| Title | Raw ADCP Data for long-term observations of currents on the Prince Edward Island shelf at Mooring 1 (May 2022 - April 2023) |
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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 raw data from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), deployed at a depth of 167m, at location M1 (46.770°S; 37.900°E) on the Prince Edward Island shelf, between 09 May 2022 and 26 April 2023. 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 | The raw data was collected using a bottom-mounted, upward-looking, 150 kHz RD Instruments Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) that was configured with a bin size of 8m and a blanking distance of 3.52m. The ADCP was deployed at location M1 (46.770°S; 37.900°E),in a depth of 167m, on the shelf between Marion Island and Prince Edward Island. The instrument measured hourly magnitude and direction throughout the water column between 09/05/2022 and 26/04/2023. |
| Data | |
| Temporal extent | 09 May 2022 – 26 Apr 2023 |
| Geographic extent |
Prince Edward Islands, South Africa
North: -46.77 |
| Vertical extent |
Max: -167 m Min: -167 m |
| Keywords | Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, ADCP, currents, INDIAN OCEAN, moorings, SOUTHERN OCEAN |
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