R/V Mirai MR21-05C Cruise Report

Arctic Expedition for Environmental Studies ; Observational study of the Arctic environmental changes: Pacific-Arctic interaction, biogeochemical transport, mixing and marine ecosystem ; Research and development of under-ice observation technology ; Quantification of the microplastic inventory in the waters of the western Arctic Ocean and microplastic influx from the Pacific Ocean ; Changes in clouds and aerosols over the ice-free Arctic Ocean ; Possibility of the expanding distribution in plankton and fishes associated with sea ice reduction in the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean ; Observation of air-sea-wave-ice interaction over the Pacific Arctic region ; Investigating the physical and ecophysiological basis of fall phytoplankton blooms in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas ; Nitrogen Fixation in a Changing Arctic Ocean An Overlooked Source of Nitrogen ; Exploring microplankton interactions and their functional roles in a changing Arctic ; Determining the contribution of siphonophores to mesopelagic backscatter in the Arctic ; Better understanding of climate-driven changes of biogeochemical dynamics in the western Arctic Ocean via R/V Mirai 2023 Cruise A perspective of stable carbon isotope ; Temporal variations of the carbonate chemical components the Arctic Ocean within summertime ; Observation of water vapor isotopic ratios ; Observation of atmospheric greenhouse gases and related species in the North Pacific region