Title Raw ADCP Data for short-term observations of currents on the continental shelf off Port St Johns, along the east coast of South Africa (July 2013 - December 2013)
Authors

Gavin Louw
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientific Technician; contact details: email: glouw@dffe.gov.za

Marcel van den Berg
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientific Technician; contact details: email: mvdberg@dffe.gov.za

Tarron Lamont
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientist; contact details: email: tlamont@dffe.gov.za

Publisher Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2024)
Contributors

Contact Person: Marcel van den Berg
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientific Technician; contact details: email: mvandenberg.dea@gmail.com

Abstract Between 2013 and 2014, a short-term mooring deployment was conducted to determine the oceanographic characteristics and variability off Port St Johns, along the east coast of South Africa. One mooring (PJ) was deployed, at a depth of 95m, between July 2013 and September 2014. This mooring measured currents, as well as sub-surface bottom temperatures on the continental shelf off Port St Johns, on the east coast of South Africa. Here we present raw data from an ADCP at location PJ (31.73°S; 29.51°E) on the continental shelf off Port St Johns, between July 2013 and December 2013.
Methods The raw data was collected using a bottom-mounted, upward-looking, 300 kHz RD Instruments Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) was configured with a bin size of 2 m and a blanking distance of 1.76 m, and deployed at location PJ (31.73°S; 29.51°E), on the shelf off Port St Johns. The instrument measured hourly magnitude and direction throughout the water column between 03 December 2013 and 25 September 2014.
Data
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Temporal extent 02 Jul 2013 – 03 Dec 2013
Geographic extent

Port St Johns, South Africa

North: -30.0
South: -32.0
West: 29.0
East: 30.0

Vertical extent Max: -86 m
Min: -86 m
Keywords Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, ADCP, currents, INDIAN OCEAN, moorings, temperature
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