Name: Processed XBT data from the Southern Ocean Seasonal Cycle Experiment (SOSCEx) III Winter Cruise on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 016, July 2015
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Title	Processed XBT data from the Southern Ocean Seasonal Cycle Experiment (SOSCEx) III Winter Cruise on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 016, July 2015
Project	Southern Ocean Seasonal Cycle Experiment (SOSCEx)
Authors	Pedro Monteiro Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Chief Oceanographer 11 Jan Celliers Road, Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch, 7600, pmonteiro@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 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 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 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 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 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 Don A Cowan University of Pretoria, Department of Genetics Microbial Ecologist 1st Floor, RW James Building, University Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Don.Cowan@up.ac.za Thulani Makhalanyane University of Pretoria, Department of Genetics Microbial Ecologist 1st Floor, RW James Building, University Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Thulani.Makhalanyane@up.ac.za
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2017)
Contributors	Contact Person: 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
Abstract	This is processed Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) data from the Southern Ocean Seasonal Cycle Experiment (SOSCEx) III Winter Cruise on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 016, 22 July to 15 August, 2015. The third Southern Ocean Seasonal Cycle Experiment (SOSCEx) III is a high-resolution full seasonal cycle experiment using integrated observational and modeling platforms. A novel aspect of SOSCEx III is the integrated multi-platform approach, which aims to explore new questions about the climate sensitivity of carbon and ecosystem dynamics in the Southern Ocean and how these processes are parameterized in models. This winter 2015 cruise can be divided into two primary tracks, the GoodHope line, between Cape Town and the ice edge along the Greenwich Meridian, and the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) line, between Cape Town and the Greenwich Meridian, at 34.5 degrees South longitude.
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	20 Jul 2015 – 14 Aug 2015
Geographic extent	South Atlantic Ocean, Cape Town, Sea Ice, Goodhope Line, SAMBA North: -33.935 South: -55.4 West: 0.0 East: 18.424
Keywords	Expendable Bathythermograph, SA Agulhas II, SA Agulhas II 016, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, XBT
Related resources	This digital object is part of Southern Ocean Seasonal Cycle Experiment (SOSCEx) III Winter Cruise on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 016, July 2015 (10.15493/dea.mims.26052260)

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