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Hakuho Maru KH05-02 (GPc06)
Cruise plan
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | Hakuho Maru (49HH) |
Cruise identifier | KH05-02 (GPc06) |
Cruise period | 2005-08-08 — 2005-09-21 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Tokyo, Japan |
Port of return | Tokyo, Japan |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | KH-05-2 cruise was planned to study biogeochemical and biological features of the central north Pacific through full depth transect survey of 160W from 10S to 53.4N by applying various state-of-the-art analytical techniques. Also, studies on board include continuous survey of aerosols and other atmospheric chemical components at the ocean/atmosphere boundary, and collection of undisturbed surface sediments to evaluate biogeochemical processes at water column/sediments interface. |
Chief scientist | Isao Koike (Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Pacific Ocean |
Specific | Meridional section along 160W in the North Pacific Ocean |
Data held at BODC | |
Discrete samples | |
28 |