1. Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency
2. Scripps Institution of Oceanography
3. State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University
4. Kobe Marine Observatory
5. College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
6. Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute
7. French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) (Centre de Brest)
8. Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Res.
9. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
10. Marine Division, Climate and Marine Department, Japan Meteorological Agency
11. Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
12. The General Environmental Technos Co., Ltd. (KANSO)
13. Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute
14. Hakodate Marine Observatory
15. Nagasaki Marine Observatory
16. Maizuru Marine Observatory
17. Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute
18. French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea