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R/V Mirai Cruise Report MR16-06 (MR16-Nishino)

Vessel
MIRAI
Cruise number
MR16-06
Area
Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, North Pacific Ocean
Objective
Predictability study on weather and sea-ice forecasts linked with user engagement ; Ship-borne observations of trace gases/aerosols in the marine atmosphere ; How plankton responses to multi stressors such as ocean warming and acidification? ; Primary production and transportation of organic materials in the northern Bering and the southern Chukchi Seas ; Comparison of zooplankton with differences in net mesh-size, and standing stock and material flux role of Appendicularia ; Seasonal distribution of short-tailed shearwaters and their prey in the Bering and Chukchi Seas ; Smart float observation in the marginal ice zone ; Elucidation of the variability of freshwater in the Arctic Ocean ; Mooring observations in the Barrow Canyon and southern Chukchi Sea ; Observational study on the variability of physical and chemical environments in the Pacific Arctic Ocean ; Ship-board observations of atmospheric greenhouse gases and related species in the Arctic Ocean and the western North Pacific
Chief scientists
Shigeto Nishino
Operation start
2016-08-22
Operation end
2016-10-05
DOI
10.17596/0002780
Title
R/V Mirai Cruise Report MR16-06 (MR16-Nishino)
Data name
MR16-06_all
Language
English
Series name
Cruise reports
Total pages
238
Publisher
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology