Report on Workshop "Data management and synthesis of the results obtained during multi-ship/time-series study in 2001/2002 austral summer"

A Workshop "Data management and synthesis of the results obtained during multi-ship/time-series study in 2001/2002 austral summer" was held on 4th December 2002 at the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), Tokyo, with 26 participants. The multi-ship/time-series study of the Antarctic Ocean was achieved by RSV Aurora Australis, RV Hakuho Maru, RV Tangaroa chartered by the 43rd Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-43) and Icebreaker Shirase of JARE-43. The current status of data was reported. Data management and synthesis of scientific results obtained during the cruises were discussed