Meteor - Meteor (English)

Japanese: メテオール号 - めておーるごう(英語表記)Meteor
Meteor - Meteor (English)

(1) A German oceanographic research vessel built in 1915 with a displacement of 1,150 tons and a crew of 114 and 10 scientists. It was a converted warship belonging to the Hydrographic Department of the former German Navy. It was fitted with the latest equipment and oceanographic instruments of the time, and under Captain Spiess and Captain Mertz (later replaced by Defant), it conducted the Great South Atlantic Ocean Expedition (1925-1927). The results of the observations were compiled into 16 volumes, edited by Defant as chief editor, and published as the Meteor Report, which was completed in 1963 after a hiatus during World War II. The book is regarded as a classic in oceanography.

(2) An oceanographic research vessel of the Federal Republic of Germany that inherited the name of the former. Built in 1964. Displacement 2,615 tons, length 82 meters, width 13.5 meters, crew of 55, and 10 scientists. Equipped with the latest oceanographic and marine meteorological observation equipment and 10 laboratories, it belongs to the German Hydrographic Institute in Hamburg. It is active in observing the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and their associated seas.

[Masao Hanzawa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

(1)ドイツの海洋観測艦。1915年建造。排水量1150トン、乗組員114名、科学者10名。旧ドイツ海軍水路部の所属で、軍艦を改装したもの。当時の最新式の装備、海洋測器を取り付け、艦長シュピース、隊長メルツ(のちデファントに交代)の下、南大西洋海洋大探検(1925~1927)などを行った。観測の成果は、デファントが編集主幹となって16巻にまとめ、1932年から第二次世界大戦中の中断を経て1963年に完結した『メテオール報告』として刊行された。同書は海洋物理学の古典として評価されている。

(2)前者の名を受け継いだドイツ連邦共和国の海洋観測船。1964年建造。排水量2615トン、長さ82メートル、幅13.5メートル、乗組員55名、科学者10名。最新の海洋・海洋気象観測設備と10の研究室を有し、ハンブルクのドイツ水路研究所に所属する。大西洋、インド洋とそれらの付属海の観測に活躍している。

[半澤正男]

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