Title Raw SADCP data from the Walters Shoal Cruise on Algoa Voyage 207, May 2014
Project Walters Shoal
Authors

Toufiek Samaai
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, Tsamaai@environment.gov.za

Publisher Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2022)
Contributors

Contact Person: Toufiek Samaai
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, Tsamaai@environment.gov.za

Abstract This is raw Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (SADCP) data collected on the Walters Shoal Cruise on Algoa Voyage 207, 15 May to 11 June 2014. The purpose of this cruise was to survey the oceanographic conditions and plankton distributions around Walter Shoal seamount, from beyond the 1000m contour line across the plateau.
Methods Raw data in their original format, as received from the instrument and unprocessed.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 15 May 2014 – 13 Jun 2014
Geographic extent

Greater Agulhas area, Cape Town, Richards Bay, East Coast, South Africa

North: -28.47
South: -38.01
West: 25.05
East: 46.89

Keywords Algoa, Algoa 207, INDIAN OCEAN, SADCP, Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers
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