Ocean General Circulation Observational Research
Program
>>Researchers
The ocean covers over 70% of the earth surface
and plays a central role in the global climate change by means of
great capacity to store and transport heat and materials.
In this program, we conduct observational research based on high
accuracy and land-to-land hydrographic observations to clarify basin
scale heat, fresh water and material transport by the ocean general
circulation and their variability. We also carry out observations
of water properties and velocities of the Kuroshio and the Kuroshio
Extension in order to investigate influence of variability of the
current path, mass and heat transport of the Kuroshio on distribution
of heat and materials in the North Pacific Ocean.
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