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Long-term observations of daily currents on the Prince Edward Island shelf at Mooring 1 (April 2020 - April 2021)
Here we present processed magnitude and direction of daily currents throughout the water column (19.44 - 147.44m) from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) at location M1 (46.773°S; 37.912°E) on the Prince Edward Island shelf, between 30 April 2020 and 25 April 2021. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying components of the SAMOC in the South Atlantic...
Long-term observations of daily currents at SAMBA Mooring 9 (October 2018 - October 2020)
Here we present processed magnitude and direction of daily currents in the upper part of the water column (41.56 - 441.56m) from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) located at a depth of 466m at M9 (34.50295°S; 17.1242°E) along the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 16 October 2018 and 05 October 2020. The South African component of the international South Atlantic...
Long-term observations of daily currents on the Prince Edward Island shelf at Mooring 2 (April 2020 - April 2021)
Here we present processed magnitude and direction of daily currents throughout the water column (44.79 - 244.79m) from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) at location M2 (46.712°S; 37.902°E) on the Prince Edward Island shelf, between 30 April 2020 and 25 April 2021. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying components of the SAMOC in the South Atlantic Ocean...
Long-term observations of hourly currents on the Prince Edward Island shelf at Mooring 2 (April 2020 - April 2021)
Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents throughout the water column (44.79 - 244.79m) from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) at location M2 (46.712°S; 37.902°E) on the Prince Edward Island shelf, between 29 April 2020 and 26 April 2021. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying components of the SAMOC in the South Atlantic...
Raw Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) data for long-term observations of currents on the Prince Edward Island shelf at Mooring 2 (April 2020 - April 2021)
Here we present raw data from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), deployed at a depth of 267m, at location M2 (46.712°S; 37.902°E) on the Prince Edward Island shelf, between 30 April 2020 and 25 April 2021. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying components of the SAMOC in the South Atlantic Ocean and monitor the variability of the main Southern Ocean...
Raw Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) data from long-term observations of currents at SAMBA Mooring 9 (October 2018 - October 2020)
Here we present raw data from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), located at a depth of 466m at M9 (34.50295°S; 17.1242°E) along the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 16 October 2018 and 05 October 2020. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and...
Raw Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) data from long-term observations of currents at SAMBA Mooring 10 (October 2018 - October 2020)
Here we present raw data from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), located at a depth of 465m at M10 (34.5000°S; 14.7038°E) along the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 18 October 2018 and 06 October 2020. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and...
Long-term observations of hourly currents at SAMBA Mooring 4 (October 2018 - September 2020)
Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents in the upper part of the water column (36.94 - 292.94m) from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) located at a depth of 320m at M4 (34.2950°S; 17.8802°E) along the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 09 October 2018 and 29 September 2020. The South African component of the international South Atlantic...
Long-term observations of daily currents along at SAMBA Mooring 8 (October 2018 - October 2020)
Here we present processed magnitude and direction of daily currents in the upper part of the water column (52.49 - 425.48m) from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) located at a depth of 477m at M8 (34.4792°S; 17.3403°E) along the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 11 October 2018 and 03 October 2020. The South African component of the international South Atlantic...
Long-term observations of hourly currents measured by DVS at SAMBA Mooring 8 (October 2018 - October 2020)
Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents in the water column from a Doppler Volume Sampler (DVS) located at a depth of 1227m at M8 (34.4792°S; 17.3403°E) along the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 10 October 2018 and 04 October 2020. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project...
Long-term observations of hourly currents at SAMBA Mooring 9 (October 2018 - October 2020)
Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents in the upper part of the water column (41.56 - 441.56m) from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) located at a depth of 466m at M9 (34.50295°S; 17.1242°E) along the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 15 October 2018 and 06 October 2020. The South African component of the international South Atlantic...
Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at location Mooring 4 (October 2018 - September 2020)
Here we present processed hourly bottom temperatures from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) located at a depth of 305m at M4 (34.2950°S; 17.8802°E) along the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 09 October 2018 and 29 September 2020. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to...
Long-term observations of daily subsurface temperatures at location Mooring 10 (October 2018 - October 2020)
Here we present processed daily subsurface temperatures from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) located at a depth of 465m at M10 (34.5000°S; 14.7038°E) along the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 18 October 2018 and 06 October 2020. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to...
