Name: Raw underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from SA Agulhas II Voyage 037, July 2019
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DOI: 10.15493/dea.mims.20210421

Title	Raw underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from SA Agulhas II Voyage 037, July 2019
Project	Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA)
Authors	Leon Jacobs Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientific Technician 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, email: LJacobs@environment.gov.za Marcel van den Berg Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientific Technician 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, email: mvdberg@environment.gov.za Tarron Lamont Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientist 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, email: tlamont@environment.gov.za
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2021)
Contributors	Contact Person: Leon Jacobs Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientific Technician 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, email: leon5134@gmail.com
Abstract	A SeaBird SBE45 Thermosalinograph (TSG) is used to opportunistically collect underway near-surface temperature and conductivity measurements during research and monitoring cruises. Water is continuously pumped to the TSG from an intake located in the hull of the vessel, and the observations are continuously interfaced with navigational information. A temperature sensor close to the intake provides temperature measurements of the incoming water (T1). The temperature of the water inside the conductivity cell (T2) is used to accurately compute salinity (S) from the conductivity measurements (C). Here we present the 10-second resolution raw TSG data collected between 01 July 2019 and 11 July 2019, during Voyage 037 on the SA Agulhas II.
Methods	The SeaBird SBE45 Thermosalinograph (TSG) is used on the SA Agulhas II for the collection of underway near-surface temperature and conductivity measurements. The underway seawater is obtained from a depth of 7m below the surface and pumped through the TSG. Data is collected using the most recent SeaBird (SBE) SeaSave software. The software was set to record data at 10 second intervals for the duration of the cruise, between 01 July 2019 and 11 July 2017. Data was collected in the southern part of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region, on the west and south coasts of South Africa, in the eastern part of the South Atlantic Ocean, and in the Southern Ocean.
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Temporal extent	01 Jul 2019 – 11 Jul 2019
Geographic extent	South African east coast North: -33.0 South: -36.0 West: 17.0 East: 29.0
Vertical extent	Max: -7 m Min: -7 m
Keywords	ASCA, conductivity, INDIAN OCEAN, SA Agulhas II, SA Agulhas II 037, salinity, SBE45, temperature, Thermosalinograph, TSG, underway
Related resources	This digital object is part of Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA) cruise on SA Agulhas II Voyage 037, July 2019 (10.15493/dea.mims.20210419)

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