Title Raw ADCP Data for long-term observations of currents on the Prince Edward Island shelf at M2 (April 2024 - April 2025)
Project South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAMOC-SA)
Authors

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

van den Berg, Marcel
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Scientific Technician

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

Contact Person: van den Berg, Marcel
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Scientific Technician email: Mvdberg@dffe.gov.za

Abstract Here we present raw data from an ADCP, deployed at a depth of 267m, at location M2 (46.708°S; 37.902°E) on the Prince Edward Island shelf, between 27 April 2024 and 25 April 2025. 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 M2 (46.708°S; 37.902°E), in a depth of 267m, on the shelf between Marion Island and Prince Edward Island. The instrument measured hourly magnitude and direction throughout the water column between 27 April 2024 and 25 April 2025.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 27 Apr 2024 – 25 Apr 2025
Geographic extent
Marker
1000 km
Leaflet Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, USGS, Intermap, iPC, NRCAN, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), Esri (Thailand), TomTom, 2012

Prince Edward Islands, South Africa

Lat: -46.708
Lon: 37.902

Vertical extent Max: -267 m
Min: -267 m
Keywords Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, ADCP, currents, INDIAN OCEAN, moorings, SOUTHERN OCEAN, temperatures
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