2016-2017 Public Research plans

 

Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics in the Kuroshio Recirculation Gyre

Principal Investigator:Masao Ishii ( Meteorological Research Institute (MRI), Japan Meteorological Agency, Chemical Oceanography, Section Chief)

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Evaluation and characterization of turbulent mixing in the Chukchi and Bering Sea: implication to the local primary production and global climate change

Principal Investigator:Yusuke Kawaguchi (JAMSTEC, physical oceanography for polar oceans, research fellow)

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Influence of mesoscale eddies on biogeochemical cycle and lower trophic ecosystem in the western subarctic North Pacific

Principal Investigator:Hiromichi Ueno (Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Physical Oceanography, Associate Professor)

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Numerical modeling on biogeochemical circulation in the North Pacific Ocean

Principal Investigator:Humio Mitsudera (Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University)

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Structure of surface mixed layer analyzed by temporal change of vertical distribution of photodegradable organic iodine gases

Principal Investigator:Atsushi Ooki (Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University)

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Modelling of neodymium isotope distribution in the ocean as a tool for quantifying the ocean mixing processes

Principal Investigator:Akira Oka(University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Associate Professor, Ocean modelling)

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Near-inertial waves and diapycnal mixing in the Kuroshio and its origin

Principal Investigator:Takeyoshi Nagai   (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Department of Ocean Sciences, Physical Oceanography, Assistant Professor,)

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Role of organic ligands for iron transport in the Oyashio, Kuroshio, and their origin areas

Principal Investigator:Yoshiko Kondo (Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Assistant Professor, Chemical Oceanography)

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Roles of ocean mixing and iron cycling on climate and marine ecosystem variations in the western North Pacific

Principal Investigator:Kazuhiro Misumi (Environmental Science Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Marine Biogeochemical Modeling, Scientist,)

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An application of tracer inverse methods on neutral density surfaces in the North Pacific, and the impacts of mixing on the decadal property changes.

Principal Investigator:Shinya Koketsu (Japan agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Senior Scientist, Physical Oceanograhy)

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Development of the ultra-high resolution stable isotopic analytical technique to clarify the life history recorded in fish otolith

Principal Investigator:Toyoho Ishimura (National Institute of Technology, Ibaraki College, Associate Professor, Stable Isotope Geochemistry, Micropaleontology)

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Mechanism and long-term change of spring bloom of diatoms in the Oyashio region

Principal Investigator:Akira Kuwata(Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, FRA , Marin Ecology)

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Principal Investigator:Tomohiro Nakamura

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Role of mixed layer depth variations in the Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Principal Investigator:Tomoki Tozuka (Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Physical Oceanography/Climate Dynamics, Associate Professor)

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