African Coelacanth Ecosystem Programme (ACEP) (76)
Conservation Physiology Programme (31)
Shelf Circulation Patterns off Port Edward (40)
South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAMOC-SA) (304)
South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) (13)
Long-term observations of daily bottom temperatures at location Mooring 4 (October 2018 - September 2020)
Here we present processed daily 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 10 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 8 (October 2018 - October 2020)
Here we present processed daily subsurface temperatures 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 Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to...
Long-term observations of hourly subsurface temperatures at location Mooring 8 (October 2018 - October 2020)
Here we present processed hourly subsurface temperatures 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 10 October 2018 and 04 October 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 9 (October 2018 - October 2020)
Here we present processed daily subsurface temperatures 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...
Long-term observations of hourly subsurface temperatures at location Mooring 9 (October 2018 - October 2020)
Here we present processed hourly subsurface temperatures 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 Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to...
Long-term observations of hourly subsurface temperatures at location Mooring 10 (October 2018 - October 2020)
Here we present processed hourly 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 17 October 2018 and 07 October 2020. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to...
Long-term observations of hourly currents along the SAMBA transect at SAMBA Mooring 9, April 2017 - May 2018
The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterize the time-mean and time-varying components of the SAMOC in the South Atlantic Ocean and monitor the variability of the main Southern Ocean frontal systems associated with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), south of Africa. Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents in the upper part of the water column (34.77 - 194.77m) from...
Long-term observations of hourly currents along the SAMBA transect at SAMBA Mooring 9, September 2014 - December 2015
The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterize the time-mean and time-varying components of the SAMOC in the South Atlantic Ocean and monitor the variability of the main Southern Ocean frontal systems associated with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), south of Africa. Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents in the upper part of the water column (42.35 - 410.28m) from...
Long-term observations of hourly currents measured by DVS at SAMBA Mooring 9, December 2015 - April 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 of the SAMOC in the South Atlantic Ocean and monitor the variability of the main Southern Ocean frontal systems associated with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), south of Africa. Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents in the water column (1569 - 2669m) from DVS instruments...
Long-term observations of hourly currents along the SAMBA transect at SAMBA Mooring 10, September 2014 - December 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 Atlantic Ocean and monitor the variability of the main Southern Ocean frontal systems associated with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), south of Africa. Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents in the upper part of the water column (56.28 - 424.28m) from...
Long-term observations of hourly currents along the SAMBA transect at SAMBA Mooring 10, December 2015 - April 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 of the SAMOC in the South Atlantic Ocean and monitor the variability of the main Southern Ocean frontal systems associated with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), south of Africa. Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents in the upper part of the water column (60.84 - 428.84m) from...
Marion Island Relief Voyage on SA Agulhas II Voyage 011, April 2014
The Marion Island Relief Voyage was conducted on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 011, 14 April to 14 May 2014. The 2014 Marion Relief Voyage on board South Africa’s polar research and supply vessel MV SA Agulhas II, offered another opportunity to conduct multi-disciplinary ship-based oceanographic research focusing on links and interactions between air and sea, ocean physics, chemistry, biogeochemistry and biology. The overall aim was to continue contributing to the establishment of an...
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 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 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 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...
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...
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...
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P1 (October 2021 - September 2023)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 1291m at location P1 (34.4054°S; 17.5472°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 3 October 2021 and 19 September 2023. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to...
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P2 (October 2021 – September 2023)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 2130m at location P2 (34.4971°S; 17.2998°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 2 October 2021 and 18 September 2023. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to...