Real-time monitoring for coastal marine environment

Fiscal Year

2017

Title

Real-time monitoring for coastal marine environment

Project and Theme

Project 2. Studies on the Mechanisms of Marine Ecosystem Change
Representative Organization: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Theme5. Construction of an ecosystem model integrating physical processes
Representative personKiyoshi Tanaka
OrganizationAtmosphere and Ocean Research Institute The University of Tokyo
DepartmentInternational Coastal Research Center, Coastal Ecosystem

Research Information

Period and Interval
2017/04/01 - 2018/03/31
Real-time
Research Area
Otsuchi Bay
Category
Mooring system(Observation buoy)
Overview
It has been strongly expected that physical oceanography elucidates routes, volume, and composition of sea currents that convey nutrients to aquaculture and fixed-net fishery in the Sanriku coastal seas. The project "Real-Time Monitoring of Marine Environment in Otsuchi Bay", in which a variety of monitoring instruments will be placed in the bay, aims to elucidate the routes, volume, and composition of coastal sea currents. Moreover, the scientific real-time data obtained by the project, such as water temperature and meteorological conditions, will be distributed via internet to contribute to practical use in the local fishery.

Overview of the Observation

Results and Future Plan
It was demonstrated by the project that a prominent baroclinic circulation extends over the bay in summer, and this work has been published in Journal of Oceanography. The real-time marine environmental data that are distributed by this project is widely viewed via internet, and its total number of views sometimes exceeds five hundreds per month. We have received a lot of approving feedback from the fishermen: "The project indeed plays important roles in our fishery activities."

Reference

Related Observation Plan
FY2017 Real-time monitoring for coastal marine environment
Related Observation Data
Environmental data in Otsuchi Bay

Person in charge of Investigation

Representative personKiyoshi Tanaka
OrganizationAtmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
DepartmentInternational Coastal Research Center Coastal Ecosystem

Keywords

Fiscal Year2017
OrganizationAtmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
CategoryMooring system (Observation buoy)
Research AreaSouth Sanriku
DisciplineOcean physics -> Water temperature
Ocean physics -> Ocean current / Tidal current (Current direction/Current speed)
Marine meteorology -> Waves (period / height / direction)