Name: Processed XBT data from SANAE on SA Agulhas II Voyage 018, December 2015
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Title	Processed XBT data from SANAE on SA Agulhas II Voyage 018, December 2015
Project	South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE)
Authors	Pedro Monteiro Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Chief Oceanographer 11 Jan Celliers Road, Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch, 7600, pmonteiro@csir.co.za Sandy Thomalla Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Principal Scientist 11 Jan Celliers Road, Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 7600, sandy.thomalla@gmail.com Sebastiaan Swart University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Science Marine Scientist Carl Skottsbergs Gata 22, 41319 Göteborg, Sweden, sebastiaan.swart@marine.gu.se Warren Joubert Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Oceans Systems and Climate Principal Scientist 11 Jan Celliers Road, Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 7600, wjoubert@csir.co.za Thato Mtshali Oceans Systems and Climate, CSIR Natural Resources and Environment Biogeochemical Oceanographer 10 Jan Celliers Road, P.O. Box 320, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 7600, tmtshali@csir.co.za Isabelle Ansorge University of Cape Town, Oceanography Department Physical Oceanographer 1st Floor, RW James Building, University Cape Town, South Africa, Isabelle.ansorge@uct.ac.za Susanne Fietz Stellenbosch University, Department of Earth Sciences Senior Lecturer Geology Chamber of Mines Builing, Corner Reyneveld and Merriman Streets, Stellenbosch, South Africa, sfietz@sun.ac.za Sarah Fawcett University of Cape Town, Oceanography Department Biogeochemical Oceanographer Cape Town, South Africa, sfawcett@princeton.edu Raissa Philibert Stellenbosch University, Department of Earth Sciences Biogeochemical Oceanographer Geology Chamber of Mines Builing, Corner Reyneveld and Merriman Streets, Stellenbosch, South Africa, raiphilibert@gmail.com Alakendra Roychoudhury Stellenbosch University, Department of Earth Sciences Professor Geology Chamber of Mines Builing, Corner Reyneveld and Merriman Streets, Stellenbosch, South Africa, roy@sun.ac.za Annette Bekker Stellenbosch University, Engineering Department, Sound and Vibration Associate Professor Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Building, Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 7600, annieb@sun.ac.za Hans Verheye Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Specialist Scientist 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa Azwianewi Makhado Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Chief Scientist 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, Amakhado@environment.gov.za Rob Crawford Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Specialist Scientist 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa Marthan Bester University of Pretoria, Department of Zoology Zoologist Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private bag X20, Hatfield Pretoria, South Africa, 0028, mnbester@zoology.up.ac.za
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2017)
Contributors	Contact Person: Thato Mtshali Oceans Systems and Climate, CSIR Natural Resources and Environment Biogeochemical Oceanographer 10 Jan Celliers Road, P.O. Box 320, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 7600, tmtshali@csir.co.za
Abstract	This is processed Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) data from SANAE, SA Agulhas II Yoyage 018 from 05 December 2015 to 10 February 2016. The South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) is an annual cruise undertaken by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to change the overwintering teams in Antarctica and to replenish the supplies at the SANAE IV Research base. This voyage was to deliver the SANAE 55 team to the island and return with the SANAE 54 team. The cruise was undertaken between with full scientific complement.
Methods	Sippican WinMK21 Data Acquisition and Post-Processing Software is used for data collection of T7 Deep Blue XBT probes. The data is collected in .bin format and then converted to .txt files using software.The *.txt files contain some metadata at the top of file, but not always fully completed by operators. There is no editing done to the data in the acquisition software and so the data is imported into Excel and de-spiked manually. The bottom readings, where the XBT loses signal, have been removed.
Data	Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) Terms of use These data are made available with the express understanding that any such use will properly acknowledge the originator(s) and publisher and cite the accession numbers and/or associated Digital Object Identifiers. Anyone wishing to use these data should properly cite and attribute the data providers listed as authors in the metadata provided with each dataset. It is expected that all the conditions of the data license will be strictly honoured. Use of any material herein should be properly cited using the dataset’s persistent identifiers such as accession numbers and DOIs. I agree to the terms of use
Temporal extent	05 Dec 2015 – 10 Feb 2016
Geographic extent	South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, Cape Town, Antarctica North: -33.925 South: -70.16 West: -36.0 East: 18.424
Keywords	ANTARCTICA, Expendable Bathythermograph, SA Agulhas II, SA Agulhas II 018, XBT
Related resources	This digital object is part of South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 018, December 2015 (10.15493/dea.mims.26052262)

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