| FY2008 Operation Plan of R/V Mirai |
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| No. |
Main Research Theme |
Main Research Area |
Cruise Period
(days) |
Port of Call |
Chief Scientist (Inquiries) |
| MR08-02 |
Study on the air-sea interaction in the tropics |
Tropical western Pacific |
2008.05.26〜2008.06.30
（35days） |
Sekinehama
Guam |
Kunio Yoneyama
JAMSTEC |
MR08-03
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Tropical Ocean Climate Study |
Western tropical Pacific Ocean |
2008.07.03〜2008.08.06
（34days） |
Guam
Sekinehama |
Kentaro Ando
Yasuhisa Ishihara
JAMSTEC |
| MR08-04 |
R/V Mirai International Polar Year 2008 cruise |
the Arctic Ocean north of the Bering Strait (Southern Canada Basin, Beaufort Sea, and Chukchi Sea). Bering Sea is also research area, but is not main area |
2008.08.16〜2008.10.11
(55deys) |
Sekinehama
Dutch Harbor
Dutch Harbor |
Koji Shimada
JAMSTEC |
| MR08-05 |
The study of ecosystem and materials’ cycle in the North Pacific |
Northwestern North Pacific |
2008.10.13〜2008.11.10
(28days) |
Dutch Harbor
Sekinehama
|
Minoru Kitamura
Shuichi Watanabe
Makio Honda
JAMSTEC |
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MR08-06 |
Studies on geophysics and paleoceanography in the South Pacific. |
1) Chile Triple Junction and transform fault: 44｡S-53｡S and 70｡W-82｡W.
2) Society hot spot in Polynesia: 16｡S-23｡S and 140｡W-148｡W.
3) South Pacific: 40｡S-60｡S and 70｡W-95｡W.
4) Chilean coast including fjord: 45｡S-56｡S and 67｡W-76｡W.
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2008.11.25〜2009.03.16
（108days） |
Sekinehama
Valparaiso |
Natsue Abe
Naomi Harada
JAMSTEC |
Valparaiso
Papete
Sekinehama |
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