Title | Raw underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) on Algoa Voyage 265, September 2019 |
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Project | South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) |
Authors |
Darrel Anders Franklin Frantz Leon Jacobs Marcel van den Berg Tarron Lamont |
Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2024) |
Contributors |
Contact Person: Leon Jacobs |
Abstract | Here we present the 6-second resolution raw Thermosalinograph (TSG) data collected between 30 September 2019 and 16 October 2019 during the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) cruise on the RS Algoa Voyage 265. A SeaBird SBE45 TSG is used to opportunistically collect underway near-surface temperature and conductivity measurements during research and monitoring cruises. Water is continuously pumped to the TSG from an intake located in the hull of the vessel, and the observations are continuously interfaced with navigational information. A temperature sensor close to the intake provides temperature measurements of the incoming water (T1). The temperature of the water inside the conductivity cell (T2) is used to accurately compute salinity (S) from the conductivity measurements (C). |
Methods | The SeaBird SBE45 Thermosalinograph (TSG) is used on the RS Algoa for the collection of underway near-surface temperature and conductivity measurements. The underway seawater is obtained from a depth of 5m below the surface and pumped through the TSG. Data is collected using the most recent SeaBird (SBE) SeaSave software. The software was set to record data at 6 second intervals for the duration of the cruise, between 30 September 2019 and 16 October 2019. Data was collected in the southern part of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. |
Data | |
Temporal extent | 30 Sep 2019 – 16 Oct 2019 |
Geographic extent |
Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BLMCE)
North: -28.0 |
Vertical extent |
Max: -5.0 m Min: -5.0 m |
Keywords | Algoa, Algoa 265, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, THERMOSALINOGRAPH, TSG |
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