Report on Workshop "Planning of Future Science in the Antarctic Ocean Study with Cooperation among Study Groups"

Abstract

A workshop on "Planning of Future Science in the Antarctic Ocean Study with Cooperation among Study Groups" was held on 19-21 May 2001,at the Ohishi Seminar House, National Institute of Polar Research, with 20 participants. It had been decided that the 43rd Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-43) will charter a research vessel other than "Shirase" to conduct oceanographic studies in the Antarctic Ocean in February 2002. This project is the first attempt for JARE, which has been conducted for more than 40 years. The "Aurora Australis", Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, and the "Hakuho Maru", Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, plan research cruises in the same sea area as the JARE charter ship, in November-December 2001 and January 2002,respectively. "Shirase" will visit the similar area in March 2002. Consequently, time serial observations will be possible using these vessels. In this workshop, science plans for the core measurements, that is, 1) primary production, 2) gas production process, 3) variation of ecosystems and 4) flux study, were discussed. Moreover, candidates of the participants and the equipments and facilities for the JARE charter ship were discussed.