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 acoustic travel time along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P3a (October 2021 – September 2023)
Here we present processed travel time 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 18 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 P4a (September 2021 – September 2023)
Here we present processed travel 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 20 September 2023. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to...
Raw PIES data for long-term observations of acoustic travel time (tau) and bottom pressure along the SAMBA transect at PIES P3 (October 2021 - September 2023)
Here we present raw data from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 2859m at location P3 (34.4999°S; 17.1359°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 19 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 P5 (September 2021 – September 2023)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 4969m at location P5 (34.5068°S; 11.1968°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 29 September 2021 and 20 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 P4 (October 2021 – September 2023)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 4507m at location P4 (34.5010°S; 14.6307°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 19 September 2023. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to...
Raw PIES data for long-term observations of acoustic travel time (tau) and bottom pressure along the SAMBA transect at PIES P1 (October 2021 - September 2023)
Here we present raw data 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 2 October 2021 and 19 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 P8 (September 2021 – September 2023)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 4595m at location P8 (34.5022°S; 00.0004°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 23 September 2021 and 24 September 2023. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to...
Raw PIES data for long-term observations of acoustic travel time (tau) and bottom pressure along the SAMBA transect at PIES P2 (October 2021 - September 2023)
Here we present raw data 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 19 September 2023. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the...
Raw PIES data for long-term observations of acoustic travel time (tau) and bottom pressure along the SAMBA transect at PIES P4 (October 2021 - September 2023)
Here we present raw data from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 4507m at location P4 (34.5010°S; 14.6307°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...
Raw PIES data for long-term observations of acoustic travel time (tau) and bottom pressure along the SAMBA transect at PIES P5 (September 2021 - September 2023)
Here we present raw data from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 4969m at location P5 (34.5068°S; 11.1968°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 29 September 2021 and 22 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 P6 (September 2021 – September 2023)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 5170m at location P6 (34.5007°S; 07.4505°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 26 September 2021 and 21 September 2023. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to...
Raw PIES data for long-term observations of acoustic travel time (tau) and bottom pressure along the SAMBA transect at PIES P8 (September 2021 - September 2023)
Here we present raw data from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder located at a depth of 4595m at location P8 (34.5022°S; 00.0004°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 23 September 2021 and 26 September 2023. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean...
Raw PIES data for long-term observations of acoustic travel time (tau) and bottom pressure along the SAMBA transect at PIES P6 (September 2021 - September 2023)
Here we present raw data from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 5170m at location P6 (34.5007°S; 07.4505°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 26 September 2021 and 23 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 P3 (October 2021 – September 2023)
Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 2859m at location P3 (34.4999°S; 17.1359°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...
Short-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures on the continental shelf and slope off Port Edward, along the east coast of South Africa at location P2 (December 2005 - April 2006)
Between 2005 and 2015, multiple short-term studies were conducted to determine the characteristics of moorings deployed in a region heavily influenced by the strong Agulhas Current, and to examine circulation patterns across the continental shelf and slope off Port Edward, along the east coast of South Africa. Three moorings (P1, P2, and P3) were deployed, just south of Port Edward at depths of 36m, 64m, and 162m, respectively, between September 2005 and September 2006, to measure currents...
Short-term observations of daily currents on the continental shelf and slope off Port Edward, along the east coast of South Africa at location P3 (December 2005 - April 2006)
Between 2005 and 2015, multiple short-term studies were conducted to determine the characteristics of moorings deployed in a region heavily influenced by the strong Agulhas Current, and to examine circulation patterns across the continental shelf and slope off Port Edward, along the east coast of South Africa. Three moorings (P1, P2, and P3) were deployed, just south of Port Edward at depths of 36m, 64m, and 162m, respectively, between September 2005 and September 2006, to measure currents...
Short-term observations of currents and sub-surface temperatures on the continental shelf and slope along the KwaZulu-Natal Bight, along the east coast of South Africa (project period 2009-2013)
The African Coelacanth Ecosystem Programme (ACEP) III project on Ecosystem Processes in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Bight, jointly funded by the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), with collaborative support from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), was conducted from 2009 to 2013, in order to improve our understanding of the drivers of ecological functioning and biodiversity of the KZN...
Raw underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line cruise on the Algoa Voyage 253, October 2018
Here we present the 6-second resolution raw Thermosalinograph (TSG) data collected between 01 October and 16 October 2018 during the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line cruise on the RS Algoa Voyage 253. A SeaBird SBE45 TSG is used to opportunistically collect underway near-surface temperature and conductivity measurements during research and monitoring cruises. Water is continuously pumped to the TSG from an intake located in the hull...
Raw underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line cruise on the Algoa Voyage 291, March 2023
Here we present the 6-second resolution raw Thermosalinograph (TSG) data collected between 01 March and 09 March 2023 during the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line cruise on the RS Algoa Voyage 291. A SeaBird SBE45 TSG is used to opportunistically collect underway near-surface temperature and conductivity measurements during research and monitoring cruises. Water is continuously pumped to the TSG from an intake located in the hull of...
Processed underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line cruise on the Algoa Voyage 253, October 2018
Here we present the 6-second resolution processed Thermosalinograph (TSG) data collected between 01 October and 16 October 2018 during the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line cruise on the RS Algoa Voyage 253. A SeaBird SBE45 TSG is used to opportunistically collect underway near-surface temperature and conductivity measurements during research and monitoring cruises. Water is continuously pumped to the TSG from an intake located in the...
South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line on the Algoa Voyage 291, March 2023
The South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line in the South-East Atlantic Ocean was conducted on the RS Algoa Voyage 291 from 01 March to 09 March 2023. The cruise operated from Slangkop, off Cape Town, westwards to 15° E, in the South Atlantic Ocean along the SAMBA transect. The objectives of the cruise were to deploy two Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) moorings (M3 & M4) along the Integrated Ecosystem Programme (IEP)’s Scarborough...
Long-term observations of hourly currents on the Prince Edward Island shelf at Mooring 1 (April 2021 - May 2022)
Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents throughout the water column (18.88 - 146.88m) from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) at location M1 (46.773°S; 37.912°E) on the Prince Edward Island shelf, between 26 April 2021 and 06 May 2022. 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 daily currents on the Prince Edward Island shelf at Mooring 1 (May 2022 - April 2023)
Here we present processed magnitude and direction of daily currents throughout the water column (22.96 - 150.96m) from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) at location M1 (46.770°S; 37.900°E) on the Prince Edward Island shelf, between 10 May 2022 and 25 April 2023. 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 daily bottom temperatures on the Prince Edward Island shelf at Mooring 1 (April 2021 - May 2022)
Here we present processed daily bottom temperature from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) at location M1 (46.773°S; 37.912°E) on the Prince Edward Island shelf, between 26 April 2021 and 05 May 2022. 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...
Long-term observations of hourly currents on the Prince Edward Island shelf at Mooring 1 (May 2022 - April 2023)
Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents throughout the water column (22.96 - 150.96m) from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) at location M1 (46.770°S; 37.900°E) on the Prince Edward Island shelf, between 09 May 2022 and 26 April 2023. 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...