National Institute of Polar Research
NIPR in number
1,April 2023
Low-temperature room facilities
Low temperature laboratories: 9
Low temperature storage rooms: 6
Room-temperature laboratories: 2
Operating time: 8,760hrs (FY2018)
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Laboratory (SHRIMP Laboratory)
Operating time: 1,872hrs (FY2018)
Polar Science Computer System
Operating time: 8,685hrs (FY2018)
Number of accounts: 174
Program of the Antarctic Syowa MST/IS Radar (PANSY radar)
Number of antennas: 1,045
Absolute gravity meter FG5
Absolute gravity value at NIPR
9.79770849 ±0.000000043m/s2
(January 25, 2017)
| category | collection | borrowed samples (users) FY2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Rocks and minerals | ca. 20,000 | 103 (23) |
| Biological specimens | ca. 60,000 | 71 (9) |
| Meteorites | ca. 17,400 | 321 (78) |
Library
| category | collection |
|---|---|
| Books | Books: 28,200 Journals: 3,900 titles |
| E-books | E-books: 23,400 titles E-journal: 4,400 titles |
| Maps | 3,600 |
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