DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.20210323
Long-term observations of hourly currents along the SAMBA transect at SAMBA Mooring 7, April 2017 - October 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 (53.97 - 581.97m) from...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.20210325
Long-term observations of hourly currents along the SAMBA transect at SAMBA Mooring 8, 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 (66.90 - 594.90m) from...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01642023
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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.20210322
Long-term observations of hourly currents along the SAMBA transect at SAMBA Mooring 7, 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 (64.56 - 576.568m)...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01472023
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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01462023
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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01482023
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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01562023
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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01572023
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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01592023
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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01602023
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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01632023
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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01662023
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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01712023
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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01762023
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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.20210330
Long-term observations of hourly currents along the SAMBA transect 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 upper part of the water column (43.45 - 267.45m) from...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.09122022
Processed CTD discrete observations from the Coastal Current Meter Programme on the Africana Voyage 017, March 1984

This is processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) discrete data from the upcast 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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.10122022
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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01192023
Processed underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from the SAMBA Monitoring Line cruise on the Algoa Voyage 275, September 2021

Here we present the 6-second resolution processed 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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01332023
Processed underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from the SAMBA Monitoring Line cruise on the Algoa Voyage 285, September 2022

Here we present the 6-second resolution processed Thermosalinograph (TSG) data collected during the The South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line cruise, which was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 285 between 27 September 2022 and 07 October 2022. 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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01112023
South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line cruise on the Algoa Voyage 275, September 2021

The South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line in the South-East Atlantic Ocean was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 275 from 13 September to 7 October 2021. The cruise operated from Cape Town towards Slangkop and westwards to 0° E, in an easterly direction in the South Atlantic Ocean along the SAMBA Monitoring Line (34.5°S). The objectives of the cruise were to recover, service and deploy 10 CPIES/PIES on the SAMBA transect; attempt to locate and...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01132023
South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line cruise on the Algoa Voyage 285, September 2022

The South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line in the South-East Atlantic Ocean was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 285 from 27 September to 07 October 2022. The cruise operated from Slangkop, off Cape Town, westwards to 11° E, in the South Atlantic Ocean along the SAMBA transect and south of Hondeklipbaai on the West coast. The objectives of the cruise were to recover an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) mooring (M4) along the Integrated...

DOI: 10.15493/dea.mims.26052103
Short-term observations of currents and sub-surface temperatures on the continental shelf and slope off Port Edward, along the east coast of South Africa

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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.26052019
Long-term moored observations at the Prince Edward Island archipelago

Here we present long-term observations from the Prince Edward Island (PEI) shelf moorings. These moorings form part of the South African component of the International South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA), which 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. Two...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.26052050
Long-term moored observations from the eastern part of the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA)

Here we present long-term observations from the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region along 34.5°S. SAMBA forms part of the South African component of the International South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA), which 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...

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Leaflet Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, USGS, Intermap, iPC, NRCAN, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), Esri (Thailand), TomTom, 2012

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