Western Indian Ocean Sustainable Ecosystem Alliance Cruise on Algoa Voyage 197, April 2013
The Western Indian Ocean Sustainable Ecosystem Alliance Cruise was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 197, 1 to 29 April, 2013. Long-term offshore ecosystem monitoring in the SWIO started with the establishment of a shallow (18m) UTR network by ACEP. The ASCLME project adopted the UTR network and together with NOAA, NIOZ, DEA and ACEP instituted an annual mooring cruise. A wide range of state-of-the-art in-situ instruments from various international programmes and initiatives were deployed during...
South Coast Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise on the Algoa Voyage 213, December 2014
The South Coast Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 213 on 1 to 19 December, 2014. Two data pods were released and recovered from (1) ADCP mooring and (2) CPIES deployed during the September 2013 Gough Cruise. Cape Recife ADCP current mooring was recovered. Four ADCP current moorings were recovered and serviced in Algoa Bay. Port St. Johns ADCP current mooring was recovered. Port St. Johns CTD/bongo survey lines were completed. DIC and pCO2 sampling was...
Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise: Cape Point and Port St Johns on the Algoa Voyage 204, November 2013
The Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise: Cape Point and Port St Johns was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 204, 25 November to 6 December, 2013. The South Coast Mooring Cruise had two scientific objectives: (1) Service, maintain and extend the in situ operational oceanography network currently deployed around South Africa and (2) to investigate the dynamics of the Port St Johns eddy and biological implications. On this cruise, the French ADCP SAMOC mooring was deployed. The Cape Recife...
South Coast Mooring Cruise on the Algoa Voyage 208, July 2014
The South Coast Mooring Cruise was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 208, 9 to 24 July 2014. Two ADCP current moorings and a thermistor chain were deployed along the Cape Point Monitoring line. Cape Recife ADCP current mooring was recovered. Four ADCP current moorings were recovered and serviced in Algoa Bay. Port St. Johns ADCP current mooring was recovered. Port St. Johns Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD)/bongo survey lines were completed. SVP drifters in the Agulhas Current core were...
South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line in the South-East Atlantic Ocean on Algoa Voyage 210, September 2014
The South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line in the South-East Atlantic Ocean was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 210, 15 to 29 September, 2014. This cruise had a primary scientific objective of extending the SAMBA mooring line, the offshore section of the Cape Point long-term monitoring line, and deploying the four offshore tall moorings. Four tall moorings were recovered, serviced and re-deployed on the SAMBA transect, incorporating ADCP’s...
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P1 (September 2013 – August 2015)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 1266m at location P1 (34.4058°S; 17.5576°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 6 September 2013 and 13 August 2015. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying...
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P6 (August 2015 – July 2017)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 5150m at location P6 (34.507°S; 07.450°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 11 August 2015 and 20 July 2017. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying components...
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P1 (July 2017 – September 2019)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 1311m at location P1 (34.408°S; 17.550°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 27 July 2017 and 29 September 2019. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying...
Raw PIES and current data for long-term observations of acoustic travel time (tau); bottom pressure and currents along the SAMBA transect at PIES P4 (October 2019 - October 2021)
Here we present raw bottom pressure and acoustic travel time data from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 4500m at location P4 (34.500°S; 14.630°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 12 October 2019 and 01 October 2021. The instrument was equipped with an additional 2000 khz Aanderaa Doppler Current Sensor (DCS) deployed at a depth of 4450m. In addition, both the...
Raw PIES and current data for long-term observations of acoustic travel time (tau); bottom pressure and currents along the SAMBA transect at PIES P3 (October 2019 - October 2021)
Here we present raw bottom pressure and acoustic travel time data from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 3000m at location P3 (34.499°S; 17.135°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 14 October 2019 and 02 October 2021. The instrument was equipped with an additional 2000 khz Aanderaa Doppler Current Sensor (DCS) deployed at a depth of 2950m. In addition, both the...
Raw PIES and current data for long-term observations of acoustic travel time (tau); bottom pressure and currents along the SAMBA transect at PIES P1 (October 2019 - October 2021)
Here we present raw bottom pressure and acoustic travel time data from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 1295m at location P1 (34.405°S; 17.547°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 14 October 2019 and 03 October 2021. The instrument was equipped with an additional 2000 khz Aanderaa Doppler Current Sensor (DCS) deployed at a depth of 1245m. In addition, both the...
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P2 (September 2013 – July 2015)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 2129m at location P2 (34.497°S; 17.301°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 6 September 2013 and 23 July 2015. TheSouth African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying components...