Atmosphere and ocean carbon
dioxide monitoring using volunteer
observing ship (Skaugran) servicing
between Japan and West Coast
1. IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
Name

Atmosphere and ocean carbon dioxide monitoring using volunteer observing ship(Skaugran) servicing between Japan and West Coast

Metadata
Identifier

Skaugran20230727065613-DIAS20221121113753-en

2. CONTACT
2.1 CONTACT on DATASET
Name

Nojiri, Yukihiro

Organization

Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental
Studies

Address

16-2, Onogawa , Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, JAPANTEL+81-298-50-2499

E-mailnojiri@nies.go.jp

2.2 CONTACT on PROJECT
2.2.1 Data Integration and Analysis System
Name

DIAS Office

Organization

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Address

3173-25, Showa-Cho, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 236-0001, Japan

E-maildias-office@diasjp.net

3. DOCUMENT AUTHOR
Name

Nojiri, Yukihiro

Organization

Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental
Studies

E-mailnojiri@nies.go.jp

4. DATASET CREATOR
1NameNojiri, Yukihiro

Organization

Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental
Studies

E-mailnojiri@nies.go.jp

5. DATE OF THIS DOCUMENT
2023-07-27

6. DATE OF DATASET
�publication : 2013-02-04

7. DATASET OVERVIEW
7.1 Abstract
Data of atmosphere and ocean carbon dioxide monitoring using volunteer observing ship (Skaugran)servicing between Japan and West Coast. (1995 Mar. -1999 Sep)This data contains the cruise track,carbon dioxide variables in the lower atmosphere and surface ocean, parameters of atmosphere(temperature, humidity, and air pressure) and ocean (sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity).

7.2 Topic Category(ISO19139)
�oceans

7.3 Temporal Extent
Begin Date

1995-03-29

End Date

1999-09-25

7.4 Geographic Bounding Box
Northlatitude

bound 60

Westlongitude

bound 120

Eastboundlongitude

-115

South
latitudebound -28

7.5 Grid
7.6 Geographic Description
7.7 Keywords

27.7.1 Keywords on Dataset
Keyword Type

Keyword

KeywordName

thesaurus

theme

Carbon Dioxide Concentration, Carbon Dioxide Partial GEO_COP
Pressure, Carbon in Subsurface Ocean, Ocean Salinity,
Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Atmospheric Pressure (=surface pressure)

theme

Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Carbon Dioxide, Atmosphere > GCMD_science
Atmospheric Chemistry > Carbon and Hydrocarbon Compounds> Carbon Dioxidetheme

In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > SHIPSGCMD_platformtheme

ClimateGEOSS

theme

二酸化炭素, CO2分圧, CO2, 貨物船, 海洋表層, 洋上大気CO2

No_Dictionary

7.7.2 Keywords on Project
7.7.2.1 Data Integration and Analysis System
Keyword Type

Keyword

KeywordNamethesaurus

theme

DIAS &amp;gt; Data Integration and Analysis System

No_Dictionary

7.8 Online Resource
�NIES CGER website : http://db.cger.nies.go.jp/gem/moni-e/warm/N_Pacific/jc01.html
�Discriptin of Skaugran: General discription, Measurement method, discription of measurementinstruments, etc. : http://sk.soop.jp/
�variable information : http://sk.soop.jp/data/pub/desc/index.html
�file download : https://data.diasjp.net/dl/storages/filelist/dataset:200

7.9 Data Environmental Information
7.10 Distribution Information
nameversion

specification

8. DATA PROCESSING
9. DATA REMARKS
10. DATA POLICY3

10.1 Data Policy by the Data Provider
Observation data is copyrighted to Center for Global Environmental
Research (CGER), National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES).
You can use the data only for noncommercial purpose. For any publication
using data, CGER/NIES must be informed and its approval must be obtained
prior to publishing. The data provider may request co-authorship oracknowledgements. Please be informed that we have no concern with yourcost by using the data.

10.2 Data Policy by the Project
10.2.1 Data Integration and Analysis System
If data provider does not have data policy, DIAS Terms of Service (https://diasjp.net/en/terms/)
and DIAS Privacy Policy (https://diasjp.net/en/privacy/) apply.
If there is a conflict between DIAS Terms of Service and data provider's policy, the data provider'spolicy shall prevail.

11. LICENSE
12. DATA SOURCE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
12.1 Acknowledge the Data Provider
12.2 Acknowledge the Project
12.2.1 Data Integration and Analysis SystemIf you plan to use this dataset for a conference presentation, paper, journal article, or reportetc., please include acknowledgments referred to following examples. If the data provider describes
examples of acknowledgments, include them as well.
" In this study, [Name of Dataset] provided by [Name of Data Provider] was utilized. This dataset
was also collected and provided under the Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS), which wasdeveloped and operated by a project supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology. "13. REFERENCES
Murphy, P. P., K. K. Kelly, R. A. Feely, and R. H. Gammon (1995): Carbon dioxide concentrations
in surface water and the atmosphere during 1986-1989 NOAA/PMEL cruises in the Pacific and Indian
Oceans (Oak Ridge Natl. Lab., Oak Ridge, TN), Rep. NRNL/CDIAC-75, NDP-047.Murphy, P. P., Y. Nojiri,Y. Fujinuma, C. S. Wong, J. Zeng, T. Kimoto, and H. Kimoto (2001): Measurements of surface seawater4

fCO2 from volunteer commercial Ship: Techniques and experiences from Skaugran. J. Atmospheric andOceanic Technology, 18, 1719-1734.
Murphy, P. P., Y. Nojiri, Y. Fujinuma, C. S. Wong, J. Zeng, T. Kimoto, and H. Kimoto (2001):
Measurements of surface seawater fCO2 from volunteer commercial Ship: Techniques and experiencesfrom Skaugran. J. Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 18, 1719-1734.

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