Title Raw SPAR data from the Mooring Cruise on the Algoa Voyage 199, June 2013
Project South Coast Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise
Authors

Marcel van den Berg
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Scientific Technician 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, marcel@oceanafrica.com

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

Contact Person: Marcel van den Berg
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Scientific Technician 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, marcel@oceanafrica.com

Abstract This is raw Surface Photosynthetically Active Radiation (SPAR) data from the Mooring Cruise on the Algoa Voyage 199 from 29 June - 3 July, 2013. The area covered includes Slangkop, off of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa to Port Edward, south of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Methods Raw data in their original format, as received from the QSR-2000 Hemispherical Quantum Scalar Reference Sensor by Biospherical Instruments Inc. This sensor is designed for measuring total incident Surface Photosynthetically Active Radiation (SPAR) (400-700 nm) from the sun and sky. SPAR sensors are usually mounted on a vessel’s mast and the data can be used as a surface reference for underwater profiling PAR sensors.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 29 Jul 2013 – 03 Jul 2013
Geographic extent

Slangkop, Cape Town, Western Cape, Port St. Johns, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

North: -30.0
South: -35.0
West: 18.0
East: 32.0

Keywords Algoa, Algoa 199, INDIAN OCEAN, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, SPAR, Surface Photosynthetically Active Radiation
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