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Wed, Jan 3, 2001 - 10:06:14
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email from Okuramura:
We will arrive at Honolulu on Jan 6 in the afternoon.
The berth is "pier 9" just by the Aloha Tower.
And the agent is "Lavino Shipping Agencies, Inc."
Dole Cannery Square, 680 Iwilei Road, Suite 570
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Tel: 808-599-8604
Fax: 808-599-1950
Fri, Jan 12, 2001 - 9:57:04
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Kunio email ship schedule
MIRAI schedule. Current version as of December 2000.
-2000-
Dock Apr.1-Apr.30
Sea trial Apr.30-May 9
MR01-K02 Yokosuka(May 14) - Sekinehama(May 28)
MR01-K03 Sekinehama(June 6) - Sekinehama(July 19)
MR01-K04 Sekinehama(July 24) - Dutch Harbor,USA(Aug.29-30)
- Sekinehama(Sep.14)
MR01-K05 Sekinehama(Sep.18)-Singapore(Oct.13-15)
- Palau(Nov.3-5) - Palau(Dec.9-11)
-Sekinehama(Dec.19)
-2001-
MR02-K01 Sekinehama(Jan.6) - Honolulu,USA(Jan.16-17)
- Guam,USA(Feb.8-9) - Sekinehama(Feb.15)
MR02-K02 Sekinehama(Feb.21) - Guam,USA(Mar.29-30)
Tuesday, Jan 16, 2001 - 1600
Scott on the Mirai.
Data from MR00-K07 received and moved to the 'G' drive.
The data was put
into a folder called mr00k7a because the CD's from
the Mirai are marked
as K7 legs 3&4. SS
Wed, Feb 7, 2001 - 12:16:13
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email: At Hachinohe port, Japan from 23:00 on 6 Feb.
Thu, Feb 8, 2001 - 13:50:23
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email: We arrived at Sekinehama and closed MR00K8 cruise.
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*** END MR-00-K8 ***
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*** START MR-01-K08 ***
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Mon, Feb 16, 2001
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Arrival at Hachinohe on 2300(UTC)
Departure from Hachinohe on 0430(UTC)
Dropped 5 XCTD probes
ARGO flort was released at 37-20N 143-34E on 2100(UTC)
Mon, Feb 17, 2001
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Dropped 15 XCTD probes
8 ARGO flort was released
CTD cast
36-40N 143-52E on 0923(UTC)
Course 160 ship's speed 15.2knot at 2350(UTC)
rough weather
It hailed in the morning.
Mon, Feb 18, 2001 - 13:06:59
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Dropped 9 XCTD probes
4 ARGO flort was released
3 CTD cast
Course 160 deg ship's speed 15.2knot at 2230(UTC)
Mon, Feb 19, 2001
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Dropped 3 XCTD probes
To 8N 157E
Course 160 deg ship's speed 15.2knot at 0250(UTC)
Wed, Feb 20, 2001
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course 158 deg ship's speed 14.7knot at 2/20 0054(UTC)
To 8N 156E
weather: fine
Wed, Feb 21, 2001
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course 160 deg ship's speed 14.8knot at 2/21 0008(UTC)
To 8N 156E
weather: fine
Thu, Feb 22, 2001
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Deployment of TRITON buoy at 8N 156E from 2300 (UTC)
Fri, Feb 23 2001
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Recovery of TRITON buoy at 8N 156E from 2200(UTC)
weather:cloudy,occationally rain
Sat, Feb 24 2001
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Dropped 2 XCTD
Recovery of TRITON buoy at 8N 156E
from 2300 to 0200(UTC)
Deployment of TRITON buoy at 5N 156E
from 2300(UTC)
weather cloudy,occationally rain
Sun, Feb 25, 2001
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Deployment of TRITON buoy at 5N 156E from 2300 to 0610(UTC)
CTD cast 5-00N 156-01E at 0757(UTC)
weather:fine ( cloud amount 3-6)
Mon, Feb 26, 2001
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Dropped 2 XCTD
Recovery of TRITON buoy at 5N 156E from 2200 to 0121(UTC)
Deployment of TRITON buoy at 2N 156E from 2249(UTC)
weather: fine (cloud amount 4-8)
Tue, Feb 27, 2001
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Deployment of TRITON buoy at 2N 156E from 2249 to 0200
(UTC)
Recovery of TRITON buoy at 2N 156E from 2055 to 0100
(UTC)
2 CTD cast
