4. Acknowledgement
We are greatly thank to the staffs from Marine Work Japan Co., which is our contractor to maintain the TRITON buoy system including field works on board, data acquisition and quality check, sensor calibrations and so on.
We also thank to the captains and crews of R/V Kaiyo and R/V Mirai, who supported our field work on board.
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