DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.39122022
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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.42122022
Raw CTD discrete observations from the West Coast Physical Oceanography on the Africana Voyage 025, October 1984

This is raw Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) discrete 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 Basin...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.45072024
Pelagic Fish Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 097, November 1991

The Pelagic Fish Biomass Survey was conducted on the Africana Voyage 097 from 07 November to 03 December 1991. The objectives of the cruise were to estimate the biomass and population length structure of anchovy, pilchard, and round herring off South Africa by means of echo-integration and midwater trawling; to estimate anchovy biomass by means of the egg production method, and trial estimate pilchard biomass by means of the egg production method; to describe the distribution and behaviour...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15542023
Raw Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) data from long-term observations of currents at SAMBA Mooring 10 (October 2020 - October 2022)

Here we present raw data from an ADCP, located at a depth of 460m at M10 (34.4998°S; 14.7035°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 07 October 2020 and 01 October 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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15702023
Long-term observations of hourly currents at SAMBA Mooring 10 (October 2020 - October 2022)

Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents in the upper part of the water column (51.83 - 435.83 m) from an ADCP located at a depth of 460m at M10 (34.4998°S; 14.7035°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 07 October 2020 and 01 October 2022. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15652023
Long-term observations of daily currents at SAMBA Mooring 9 (October 2020 - September 2022)

Here we present processed magnitude and direction of daily currents in the upper part of the water column (51.80 - 419.80 m) from an ADCP located at a depth of 444m at M9 (34.5032°S; 17.1243°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 06 October 2020 and 30 September 2022. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15562023
Long-term observations of daily subsurface temperatures at SAMBA Mooring 8 (October 2020 - September 2022)

Here we present processed daily subsurface temperatures from an ADCP located at a depth of 468m at M8 (34.4795°S; 17.3411°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 05 October 2020 and 29 September 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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15632023
Long-term observations of daily currents at SAMBA Mooring 4 (October 2020 - July 2022)

Here we present processed magnitude and direction of daily currents in the upper part of the water column (27.78 - 291.78m) from an ADCP located at a depth of 320m at M4 (34.2942°S; 17.8792°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 03 October 2020 and 16 July 2022. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15592023
Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at SAMBA Mooring 4 (October 2020 - July 2022)

Here we present processed hourly bottom temperatures from an ADCP located at a depth of 304m at M4 (34.2942°S; 17.8792°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 03 October 2020 and 16 July 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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15602023
Long-term observations of hourly subsurface temperatures at SAMBA Mooring 8 (October 2020 - September 2022)

Here we present processed hourly subsurface temperatures from an ADCP located at a depth of 468m at M8 (34.4795°S; 17.3411°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 05 October 2020 and 29 September 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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15682023
Long-term observations of hourly currents at SAMBA Mooring 8 (October 2020 - September 2022)

Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents in the upper part of the water column (43.25 - 443.25 m) from an ADCP located at a depth of 468m at M8 (34.4795°S; 17.3411°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 05 October 2020 and 29 September 2022.The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15692023
Long-term observations of hourly currents at SAMBA Mooring 9 (October 2020 - September 2022)

Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents in the upper part of the water column (51.80 - 419.80 m) from an ADCP located at a depth of 444m at M9 (34.5032°S; 17.1243°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 06 October 2020 and 30 September 2022.The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15672023
Long-term observations of hourly currents at SAMBA Mooring 4 (October 2020 - July 2022)

Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents in the upper part of the water column (27.78 - 291.78m) from an ADCP located at a depth of 320m at M4 (34.2942°S; 17.8792°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 03 October 2020 and 16 July 2022.The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15642023
Long-term observations of daily currents at SAMBA Mooring 8 (October 2020 - September 2022)

Here we present processed magnitude and direction of daily currents in the upper part of the water column (43.25 - 443.25 m) from an ADCP located at a depth of 468m at M8 (34.4795°S; 17.3411°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 05 October 2020 and 29 September 2022. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15662023
Long-term observations of daily currents at SAMBA Mooring 10 (October 2020 - October 2022)

Here we present processed magnitude and direction of daily currents in the upper part of the water column (51.83 - 435.83 m) from an ADCP located at a depth of 460m at M10 (34.4998°S; 14.7035°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 07 October 2020 and 01 October 2022.The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15572023
Long-term observations of daily subsurface temperatures at SAMBA Mooring 9 (October 2020 - September 2022)

Here we present processed daily subsurface temperatures from an ADCP located at a depth of 444m at M9 (34.5032°S; 17.1243°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 06 October 2020 and 30 September 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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15522023
Raw Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) data from long-term observations of currents at SAMBA Mooring 8 (October 2020 - September 2022)

Here we present raw data from an ADCP, located at a depth of 468m at M8 (34.4795°S; 17.3411°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 05 October 2020 and 29 September 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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15512023
Raw Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) data for long-term observations of currents at SAMBA Mooring 4 (October 2020 - July 2022)

Here we present raw data from an ADCP, deployed at a depth of 320m at M4 (34.2942°S; 17.8792°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 03 October 2020 and 16 July 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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15532023
Raw Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) data from long-term observations of currents at SAMBA Mooring 9 (October 2020 - September 2022)

Here we present raw data from an ADCP, located at a depth of 444m at M9 (34.5032°S; 17.1243°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 06 October 2020 and 30 September 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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15582023
Long-term observations of daily subsurface temperatures at SAMBA Mooring 10 (October 2020 - October 2022)

Here we present processed daily subsurface temperatures from an ADCP located at a depth of 460m at M10 (34.4998°S; 14.7035°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 07 October 2020 and 01 October 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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15552023
Long-term observations of daily bottom temperatures at SAMBA Mooring 4 (October 2020 - July 2022)

Here we present processed daily bottom temperatures from an ADCP located at a depth of 304m at M4 (34.2942°S; 17.8792°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 03 October 2020 and 16 July 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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15612023
Long-term observations of hourly subsurface temperatures at SAMBA Mooring 9 (October 2020 - September 2022)

Here we present processed hourly subsurface temperatures from an ADCP located at a depth of 444m at M9 (34.5032°S; 17.1243°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 06 October 2020 and 30 September 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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15622023
Long-term observations of hourly subsurface temperatures at SAMBA Mooring 10 (October 2020 - October 2022)

Here we present processed hourly subsurface temperatures from an ADCP located at a depth of 460m at M10 (34.4998°S; 14.7035°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 07 October 2020 and 01 October 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...

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Raw Shipboard ADCP data from the Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise: Cape Point and Port St Johns on the Algoa Voyage 204, November 2013

This is raw shipboard ADCP data from the Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise: Cape Point and Port St Johns 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.

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Raw TSG data from the Mooring Cruise on the Algoa Voyage 199, June 2013

This is raw Thermosalinograph (TSG) 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.

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1000 km
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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