weather: fine (cloud amount 3-7)
Wed, Feb 28, 2001
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Recovery of ADCP buoy at eq. 156E from 2158 to 2318
(UTC)
XCTD dropped 01-00N 155-59E at 0641 (UTC)
weather: fine,occationally cloudy (cloud amount 2-9)
Thu, Mar 1, 2001
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Profile Test from 0005 to 0127 (UTC)
Deployment of ADCP buoy at eq. 156E from 0303 to 0408
(UTC)
weather: fine (cloud amount 2-5)
Fri, Mar 2, 2001
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Drifting at eq. 156E
weather: fine (cloud amount 2-6)
Sat, Mar 3, 2001
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Deployment of TRITON buoy at eq. 156E from 2251 to 0157
(UTC)
CTD cast eq. 155-57E at 0339 (UTC)
Recovery of TRITON buoy at eq. 156E from 2201 to 0027
(UTC)
weather: fine (cloud amount 2-4)
Mon, Mar 5, 2001
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Releaser Test at 01-30S 155-54E from 0012 to 0133 (UTC)
Profiler Test at 01-30S 155-56E from 0324 to 0508 (UTC)
Deployment of TRITON buoy at 02-01S 155-57E from 2253
to 0048 (UTC)
weather: cloudy (cloud amount 8-10)
Tu, Mar 6, 2001
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CTD cast 02-00S 155-57E at 0324 (UTC)
Recovery of TRITON buoy at 2S 156E from 2154 to 0006
(UTC)
Wed, Mar 7, 2001
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Dropped 2 XCTD
Deployment of TRITON buoy at 5S 156E from 2153 to 0044
(UTC)
thu, Mar 8, 2001
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CTD cast 05-00S 156-01E at 0122(UTC)
Profile Test (Experiment for ARGO sensors) at 05-00S
156-24E from 0340 to 0518 (UTC)
Drifting
Recovery of TRITON buoy at 5S 156E from 2152 to 0001
(UTC)
Fri, Mar 9, 2001
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Profile Test (Experiment for ARGO sensors) at 04-57S
156-24E from 0304 to 0438 (UTC)
Drifting
Profile Test (Experiment for ARGO sensors) at 04-57S
156-24E from 2232 to 0130 (UTC)
Sat, Mar 10, 2001
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Cruise to eq. 147E
About 1000 (UTC) changed course to 02-00N 156-00E
Sun, Mar 11, 2001
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Cruise to 02-00N 156-00E
Repair 2N156E TRITON buoy (replacement of antenna) from
2158 to 2251 (UTC)
Drifting
Mon, Mar 12, 2001
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Tu, Mar 13, 2001
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Repair Eq.147E TRITON buoy (replacement of Wind sensor)
from 2155 to 2256 (UTC)
CTD cast 00-06N 147-01E at 2349 (UTC)
We, Mar 14, 2001
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CTD cast at 00-06N 147-01E from 0050 to 0127 (UTC)
Releaser test at 00-38N 147-17E from 0400 to 0633 (UTC)
Dropped XCTD 01-00N 147-12E at 0811 (UTC)
Cruise to 2N 147E
Th, Mar 15, 2001
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Deployment of TRITON buoy at 2N 147E from 2221 to 0143
(UTC)
CTD cast 02-07N 146-57E at 0327 (UTC)
Dropped 2 XCTD
Deployment of TRITON buoy at 5N 147E from 2151 to 0149
(UTC)
Fr, Mar 16, 2001
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CTD cast at 04-59N 147-00E
from 0322 to 0402 (UTC)
Cruise to Guam
Sa, Mar 17, 2001
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Cruise to Guam
2150 (UTC) Arrived at Guam
Sun, Mar 18, 2001
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2200 (UTC) Depart Guam
Cruise to Yokosuka
Mon, Mar 19, 2001
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Cruise to Yokosuka
14-17N 144-24E at 1200 (UTC)
2001-3-20
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Cruise to Yokosuka
High Star measurement at 20-28N 143-07E from 0401 to
0413 (UTC)
22-17N 142-42E at 1200 (UTC)
2001-3-20
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Cruise to Yokosuka
High Star measurement at 26-13N 141-47E from 0401 to
0415 (UTC)
27-43N 141-26E at 1200 (UTC)
A bird perched on wind sensor of zeno in the morning
( from about 2100 to 2210 (UTC))
*** END MR-01-K1
Wed, 2001-Jul-25
MR0 1-K04 cruise start
7/23 21utc: departure from Sekinehama.
