Name: Processed CTD continuous observations from the Africana Voyage 014, December 1983
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DOI: 10.15493/dea.mims.20210218

Title	Processed CTD continuous observations from the Africana Voyage 014, December 1983
Authors	Gavin Tutt Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientific Technician 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, Gtutt@environment.gov.za Tarron Lamont Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientist 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, tlamont@environment.gov.za
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2021)
Contributors	Contact Person: Gavin Tutt Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientific Technician 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, gtsglider@gmail.com
Abstract	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 processed downcast CTD continuous data collected between 05 and 15 December 1983, during Voyage 014 on the Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa
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 processed downcast CTD profile data collected between 05 and 15 December 1983, during Voyage 014 on the Africana. Temperature was converted from the IPTS-68 scale to the ITS-90 scale, and salinity was computed from conductivity measurements on the 1978 Practical Salinity Scale, according to UNESCO (1991) algorithms. UNESCO (1993) quality control procedures were applied to the data, and obvious erroneous values resulting from problems including electronic spikes, data collection in air, inadequate flow through the conductivity cell, among others, have been removed. Any additional calibrations or corrections have been specified in each data file, where applicable and available.
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Temporal extent	05 Dec 1983 – 15 Dec 1983
Geographic extent	Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BLMCE), west coast of South Africa North: -31.0 South: -35.0 West: 14.0 East: 18.5
Vertical extent	Max: 0.0 m Min: -1298.5 m
Keywords	Africana, Africana 014, conductivity, continuous, CTD, Neil Brown CTD, pressure, salinity, 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 new version of Raw CTD continuous observations from the Africana Voyage 014, December 1983 (10.15493/dea.mims.20210220) This digital object is part of Physical Oceanography Cruise on the Africana Voyage 014, December 1983 (10.15493/dea.mims.20210217)

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