Title | Long-term observations of daily bottom temperatures on the Prince Edward Island shelf at Mooring 2 (April 2021 - May 2022) |
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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: Marcel van den Berg |
Abstract | Here we present processed daily bottom temperature from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) at location M2 (46.712°S; 37.907°E) on the Prince Edward Island shelf, between 28 April 2021 and 05 May 2022. 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 bottom-mounted, upward-looking, 150 kHz RD Instruments Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) was deployed at location M2 (46.712°S; 37.907°E), on the shelf between Marion Island and Prince Edward Island. A temperature sensor on the instrument measured hourly temperature readings between 28 April 2021 and 05 May 2022, at a depth of 257m. 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 | 28 Apr 2021 – 05 May 2022 |
Geographic extent |
Prince Edward Islands, South Africa
North: -46.712 |
Vertical extent |
Max: -257 m Min: -257 m |
Keywords | Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, ADCP, currents, INDIAN OCEAN, moorings, SOUTHERN OCEAN, temperatures |
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