Hydrographic Measurements in Support of Japan/East Sea Circulation, Ventilation, and Frontal Process Studies


Researchers

Lynne Talley (SIO), Vyacheslav Lobanov, Pavel Tishchenko, and Vladivmir Ponamarev (POI)

Contact Information:

Dr. Lynne Talley
Physical Oceanography Research Division
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California at San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0230
Phone: (619) 534-6610
Fax: (619) 534-9820
ltalley@ucsd.edu

Dr. Vyacheslav B. Lobanov
Deputy Director
Pacific Oceanological Institute
Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
43 Baltiyskaya Street, Vladivostok 690041, Russia
Phone: 7 4232 312377
Fax: 7 4232 312573
lvb@fastmail.vladivostok.ru


Award Number

N00014-98-1-0220

Objectives and Approach

To obtain a complete synoptic view of the vertically-layered structure and major components of the circulation of the Japan/East Sea, researchers conducted a complete shipboard surface-to-bottom hydrographic survey of the entire Japan/East Sea in conjunction with Russian, Korean, and Japanese investigators.

Two hydrographic surveys (temperature and salinity) of the Japan/East Sea were completed, one during summer 1999 and one during winter 2000. Russian and Korean collaborators carried out related chemical and nutrient analyses for dissolved oxygen, partial pressure of CO2, nitrogen, phosphate and silicate, and other chemical tracers. Data will be analyzed in conjunction with other investigators and modelers to elucidate the circulation.