Name: South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line on the Algoa Voyage 291, March 2023
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DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11482023

Title	South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line on the Algoa Voyage 291, March 2023
Authors	Marcel van den Berg Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DFFE), South Africa, email: mvdberg@dffe.gov.za
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2023)
Contributors	Contact Person: Marcel van den Berg Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), email: mvandenberg.dea@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 RS Algoa Voyage 291 from 01 March to 09 March 2023. The cruise operated from Slangkop, off Cape Town, westwards to 15° E, in the South Atlantic Ocean along the SAMBA transect. The objectives of the cruise were to deploy two Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) moorings (M3 & M4) along the Integrated Ecosystem Programme (IEP)’s Scarborough Monitoring line to collect current data on the Benguela Jet Current; deploy four tall moorings on the SAMBA transect (M7; M8; M9 & M10), incorporating ADCP’s and Sea-Bird Microcats; complete Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) casts (using the hydrographic winch), before each mooring deployment,for the calibration of the SeaBird microcats mounted on the moorings; collect underway Thermosalinograph (TSG); Surface Photosynthetically Active Radiation (SPAR); Underway PCO2 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.
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Temporal extent	01 Mar 2023 – 09 Mar 2023
Geographic extent	North: -33.0 South: -35.0 West: 14.0 East: 20.0
Keywords	Algoa, Algoa 291, 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) Monitoring Line cruise on the Algoa Voyage 291, March 2023 (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.10602023) Raw underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line cruise on the Algoa Voyage 291, March 2023 (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.10612023)

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