Title | Long-term observations of daily subsurface temperatures at location Mooring 9 (October 2018 - October 2020) |
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Project | South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAMOC-SA) |
Authors |
Tarron Lamont Marcel van den Berg |
Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2023) |
Contributors |
Contact Person: Tarron Lamont Contact Person: Marcel van den Berg |
Abstract | Here we present processed daily subsurface temperatures from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) located at a depth of 466m at M9 (34.50295°S; 17.1242°E) along the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 16 October 2018 and 05 October 2020. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying components of the SAMOC in the South Atlantic Ocean and monitor the variability of the main Southern Ocean frontal systems associated with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), south of Africa. |
Methods | A subsurface-mounted, upward-looking, 75 kHz RD Instruments Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) was deployed at location M9 (34.50295°S; 17.1242°E), along the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean. A temperature sensor on the instrument measured hourly temperature readings between 16 October 2018 and 05 October 2020, at a depth of 466m. These hourly values were averaged to daily means. Daily values were only generated for days on which there were 75% or more hourly readings. |
Data | |
Temporal extent | 16 Oct 2018 – 05 Oct 2020 |
Geographic extent |
Cape Basin, South Atlantic Ocean
North: -32.0 |
Vertical extent |
Max: -466 m Min: -466 m |
Keywords | Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, ADCP, moorings, SAMBA transect, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, temperature |
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