Title | Raw ADCP data for long-term observations of currents on the Prince Edward Island shelf at Mooring 2 (April 2016 - April 2017) |
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Project | South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAMOC-SA) |
Authors |
Tarron Lamont Marcel van den Berg |
Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2020) |
Contributors |
Contact Person: Tarron Lamont |
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 277m, at location M2 (46.7117°S; 37.9000°E) on the Prince Edward Island shelf, between 24 April 2016 and 21 April 2017. |
Methods | The raw data was collected using a bottom-mounted, upward-looking, Teledyne 150 kHz RD Instruments Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) that was configured with a bin size of 8 m and a blanking distance of 3.52 m. The ADCP was deployed at location M2 (46.7117°S; 37.9000°E),in a depth of 277m, on the shelf between Marion Island and Prince Edward Island. The instrument measured hourly magnitude and direction throughout the water column between 24 April 2016 and 21 April 2017. |
Data | |
Temporal extent | 24 Apr 2016 – 21 Apr 2017 |
Geographic extent |
Prince Edward Islands, Southern Ocean
Lat: -46.7117 |
Vertical extent |
Max: -277.0 m Min: -277.0 m |
Keywords | ADCP, currents, INDIAN OCEAN, moorings, Prince Edward Islands, shelf, Southern Ocean |
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