*Naohiro Kosugi¹, Daisuke Sasano¹, Masao Ishii¹, Atsushi Kojima², Yusuke Takatani² (1.Meteorological Research Institute, 2.Japan Meteorological Agency)

*Daisuke Sasano¹, Yusuke Takatani², Naohiro Kosugi¹, Takashi Midorikawa¹, Toshiya Nakano², Masao Ishii¹ (1.Meteorological Research Institute, 2.Japan Meteorological Agency)

*Akitomo Yamamoto¹, Ayako Abe-Ouchi¹, Masahito Shigemitsu², Akira Oka¹, Kunio Takahashi², Rumi Ohgaito², Yasuhiro Yamanaka³ (1.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 2.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 3.Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University)

*Glen Snyder¹, Ryo Matsumoto¹, Shinsuke Aoki³, Adrian Bodenmann⁴, Sangekar Mehul⁴, Blair Thornton⁴, Hitoshi Tomaru², Satoko Owari², Minori Chikada², Robert Brant⁶, Daniel Doolittle⁷, Stefan Williams⁵, Oscar Pizarro⁵ (1.Gas Hydrate Research Lab, Meiji Univeristy, 2.Dept. Earth Sciences, Chiba University, 3.Graduate School of Agriculture, Meiji University, 4.Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 5.Australian Centre for Field Robotics, The University of Sydney, 6.CSnet International Inc., 7.Fugro GeoConsulting Inc.)

*Qian Liu^1,2, JING ZHANG¹, Kai Jiang¹, Shota Kambayashi¹ (1.University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan, 2.Northwest Pacific Region Environmental Cooperation Center, Toyama, Japan)

*JING ZHANG¹, Qian Liu^1,2, Takeshi Matsuno³ (1.University of Toyama, 2.Northwest Pacific Region Environmental Cooperation Center, 3.Kyushu University)

*Shigeshi Fuchida¹, Hiroshi Koshikawa¹, Shun Tsuboi¹, Naoki Furuichi¹, Hiroyuki Yamamoto², Masanobu Kawachi¹ (1.National Institute for Environmental Studies, 2.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

*masami abe¹, Kyoko Hata¹, Wataru Nishijima² (1.IDEA Consultants, Inc., 2.Hiroshima Univ.)

*Takafumi Hirata¹, Koji Suzuki¹, Hiroomi Miyamoto² (1.Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, 2.Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute)

*Hiroaki Saito¹, Fuminori Hashihama², Makoto Ehama², Takuhei Shiozaki³ (1.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, 2.Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 3.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

*Bingzhang Chen¹, Sherwood Lan Smith¹ (1.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

*Joji Ishizaka¹, Qian Xu², Chiho Sukigara¹, Takeshi Matsuno³, Sinjae Yoo⁴ (1.Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, 2.Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, 3.Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, 4.Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology)

*Yasuhiro Hoshiba¹, Takafumi Hirata², Masahito Shigemitsu³, Hideyuki Nakano⁴, Taketo Hashioka³, Yoshio Masuda², Yasuhiro Yamanaka² (1.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute Center for Climate System Research, University of Tokyo, 2.Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido Univ., 3.JAMSTEC, 4.MRI)

*Shin-ichi Ito¹, Takaaki Yokoi¹, Tomihiko Higuchi¹, Yasuhiro Kamimura², Motomitsu Takahashi², Tetsuichiro Funamoto², Osamu Shida³, Kotaro Shirai¹, Kosei Komatsu¹ (1.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 2.Fisheries Research Agency, 3.Hokkaido Research Organization)

*Shin-ichi Ito¹, Kosei Komatsu¹, Satoshi Kitajima², Akinori Takasuka², Naoki Yoshie³, Takeshi Okunishi², Motomitsu Takahashi², Toru Hasegawa², Takashi Setou², Micho Yoneda² (1.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 2.Fisheries Research Agency, 3.Ehime University)