Name: KOK1108
Start: 2011-06-19

Deployment:

KOK1108

Chief Scientist:

Kenneth O. Buesseler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

Synonyms:

Fukushima KOK

Platform:

R/V Ka`imikai-O-Kanaloa

Platform Type:

vessel

Start Date:

2011-06-04

End Date:

2011-06-19

Deployment Report URL:

http://bcodata.whoi.edu/Fukushima/Fukushima_KOK1108_dailyBlog.pdf

Description

The purpose of the 16 day KOK1108 cruise aboard the University of Hawaii research vessel Ka'imikai-o-Kanaloa was to study the fate of radiation released into the ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that was badly damaged by a tsunami on March 11, 2011.

Datasets

Data from this Deployment only	Full Dataset (multiple deployments)
biological samples (KOK1108)	biological samples
CTD profiles (KOK1108)	CTD profiles
event log (KOK1108)	event log
Fukushima Radionuclide Iodine 129 levels (KOK1108)	Fukushima Radionuclide Iodine 129 levels
hydrocast Cesium isotopes (KOK1108)	hydrocast Cesium isotopes
Niskin bottle samples (KOK1108)	Niskin bottle samples
Speciation of Iodine-129 and Iodine-127 (KOK1108)	Speciation of Iodine-129 and Iodine-127
surface drifters (KOK1108)	surface drifters
underway Cesium Isotopes (KOK1108)	underway Cesium Isotopes
underway radiation monitoring (KOK1108)	underway radiation monitoring

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Deployment: KOK1108