Name: Raw ADCP data from long-term observations of currents at SAMBA Mooring 4, November 2015 - April 2017
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DOI: 10.15493/dea.mims.25010019

Title	Raw ADCP data from long-term observations of currents at SAMBA Mooring 4, November 2015 - April 2017
Project	South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAMOC-SA)
Authors	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, tlamont@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, mvdberg@environment.gov.za
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2021)
Contributors	Contact Person: 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, tarron.lamont@gmail.com
Abstract	The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying components of the SAMOC in the South Atlantic Ocean and monitor the variability of the main Southern Ocean frontal systems associated with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), south of Africa. Here we present raw data from an ADCP, deployed at a depth of 312m at Mooring 4 (34.2947°S; 17.8803°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 30 November 2015 and 05 April 2017.
Methods	The raw data collected using a bottom mounted, upward-looking, 150 kHz RD Instruments Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) was configured with a bin size of 8m and a blanking distance of 3.52m, and deployed at a depth of 312m at location Mooring 4 (34.2947°S; 17.8803°E), along the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean. The instrument measured hourly magnitude and direction throughout the water column between 30 November 2015 and 05 April 2017.
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Temporal extent	30 Nov 2015 – 05 Apr 2017
Geographic extent	Cape Basin, South Atlantic Ocean Lat: -34.2947 Lon: 17.8803
Vertical extent	Max: -312.0 m Min: -312.0 m
Keywords	Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, ADCP, Cape Basin, currents, moorings, SAMBA, South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
Related resources	This digital object continues Raw ADCP data from long-term observations of currents at SAMBA Mooring 4, July 2014 - December 2014 (10.15493/dea.mims.25010018)

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