| Title | Raw CTD data from the Marion Island Relief Voyage on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 019, April 2016 |
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| Project | Marion Island Relief Voyage |
| Authors |
Verheye, Hans |
| Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2022) |
| Contributors |
Contact Person: Lamont, Tarron Contact Person: Huggett, Jenny |
| Abstract | This is raw Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) data from the Marion Island Relief Voyage on the MV SA Agulhas II Voyage 019, 7 April to 16 May 2016. The 2016 Marion Relief Voyage 019 offered the 4th opportunity to conduct multi-disciplinary, ship-based marine research focusing on links and interactions between air and sea, ocean physics, chemistry, biogeochemistry and biology, including microbial, planktic and benthic communities on board South Africa’s polar research and supply vessel MV SA Agulhas II en route to, and around, the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward archipelago. The overall aim was to continue contributing to an oceanographic observation and monitoring system directed by South African research institutions in support of South Africa’s needs – and where possible, in support of global requirements of inter alia the Global Oceans Observing System (GOOS), the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS), the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), and the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP).With the declaration on 9 April 2013 of the Prince Edward Islands (PEIs) as South Africa’s first offshore Marine Protected Area (MPA), the outcomes of this cruise will further contribute toward an integrated view and a better understanding of the functioning of the combined island/marine PEI ecosystem. |
| Methods | Raw data in their original format, as received from the instrument and unprocessed. |
| Data | |
| Temporal extent | 07 Apr 2016 – 16 May 2016 |
| Geographic extent |
South Indian Ocean, Prince Edward Islands
North: -34.998 |
| Keywords | Conductivity , CTD , Depth , EOV: Physics > Subsurface salinity , EOV: Physics > Subsurface temperature , INDIAN OCEAN , SA Agulhas II , SA Agulhas II 019 |
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