7/24 03-08utc: call Hachinohe.
Weather: foggy or cloudy
Thu 2001-Jul-26
Jul. 25
XCTD observation start.
weather: cloudy and rainy(in morning)
Sat 2001-Jul-29
Jul. 28
Seafloor magnetometer deployment
XCTD observations (5 stations)
Weather: fine and foggy
Mon 2001-Jul-30
Jul. 29
XCTD observation (6 stations)
weather: cloudy and foggy
Wed 2001-Aug-01
31 Jul.
CTD training 1 (@39N 180E)
XCTD observation (4 stations)
3 Aug.
XCTD observation (6 stations)
Weather: fine and cloudy
Weather: fine
6 Aug.
XCTD observation (4 stations)
CTD & water sampring start (135W line)
Weather: fine and cloudy
7 Aug.
CTD and water sampring (from 30N to 32.5N, 135W)
Weather: fine
Remarks;
21:43 to 21:50, Aug. 7.
PSP, PIR, FRSR, ORG cleaning.
10 aug
CTD & water sampling (from 35N to 38.5N, 135W)
XCTD observation
Weather: cloudy (cloud base height about 0.6km by ceilometer)
11 Aug.
CTD & water sampling (from 38.5N to 40N, 135W)
XCTD observation
Weather: cloudy and rainny
13 Aug.
CTD & water sampling (from 41N, 135W to 42_40N,
137_30W)
Weather: cloudy and rainny
14 Aug.
CTD & water sampling (from 42_40N, 137_30W to 43_57N,
139_37W)
XCTD observation
Doppler radar system check
Weather: rainny and cloudy
16 Aug.
CTD & water sampling (from 45_16N, 141_44W to 46_40N,144W)
XCTD observation
Weather: cloudy
17 Aug.
CTD & water sampling (from 46_40N,144W to 47_32N,145_32W)
Weather: cloudy....
18 Aug.
CTD & water sampling (from 47_32N,145_32W to 48_54N,
147_53W)
XCTD observation
Weather: cloudy or fine
21 Aug.
Weather: storm...wave height max about 9m, but light
rainfall
22 Aug.
CTD & water sampling (from 50_50N, 151_20W to 51_49N,
153_09W)
Weather: fine (wave height about 4m)
24 Aug.
CTD & water sampling (from 53_08N, 155_38W to 54_13N,
157_47W)
Weather: almost fine
9/10/2001
Rain, fog.
Bathymetric survey arround stn. K2 (47N 160E)
de Masaki Hanyu
Rain.
2310UTC 14th September, arrived at Sekinehama and closed
MR01K4 cruise.
ETD Sekinehama 0500UTC 20th September.
ETA Hachinohe 2300UTC 20th, ETD 0800UTC 21st September.
ETA Singapore 0200UTC 15th October.
de Masaki Hanyu
09/15/2001,06:04:40,Comments,2310UTC 14th September,
arrived at Sekinehama and closed MR01K4 cruise. ,0,30.8000,0.0000,20.0000,18.0000,15.8750,18.3800,97.7000,6.3000,55.0000,16.9000,389.4000,17.3800,17.5000,40.1000,60439.0000,4121.9639,14114.3750,1.7000,34.4700,6.2700,281.3700,1017.7000,
9/21 0610
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START MR-01-K5
Departure from Hatinohe.