March 2019
This Volume 28 of “JAMSTEC Report of Research and Development (JAMSTEC-R)” is the final issue published by JAMSTEC, as the third Mid-Term Plan of JAMSTEC will be completed in March, 2019.
JAMSTEC-R was first published in 2005, integrating “Report of Japan Marine Science and Technology Center” launched in 1977 and “JAMSTEC Journal of Deep Sea Research” launched in 1985 (see page 63-65). From then on, JAMSTEC-R has been published biannually, playing an important role as an in-house academic journal of JAMSTEC that publicizes research achievements on marine earth science and technology made by researchers and engineers of and outside JAMSTEC who employed investigation devices, facilities, data and samples owned by JAMSTEC. Electronic papers have also been made available to the public through J-STAGE.
It is my great regret that the publication of the JAMSTEC's annals, which has been continued over four decades, will end with the cessation of JAMSTEC-R, but I expect that an achievement of research and development of JAMSTEC will be published via the JAMSTEC website and various academic journals internationally.All the papers published in JAMSTEC-R (see page 66-81) will remain available through “JAMSTEC Document Catalog” and “J-STAGE”.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all successive authors, reviewers, members of the editorial committee, the editorial office staff, and readers for their dedication to JAMSTEC-R.
Daisuke Suetsugu
Chief Editor
JAMSTEC-R Editorial Committee
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
