Title South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line cruise on the Algoa Voyage 295, September 2023
Authors

Tarron Lamont
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, email: tlamont@dffe.gov.za

Publisher Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2024)
Contributors

Contact Person: Tarron Lamont
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, email: tarron.lamont@gmail.com

Abstract The South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line in the South-East Atlantic Ocean was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 295 from 18 September 2023 to 08 October 2023. The cruise operated from Slangkop, off Cape Town, westwards to 0° E, in the South Atlantic Ocean along the SAMBA transect. The objectives of the cruise were to recover,service and re-deploy ten (10) Pressure Inverted Echosounders (PIES); complete 37 Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) full depth casts (using the containerised winch) along the SAMBA transect; undertake Chlorophyll and Oxygen sampling at CTD stations and underway along SAMBA transect; undertake microbial and Genomics sampling at CTD stations; collect underway Thermosalinograph (TSG); Surface Photosynthetically Active Radiation (SPAR) and Ship-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (S-ADCP) data and provide training to newly employed Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) personnel and interns.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 18 Sep 2023 – 08 Oct 2023
Geographic extent

North: -33.0
South: -36.0
West: -1.0
East: 20.0

Keywords Algoa, Algoa 295, cruise report, sailing orders
Related resources
  • Digital objects included in this collection:
    • Processed underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) on Algoa Voyage 295, September 2023 (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.13502023)
    • Raw underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) on Algoa Voyage 295, September 2023 (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.13512023)