Forty days passed swiftly by since R/V MIRAI entered Indonesian EEZ, and today she left it. We have made lots of observations during the period, including more than 350 radiosonde soundings, more than 220 CTD casts, more than 220 TurboMAP casts, and nearly 9,000 volume scans of weather radar. Luckily, we performed almost all of the observation items we had planned, and we completed 3-hourly routine observations without missing data at the station point. Our final radiosonde launch was done in the presence of the captain and security officer, only 2 hours before the leaving, which was successful as usual. I, as the chief scientist of this research cruise, am most grateful to all of the researchers, technicians, and vessel crew from the captain on down for their great efforts. (Satoru Yokoi)
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