27 - 2005-12-19

Bounding Rectangle

South Bound
12.8
North Bound
16.4
West Bound
170.2
East Bound
171.6

Location

OCEAN>PACIFIC OCEAN>CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN

Project

Short Name
WIFE
Long Name
WAKE ISLAND PASSAGE FLUX EXPERIMENT

Language

ENGLISH

Originating Center

JAMSTEC

Organization

Organization Type
ORIGINATOR
Organization Name
Short Name
JAMSTEC
Long Name
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Personnel
Role
DATA CENTER CONTACT
Contact
dmo@jamstec.go.jp (dmo@jamstec.go.jp)

Related URL

Description
JAMSTEC Wake Island Passage Flux Experiment (WIFE) - Catalog Page

Last Metadata Revision Date

2022-11-29