Raw CTD data from the Mooring Cruise on the Algoa Voyage 199, June 2013
This is raw Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) 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.
Raw CTD continuous observations from the Coastal Current Meter Programme on the Africana Voyage 017, March 1984
This is raw Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data from the Coastal Current Meter Programme on the Africana Voyage 017 collected between 19 and 27 March 1984. The cruise operated in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. The objectives of this cruise were to retrieve ten moorings, eight on the shelf and two on the shelf break between Cape Columbine and Port Nolloth; to deploy three moorings in the coastal zone between Cape...
Raw CTD continuous observations from the West Coast Physical Oceanography on the Africana Voyage 025, October 1984
This is raw Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data from the West Coast Physical Oceanography on the Africana Voyage 025, collected between 25 and 31 October 1984. The cruise operated in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. The objectives of this cruise included studying shelf circulation in the vicinity of Port Nolloth by placing three current meter moorings across the shelf; exploring the deep circulation in the Cape...
Processed CTD continuous observations from the Coastal Current Meter Programme on the Africana Voyage 017, March 1984
This is processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data from the Coastal Current Meter Programme on the Africana Voyage 017 collected between 19 and 27 March 1984. The cruise operated in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. The objectives of this cruise were to retrieve ten moorings, eight on the shelf and two on the shelf break between Cape Columbine and Port Nolloth; to deploy three moorings in the coastal...
Raw CTD continuous observations from the West Coast Physical Oceanography cruise on the Africana Voyage 016, February 1984
This is raw Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data from the West Coast Physical Oceanography cruise on the Africana Voyage 016 collected between 03 and 04 February 1984. The cruise operated in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. The objectives of this cruise were to conduct torsional vibration trials to meet the requirements of Lloyds, to retrieve and deploy two thermistor chain/current meter moorings and to conduct CTD...
Processed CTD continuous observations from the West Coast Physical Oceanography on the Africana Voyage 025, October 1984
This is processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data from the West Coast Physical Oceanography on the Africana Voyage 025, collected between 25 and 31 October 1984. The cruise operated in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. The objectives of this cruise included studying shelf circulation in the vicinity of Port Nolloth by placing three current meter moorings across the shelf; exploring the deep circulation...
Raw SDS data from the Mooring Cruise on the Algoa Voyage 199, June 2013
This is Scientific Data System (SDS) 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.
Pre-processed CTD data from the South Coast Mooring Cruise on the Algoa Voyage 208, July 2014
This is pre-processed Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) data collected on the South Coast Mooring Cruise on the Algoa Voyage 208, 9 to 24 July 2014. 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. Between 1988 and 2011, environmental and plankton sampling was conducted...
Processed CTD data from the South Coast Mooring Cruise on the Algoa Voyage 208, July 2014
This is processed Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) data collected on the South Coast Mooring Cruise on the Algoa Voyage 208, 9 to 24 July 2014. 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. Between 1988 and 2011, environmental and plankton sampling was conducted...
Pre-processed CTD data from the South Coast Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise on the Algoa Voyage 213, December 2014
This is pre-processed Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) data from the South Coast Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise on Algoa Voyage 213 on 1 to 19 December, 2014. Between 1988 and 2011, environmental and plankton sampling was conducted every summer along the South Coast during the annual pelagic spawner biomass surveys. Data collected during these cruises has provided valuable insight into environmental change in this region. There has been significant decline in copepod biomass on...
Processed CTD data from the South Coast Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise on the Algoa Voyage 213, December 2014
This is processed Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) data from the South Coast Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise on Algoa Voyage 213 on 1 to 19 December, 2014. Between 1988 and 2011, environmental and plankton sampling was conducted every summer along the South Coast during the annual pelagic spawner biomass surveys. Data collected during these cruises has provided valuable insight into environmental change in this region. There has been significant decline in copepod biomass on both...
Raw CTD data for the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line in the South-East Atlantic Ocean on Algoa Voyage 210, September 2014
This is raw Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) data for the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line in the South-East Atlantic Ocean on 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.
Raw SDS data for the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line in the South-East Atlantic Ocean on Algoa Voyage 210, September 2014
This is Scientific Data System (SDS) data for the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line in the South-East Atlantic Ocean on 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.
Raw underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from the SAMBA Monitoring Line cruise on the Algoa Voyage 275, September 2021
Here we present the 6-second resolution raw Thermosalinograph (TSG) data collected on the Algoa Voyage 275 on the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line in the South-East Atlantic Ocean, between 13 September and 3 October 2021. A SeaBird SBE45 Thermosalinograph (TSG) is used to opportunistically collect underway near-surface temperature and conductivity measurements during research and monitoring cruises. Water is continuously pumped to the...
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the GoodHope transect at PIES Mooring GH07 (July 2015 – December 2018)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 4970m at location GH07 (42.6941°S; 08.7373°E) along the GoodHope transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 28 July 2015 and 19 December 2018. 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...
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the GoodHope transect at PIES Mooring GH03 (July 2015 – December 2018)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 5070m at location GH03 (37.4076°S; 12.5187°E) along the GoodHope transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 25 July 2015 and 17 December 2018. 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...
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the GoodHope transect at PIES Mooring GH03 (December 2014 – July 2015)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 4873m at location GH03 (37.4081°S; 12.5183°E) along the GoodHope transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 6 December 2014 and 25 July 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 components of the SAMOC in the South...
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the GoodHope transect at PIES Mooring GH06 (December 2014 – July 2015)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 4522m at location GH06 (41.3413°S; 09.8868°E) along the GoodHope transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 8 December 2014 and 27 July 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 components of the SAMOC in the South...
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the GoodHope transect at PIES Mooring GH06 (July 2015 – December 2018)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 4680m at location GH06 (41.3483°S; 09.8879°E) along the GoodHope transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 27 July 2015 and 18 December 2018. 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...
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the GoodHope transect at PIES Mooring GH05 (December 2014 – December 2018)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 4610m at location GH05 (39.9761°S; 10.7945°E) along the GoodHope transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 07 December 2014 and 18 December 2018. 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...
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the GoodHope transect at PIES Mooring GH01 (December 2014 – July 2015)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 4562m at location GH01 (35.2606°S; 14.0440°E) along the GoodHope transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 6 December 2014 and 24 July 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 components of the SAMOC in the South...
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the GoodHope transect at PIES Mooring GH07 (December 2014 – July 2015)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 4734m at location GH07 (42.6913°S; 08.7358°E) along the GoodHope transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 8 December 2014 and 28 July 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 components of the SAMOC in the South...
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the GoodHope transect at PIES Mooring GH02 (December 2014 – December 2018)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 4655m at location GH02 (36.2203°S; 13.3018°E) along the GoodHope transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 6 December 2014 and 16 December 2018. 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...
Raw PIES data for long-term observations of acoustic travel time (tau) and bottom pressure along the SAMBA transect at PIES P4a (September 2021 - September 2023)
Here we present raw data time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 4672m at location P4a (34.4996°S; 12.9172°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 28 September 2021 and 21 September 2023. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise...
Raw PIES data for long-term observations of acoustic travel time (tau) and bottom pressure along the SAMBA transect at PIES P3a (October 2021 - September 2023)
Here we present raw data from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 4224m at location P3a (34.5000°S; 15.7878°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 1 October 2021 and 20 September 2023. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the...