WFP Ref. No.: PR2
Last Updated: February 9, 1996

A.	Cruise Narrative

A.1	Highlights

A.1.a	WOCE designation	PR2  
				 

A.1.b	EXPOCODE		49RY9101/1 

A.1.c	Chief Scientist		Jun'ichi Oyama,
                        	Japan Meteorological Agency,
                        	1-3-4, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku,
                        	Tokyo 100, Japan 

A.1.d	Ship			R/V Ryofu Maru 
	
A.1.e	Ports of call		Leg 1: Tokyo, Japan to Naha, Japan
 				 
A.1.f	Cruise dates		Leg 1: January 18, 1991 to February 6, 1991    

A.2	Cruise Summary Information

A.2.a	Geographic boundaries

A.2.b	Stations occupied

Observations of PR2 were carried out as part of the R/V
Ryofu Maru cruise RY9101 Leg 1.

Number of Stations
          A total of 33 CTD/rosette stations for PR2 was occupied
using a General Oceanics 12 bottle rosette equipped with 12 1.7-
liter Niskin water sample bottles, and an NBIS MK III B CTD. No
additional sensors were used with the CTD system.

Sampling
          The following water sample measurements were made:
salinity, oxygen, nitrate, nitrite and phosphate on all
stations. The depths sampled were: 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 125,
150, 175, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000,
1250, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000, 4000 in meters at every 5 degrees
in latitude. On other stations, water samples were taken at
shallower depths than 1250m. Surface water samples were
collected by a bucket at every station.
 
A.2.c	Floats and drifters deployed

A.2.d	Moorings deployed or recovered

 
A.3	List of Principal Investigators


          The principal investigators responsible for each 
parameter measured on the cruise are listed in Table 1. (All the
correspondence on these data should be addressed to the Director
of the Oceanographical Division, Marine Department, Japan
Meteorological Agency.)


          Name                  Responsibility           Affiliation

          H. Minami             CTD, S                   JMA/MD
          K. Fushimi            O2, Nutrients            JMA/MD

          JMA/MD  Marine Department, Japan Meteorological Agency
  
A.4	Scientific Programme and Methods


 

 
A.5	Major Problems and Goals not Achieved

 

 


A.6	Other Incidents of Note