DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.08032023
Long-term observations of daily bottom currents along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P4 (September 2013 – August 2015)

Here we present processed northward and eastward velocity components from a 2000 khz Aanderaa Doppler Current Sensor (DCS) deployed at a depth of 4432m at location P4 (34.504°S; 15.002°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 07 September 2013 and 12 August 2015. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.07922023
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P2 (July 2017 – September 2019)

Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 2145m at location P2 (34.498°S; 17.299°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 27 July 2017 and 09 September 2019. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.07982023
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P3 (October 2019 – October 2021)

Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 3000m at location P3 (34.499°S; 17.135°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 14 October 2019 and 02 October 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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.08102023
Long-term observations of daily bottom currents along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P3 (August 2015 – July 2017)

Here we present processed northward and eastward velocity components from a 2000 khz Aanderaa Doppler Current Sensor (DCS) deployed at a depth of 2750m at location P3 (34.499°S; 17.139°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 12 August 2015 and 18 July 2017. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.07932023
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P3 (July 2017 – September 2019)

Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 2970m at location P3 (34.499°S; 17.136°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 26 July 2017 and 29 September 2019. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.07962023
Long-term observations of daily acoustic travel time along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P1 (October 2019 – October 2021)

Here we present processed travel time from a Pressure-equipped Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) located at a depth of 1295m at location P1 (34.405°S; 17.547°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 14 October 2019 and 03 October 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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.08012023
Long-term observations of daily bottom currents along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P1 (September 2013 – August 2015)

Here we present processed northward and eastward velocity components from a 2000 khz Aanderaa Doppler Current Sensor (DCS) deployed at a depth of 1216m at location P1 (34.405°S; 17.557°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 06 September 2013 and 13 August 2015. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the...

DOI: 10.15493/dea.mims.25010022
Raw ADCP data from long-term observations of currents 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 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 raw data from an ADCP, located at a depth of 435m at Mooring 9 (34.5002°S; 17.1394°E) along the South Atlantic...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.08142023
Long-term observations of daily bottom currents along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P1 (July 2017 – September 2019)

Here we present processed northward and eastward velocity components from a 2000 khz Aanderaa Doppler Current Sensor (DCS) deployed at a depth of 1261m at location P1 (34.408°S; 17.550°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 27 July 2017 and 29 September 2019. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the...

DOI: 10.15493/dea.mims.25010026
Raw ADCP data from long-term observations of currents 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 raw data from an ADCP, located at a depth of 292m at Mooring 9 (34.50017°S; 17.1394°E) along the South Atlantic...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.08042023
Long-term observations of daily bottom currents along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P5 (September 2013 – August 2015)

Here we present processed northward and eastward velocity components from a 2000 khz Aanderaa Doppler Current Sensor (DCS) deployed at a depth of 4919m at location P5 (34.499°S; 11.203°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 08 September 2013 and 11 August 2015. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.26052020
Long-term observations of daily currents on the Prince Edward Island shelf at Mooring 1 (April 2014 - April 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 daily currents throughout the water column (21.48-149.48 m) from an ADCP at...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.26052030
Long-term observations of daily bottom temperatures on the Prince Edward Island shelf at Mooring 1 (April 2017 - April 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 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 daily bottom temperature from an ADCP at location M1 (46.773°S; 37.913°E) on the Prince Edward Island...

DOI: 10.15493/dea.mims.26052127
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 (September 2005 - December 2005)

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.08052023
Long-term observations of daily bottom currents along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P6 (September 2013 – August 2015)

Here we present processed northward and eastward velocity components from a 2000 khz Aanderaa Doppler Current Sensor (DCS) deployed at a depth of 5135m at location P6 (34.507°S; 07.450°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 08 September 2013 and 10 August 2015. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.08072023
Long-term observations of daily bottom currents along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P8 (September 2013 – August 2015)

Here we present processed northward and eastward velocity components from a 2000 khz Aanderaa Doppler Current Sensor (DCS) deployed at a depth of 4558m at location P8 (34.500°S; 00.000°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 10 September 2013 and 08 August 2015. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.08122023
Long-term observations of daily bottom currents along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P6 (August 2015 – July 2017)

Here we present processed northward and eastward velocity components from a 2000 khz Aanderaa Doppler Current Sensor (DCS) deployed at a depth of 5100m at location P6 (34.507°S; 07.450°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 09 August 2015 and 20 July 2017. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.08132023
Long-term observations of daily bottom currents along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P8 (August 2015 – July 2017)

Here we present processed northward and eastward velocity components from a 2000 khz Aanderaa Doppler Current Sensor (DCS) deployed at a depth of 4550m at location P8 (34.169°S; 00.000°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 09 August 2015 and 21 July 2017. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.08112023
Long-term observations of daily bottom currents along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P5 (August 2015 – July 2017)

Here we present processed northward and eastward velocity components from a 2000 khz Aanderaa Doppler Current Sensor (DCS) deployed at a depth of 4850m at location P5 (34.503°S; 11.199°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 11 August 2015 and 19 July 2017. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the...

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.26052112
Short-term observations of daily currents on the continental shelf and slope off Port Edward, along the east coast of South Africa at location P4 (July 2011 - October 2011)

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.08172023
Long-term observations of daily bottom currents along the SAMBA transect at PIES Mooring P4 (October 2019 – October 2021)

Here we present processed northward and eastward velocity components from a 2000 khz Aanderaa Doppler Current Sensor (DCS) deployed at a depth of 4450m at location P4 (34.500°S; 14.630°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 12 October 2019 and 01 October 2021. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the...

DOI: 10.15493/dea.mims.26052119
Short-term observations of daily bottom temperatures on the continental shelf and slope off Port Edward, along the east coast of South Africa at location P1 (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...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.26052073
Long-term observations of daily subsurface temperatures along the SAMBA transect at SAMBA Mooring 8 (September 2014 - November 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 daily subsurface temperatures from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) located at a depth of...

DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.26052093
Long-term observations of hourly subsurface temperatures 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 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 hourly subsurface temperatures from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) located at a depth of...

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