Name: Converted XBT data from the Winter Shakedown Cruise on SA Agulhas II Voyage 003, July 2012
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Title	Converted XBT data from the Winter Shakedown Cruise on SA Agulhas II Voyage 003, July 2012
Project	Winter Cruise
Authors	Isabelle Ansorge Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town Head of Department RW James Building, Residence Road, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, isabelle.ansorge@uct.ac.za Azwianewi Makhado Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientist 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, Amakhado@environment.gov.za
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2017)
Contributors	Contact Person: Azwianewi Makhado Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientist 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, Amakhado@environment.gov.za
Abstract	This is pre-processed Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) data from the Winter Shakedown Cruise on SA Agulhas II, Voyage 003, 9 July to 6 August, 2012. The cruise started in Cape Town and went down to the GoodHope Line then up to the Prince Edward Islands, on to Port Elizabeth and then back to Cape Town. After the arrival of SA Agulhas II back to South Africa, an inaugural Southern Ocean cruise was undertaken, which included a multidisciplinary program to measure oceanographic and biological parameters that characterise the state of the Southern Ocean in the region of interest to South Africa, along with the ecosystem properties of the major gyres, frontal systems and shelf and plateau areas. Additionally, land-based research on marine mammals and seabirds was undertaken at South Africa’s Prince Edward Islands (PEIs). The aim of the cruise was to test the research vessels capability and its equipment and to increase our understanding with regard to the influences of oceanographic conditions (specifically eddies) and topography on foraging by top predators breeding at the PEIs. It seems possible that the ecosystem of the PEIs benefits substantially from its location downstream of an eddy corridor originating at the South-West Indian Ocean Ridge.
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 bottom readings, where the XBT loses signal, have not 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	09 Jul 2012 – 06 Aug 2012
Geographic extent	GoodHope Line, Prince Edward Islands North: -33.912 South: -59.0 West: 0.0 East: 25.583
Keywords	Expendable Bathythermograph, SA Agulhas II, SA Agulhas II 003, SOUTHERN OCEAN, XBT
Related resources	This digital object is part of Winter Shakedown Cruise on SA Agulhas II Voyage 003, July 2012 (10.15493/dea.mims.26052254)

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