Title Processed CTD continuous observations from the West Coast Hake Biomass on the Africana Voyage 118, January 1994
Project West Coast Hake Biomass
Authors

Tutt, Gavin
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Scientific Technician;

Lamont, Tarron
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Scientist;

Frantz, Franklin
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Scientist;

Publisher Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2025)
Contributors

Contact Person: Tutt, Gavin
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Scientific Technician; email: Gtutt@dffe.gov.za

Abstract Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected between 04 January and 26 January 1994 during Voyage 118 on the FRS Africana, in the Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosysten (ACLME) region on the south coast of Southern Africa and the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000.
Methods Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000.Temperature was converted from the IPTS-68 scale to the ITS-90 scale, and salinity was computed from conductivity measurements on the 1978 Practical Salinity Scale, according to UNESCO (1991) algorithms. UNESCO (1993) quality control procedures were applied to the data, and obvious erroneous values resulting from problems including electronic spikes, data collection in air, inadequate flow through the conductivity cell, among others, have been removed. Any additional calibrations or corrections have been specified in each data file, where applicable and available.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 05 Jan 1994 – 25 Jan 1994
Geographic extent
300 km
Leaflet Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, USGS, Intermap, iPC, NRCAN, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), Esri (Thailand), TomTom, 2012

Agulhas Large Marine Ecosystem (ACLME), Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME)

North: -28.5
South: -36.0
West: 14.5
East: 20.5

Vertical extent Max: -462 m
Min: -1 m
Keywords conductivity, CTD, depth, INDIAN OCEAN, Neil Brown CTD, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, temperature
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