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 (December 2013 - September 2014) |
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Authors |
Gavin Louw Marcel van den Berg Tarron Lamont |
Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2024) |
Contributors |
Contact Person: Marcel van den Berg |
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 90m, 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 December 2013 and September 2014. |
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 02 July 2013 and 03 December 2013. |
Data | |
Temporal extent | 03 Dec 2013 – 25 Sep 2014 |
Geographic extent |
Port St Johns, South Africa
North: -30.0 |
Vertical extent |
Max: -90 m Min: -90 m |
Keywords | Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, ADCP, currents, INDIAN OCEAN, moorings, temperature |
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