Abstract
The western Pacific ADCP Program started in January 1997 as part of J-GOOS (Japanese Global Ocean Observing System) Program by using a huge mineral transport ship operated mainly between Japan and Australia. This program is planned to continue for more than 10 years under the financial support of the Japanese government. It is expected that surface velocity data obtained repeatedly along the ship track serve as data to predict the large meander of the Kuroshio south of Honshu, Japan and the initiation of El Nino. In this paper, the observation system is briefly introduced and the accuracy and error problems of velocity measurement are discussed. Finally the first commercial cruise data are presented as a typical example of observation data.
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