Name: Raw CTD continuous observations from the West Coast Physical Oceanography on the Africana Voyage 025, October 1984
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DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.41122022

Title	Raw CTD continuous observations from the West Coast Physical Oceanography on the Africana Voyage 025, October 1984
Project	West Coast Physical Oceanography
Authors	Gavin Tutt Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientific Technician; contact details: email: Gtutt@environment.gov.za Tarron Lamont Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientist; contact details: email: tlamont@environment.gov.za
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2022)
Contributors	Contact Person: Gavin Tutt Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientific Technician; contact details: email: gtsglider@gmail.com Contact Person: Tarron Lamont Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientist; contact details: email: tarron.lamont@gmail.com
Abstract	This is raw Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data from the West Coast Physical Oceanography on the Africana Voyage 025, collected between 25 and 31 October 1984. The cruise operated in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. The objectives of this cruise included studying shelf circulation in the vicinity of Port Nolloth by placing three current meter moorings across the shelf; exploring the deep circulation in the Cape Basin which is thought to be a driving mechanism for the preponderance of southward flow observed on the shelf by placing a current meter in 3000m of water; recovering one current meter in the Cape Canyon and deploying two current meter moorings and a thermistor string near Cape Columbine and obtaining Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) data at these sites; collecting chemical samples and CTD data along a line between Port Nolloth to the deep current meter site, this included 100ml samples for analysis by M.J. Orren on routine CTD casts; a line of six coastal CTD stations was to be worked in the Hondeklipbaai upwelling tongue; the surface flow over the 1000m contour was to be studied using an acoustic drifter and samples were to be taken at various CTD stations for nitrogen cycling studies.
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.
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Temporal extent	25 Oct 1984 – 30 Oct 1984
Geographic extent	Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa North: -29.0 South: -33.0 West: 15.5 East: 18.0
Vertical extent	Max: -168.8 m Min: -1.2 m
Keywords	Africana, Africana 025, Conductivity, CTD, Depth, Neil Brown CTD, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, Temperature
Related resources	This digital object is described by https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000090489 This digital object is described by https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000138825 This digital object is part of West Coast Physical Oceanography on the Africana Voyage 025, October 1984 (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.26122022) This digital object is previous version of Processed CTD continuous observations from the West Coast Physical Oceanography on the Africana Voyage 025, October 1984 (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.39122022)

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