Outline of Research Cruises for Research Vessel “MIRAI”during fiscal year 2002
MR02-K03 Research on the sub-tropical and sub-arctic gyres in the North Pacific
MR02-K04 Observational Studies in the Western Tropical Pacific Ocean
MR02-K05 Long-term interdisciplinary research in the Western Arctic Ocean (Leg1) 　　　　　
Time-series observational study on the Material Cycle in the High Latitude Sea (Leg2)
MR02-K06

The Study of Air-Sea Interaction in the Tropics (Leg-1)　
Observational Studies in the Western Tropical Pacific Ocean (Leg-2)
Biogeochemical and optical research in the Equatorial Pacific (Leg-2, 3, 4)
MR03-K01 Time-series Observational study on the Material Cycle in the High Latitude Sea