Otsuchi Bay - Japan

Basic Information
Site Name
Otsuchi Bay
Short name
Otsuchi Bay
Country
Japan
Web Address
http://www.icrc.ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
Site Manager
Tomohiko Kawamura
Site Description
Otsuchi bay is one of the bays on the Sanriku ria coast of northern Japan opening into the western North Pacific Ocean, which was heavily impacted by the mega-earthquake and following massive tsunami occurred on March 11, 2011.
Last modified
2020-06-29 10:06:43

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2006
Observed properties
atmospheric parameterecosystem parameterchemical parameterwater parameterairhumidityairspecifichumidityairtemperatureairwatervapourpressuredewpointatmosphericpressureprecipitationintensitydaylightlengthheatfluxlongwaveradiationwinddirectionwinddirection(meanandgust)windspeedwindspeed(meanandgust)ecosystemstructureinorganicnutrientcontentcommunitycompositionspeciescompositionspeciesrichnessspeciesabundancebenthicinvertebratesabundancediversityindexdissolvednutrienttotalorganiccarbondissolvedorganiccarboninwaterwatersalinitywatertransparencywatertemperaturewatervelocity
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
JaLTER (Japan)✔ (LTER-EAP-JP-39)This site is a verified "JaLTER (Japan)" member.
Photos
not defined
not defined
Geographic
Marker
300 km
200 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 39.333 Longitude: 141.933

Size
ca. 2000.00ha
Elevation (average)
0.00msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
0.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Marine
Coastal
Biome
Marine
Ecosystem Type
Coastal
Marine
Temperate shelfs and seas
EUNIS habitat
Coastal habitats (B)
Marine habitats (A)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
12.00°C
Precipitation Annual
1000.00mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Unstructured file
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
Yes
General Data Policy
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
The data provider is given and agrees to a statement of uses to which the dataset will be put
LTER Site Classification
Regular