Title | Raw CTD continuous observations from the West Coast Physical Oceanography cruise on the Africana Voyage 019, May 1984 |
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Project | West Coast Physical Oceanography |
Authors |
Gavin Tutt Tarron Lamont |
Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2022) |
Contributors |
Contact Person: Gavin Tutt Contact Person: Tarron Lamont |
Abstract | This is raw Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data from the West Coast Physical Oceanography cruise on the Africana Voyage 019 collected between 7 and 17 May 1984. The cruise operated in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. Africana Cruise 019 lasted from May 7 to May 17th 1984 and undertook several scientific tasks. The first part of the cruise was mostly devoted to bathymetric and geophysical (continuous reflection seismic) surveys in the region of the Cape Canyon of SW Cape. These surveys were the responsibility of personnel from the Marine Geoscience Unit of the University of Cape Town, and were done as part of a collaborative project with officers of the Sea Fisheries Research Institute who have an interest in the physiography of the Canyon and adjacent areas. The project received nominal financial support during 1984 from the SANCOR CSP Marine Sedimentology Programme. |
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. Here we present raw CTD profile data. |
Data | |
Temporal extent | 07 May 1984 – 17 May 1984 |
Geographic extent |
Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa
North: -32.0 |
Vertical extent |
Max: -2051.0 m Min: -0.6 m |
Keywords | Africana, Africana 019, Conductivity, CTD, Depth, Neil Brown CTD, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, Temperature |
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