Underway measurements metadata form
- Investigator:
- Name: Tsuneo Ono
- Organization: National Research Institute for Fisheries Science / Fisheries Research Agency
- Address:
2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa-Ku
Yokohama 236-8648, Japan - Phone: +81-45788-7696
- Email: tono@fra.affrc.go.jp
Investigator #2:- Name: Akira Kuwata
- Organization: Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute
- Address:
3-27-5 Shinhamacho, Shiogama 985-0001, Japan - Phone: +81-22365-9929
- Email: akuwata@affrc.go.jp
- Dataset Info:
- Dataset ID: FRA near-Japan pCO2 cruises
- Submission Dates:
- Initial Submission: 2011/12/28
- Revised Submission:
- Cruise Info:
- Experiment:
- Experiment Name: Wakatakamaru 2011 cruises
- Cruise:
- Cruise ID:
- Section:
- Geographical Coverage:
- Geographical Region:
Japan-coast to western North Pacific - Bounds:
- Westernmost Longitude: +140.0
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: E - Easternmost Longitude: +155.1
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: E - Northernmost Latitude: +42.7
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: N - Southernmost Latitude: +36.0
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: N
- Temporal Coverage:
- Start Date: 2011/6/7
- End Date: 2011/11/19
- Ports of Call:
Leg.1: Shiogama-Shiogama
Leg.2: Shiogama-Shiogama
Leg.3: Shiogama-Shiogama
Leg.4: Shiogama-Shiogama
Leg.5: Shiogama-Shiogama
Leg.6: Shiogama-Shiogama
Leg.7: Shiogama-Shiogama
- Vessel:
- Vessel Name: Wakataka-maru
- Vessel ID:
- Country: Japan
- Vessel Owner: Fisheries Research Agency
- Variables Info:
- Variable:
- Variable Name: airP
- Description of Variable: Atmospheric pressure at sea-surface pressure (hPa)
- Method Description:
- Equilibrator Design:
- Equilibrator type: membrane equilibrator
- Equilibrator volume:0.4
- Water_Flow_Rate: 2.5
- Headspace_Gas_Flow_Rate:0.1
- Vented: Yes
- Measurement Method: automated version of Saito et al. [1995]
- Manufacturer of Calibration Gas: Nissan-Tanaka Co. Ltd.
- C02 Sensors:
- Manufacturer: Li-CO
- Model: LI-6262
- Environmental Control:
- Resolution: 0.1 µmol/mol
- Uncertainty: 0.1 µmol/mol
- Calibration:
LI-6262 was calibrated at factory on Feb. 2011. CO2 concentration in standard gas cylinder was calibrated at factory on Oct. 2010 with WMO scale.
- Other sensors:
- Manufacturer: JFE Arec Co. LTD (SST), Sea-Bird (SSS)
- Model: ACT-RS, SBE45
- Resolution: 0.01°C (SST), 0.003 (SSS)
- Calibration:
ACT-RS was calibrated at factory on Sept. 2010, while SBE45 was calibrated at factory on Feb 2011.
- Method References:
H. Saito et al., A compact seawater pCO2 measurement system with membrane equilibrator and nondispersive infrared gas analyzer, Deep-Sea Res., 42, 2025-2033, 1995
- Additional Information:
- Data Set References:
- Citation:
- Data Set Link: