Vessel
MIRAI
Cruise number
MR20-05C
Area
Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, North Pacific Ocean
Objective
Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS): A coordinated multi-ship, multi-nation pan-Arctic ship-based sampling campaign ; Observation of wave-ice-ocean-atmosphere interaction in the marginal ice zone ; Study of oceanic and sea-ice variability off the northern coast of Alaska ; Observational study of eddy, waves and turbulence in the sea-ice shrinking Arctic Ocean ; Changes in nitrogen cycle in the Arctic Ocean ; Study on the dynamics of methane and DMSP in the Arctic Ocean ; Relationship between sea-ice reduction and horizontal distribution on zooplankton community in the pacific sector of Arctic Ocean ; Ship-based observations of trace gases and aerosols over the Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, and North Western Pacific Ocean ; Observations of atmospheric greenhouse gases and related species in the Arctic Ocean and the western North Pacific ; Observation of water vapor isotope in the Arctic ; Onboard news gathering by media
Chief scientists
Shigeto Nishino
Operation start
2020-09-19
Operation end
2020-11-01
DOI
10.17596/0002582
DOI URL
Title
R/V Mirai Cruise Report MR20-05C (MR20-Nishino)
Data name
MR20-05C_all
Language
English
Series name
Cruise reports
Total pages
210
Publisher
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology