RV Professor Khromov KH06 (GIPY09, Sea of Okhotsk 1)
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Professor Khromov (90CI) |
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Cruise identifier | KH06 (GIPY09, Sea of Okhotsk 1) |
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Cruise period | 2006-08-13 — 2006-09-12 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Otaru, Japan |
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Port of return | Otaru, Japan |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | The research expedition was carried out onboard the R/V Professor Khromov in 2006 summer to early autumn. The purpose for the cruise was to quantitatively clarify the physical, chemical and biological processes which occur in the Sea of Okhotsk. This expedition is a collaboration between Far Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute (FERHRI), Russia, and the Institute of Low Temperature Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan. Especially this expedition focused on to sedimentary iron transport processes from northwestern continental shelf of the Sea of Okhotsk to western subarctic Pacific. |
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Chief scientist | Jun Nishioka (Institute of Low Temperature Sciences, Hokkaido University) |
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Project | GEOTRACES -Trace elements and their isotopes in the water column |
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Cruise report | (0.11 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Sea of Okhotsk |
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Specific | Western Sea of Okhotsk, around Kuril strait |
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Track charts | (0.07 MB) |
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Data held at BODC | |
Discrete samples | |
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88 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | |