African Coelacanth Ecosystem Programme (ACEP) (79)
Anchovy Recruitment Survey (3)
Bio-optical Investigation of Phytoplankton (3)
Gliders in the Agulhas (GINA) (13)
Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) (1)
Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP: SB) (110)
International Indian Ocean Expedition 2 (IIOE2) (12)
Long-term monitoring of nearshore temperatures around Southern Africa (5)
Marion Island Relief Voyage (24)
Physical-Chemical Oceanography (2)
South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) (28)
South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAMOC-SA) (6)
South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) (21)
South Coast Demersal Survey (2)
South Coast Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise (10)
Southern Ocean Seasonal Cycle Experiment (SOSCEx) (11)
Underwater Temperature Recorder Mooring Network (2)
Walters Shoal (2)
Weather stations (1)
West Coast Cetacean Distribution and Abundance Survey (9)
West Coast Physical Oceanography (10)
Winter Cruise (7)
ANTARCTICA (23)
GOUGH ISLAND (3)
INDIAN OCEAN (173)
SOUTH AFRICA (1)
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN (234)
SOUTHERN OCEAN (14)
ADCP (78)
AWS (1)
CO2 ANALYZERS (1)
CTD (100)
ECHO SOUNDERS (1)
EOV: Physics > Sea surface salinity (3)
EOV: Physics > Sea surface temperature (5)
EOV: Physics > Subsurface temperature (4)
EOV: Physics > Surface currents (1)
NISKIN BOTTLES (11)
PROFILERS (12)
SADCP (43)
SDS (1)
THERMOSALINOGRAPH (114)
UTR (5)
XBT (12)
St Helena Bay Monitoring Line (SHBML) on the Africana Voyage 234, July 2007
This St Helena Bay Monitoring Line (SHBML) cruise was conducted on the Africana Voyage 234 in July 2007. This is a long-term monitoring line conducted off the coast of Elands/St Helena Bay on the west coast of South Africa. SHBML started in 2000 as a BENEFIT-driven project on "shipboard monitoring" which linked with similar lines run in Namibia and Angola. The aims were to obtain seasonal and interannual information on the hydrology and productivity of the area. It was incorporated under the...
St Helena Bay Monitoring Line (SHBML) on the Africana Voyage 249, January 2009
This St Helena Bay Monitoring Line (SHBML) cruise was conducted on the Africana Voyage 249 in January 2009. This is a long-term monitoring line conducted off the coast of Elands/St Helena Bay on the west coast of South Africa. SHBML started in 2000 as a BENEFIT-driven project on "shipboard monitoring" which linked with similar lines run in Namibia and Angola. The aims were to obtain seasonal and interannual information on the hydrology and productivity of the area. It was incorporated under...
St Helena Bay Monitoring Line (SHBML) on the Algoa Voyage 091, February 2001
This St Helena Bay Monitoring Line (SHBML) cruise was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 091 in February 2001. This is a long-term monitoring line conducted off the coast of Elands/St Helena Bay on the west coast of South Africa. SHBML started in 2000 as a BENEFIT-driven project on "shipboard monitoring" which linked with similar lines run in Namibia and Angola. The aims were to obtain seasonal and interannual information on the hydrology and productivity of the area. It was incorporated under...
Raw SPAR data from the Transkei Shelf Oceanography Cruise on the Algoa 241, July 2017
This is raw Surface Photosynthetically Active Radiation (SPAR) data from the Transkei Shelf Oceanography Cruise on the Algoa 241, 12 July to 11 August, 2017. The area covered includes the Transkei shelf and continental slope (20m to 1000m), of the Eastern Cape, between Cape St Francis and Port Shepstone in the South-West Indian Ocean.Our knowledge of the distribution of offshore benthic biodiversity on the Transkei shelf is very limited. The region between Algoa Bay and Port Edward is not...
Raw CTD data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme cruise: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 232, November 2016
This is raw Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme (IEP) cruise: Southern Benguela on the Algoa V232, 15 - 26 November, 2016. The Integrated Ecosystem Programme is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional platform to undertake relevant science in the Southern Benguela; also functioning as a platform for collaboration and learning. All projects aim to develop an ecosystem indicator that can be used to effectively monitor and understand the...
Raw SDS data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme cruise: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 232, November 2016
This is raw Scientific Data System (SDS) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme (IEP) cruise: Southern Benguela on the Algoa V232, 15 - 26 November, 2016. The Integrated Ecosystem Programme is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional platform to undertake relevant science in the Southern Benguela; also functioning as a platform for collaboration and learning. All projects aim to develop an ecosystem indicator that can be used to effectively monitor and understand the Southern Benguela...
Raw CTD data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on Algoa Voyage 239, May 2017
This is raw Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) onboard the Algoa Voyage 239 (ALG239) from 22 to 29 May 2017. This programme is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional platform to undertake relevant science in the Southern Benguela; also functioning as a platform for collaboration and learning. All projects aim to develop an ecosystem indicator that can be used to effectively monitor and understand the Southern...
Processed CTD discrete observations from the West Coast Hake Biomass on the Africana Voyage 118, January 1994
Here we present processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) discrete data from the upcast collected between 04 January and 26 January 1994 during Voyage 118 on the FRS Africana, in the Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosystem (ACLME) region on the south coast of Southern Africa and the Benguela Current Large Marine ecosystem (BCLME) on the west coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water...
Raw SDS from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on Algoa Voyage 239, May 2017
This is raw Scientific Data System (SDS) data from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) onboard the Algoa Voyage 239 (ALG239) from 22 to 29 May 2017. This programme is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional platform to undertake relevant science in the Southern Benguela; also functioning as a platform for collaboration and learning. All projects aim to develop an ecosystem indicator that can be used to effectively monitor and understand the Southern Benguela i.e...
Raw SADCP data from the West Coast Cetacean Distribution and Abundance Survey on the Algoa Voyage 231, October 2016
Raw Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (SADCP) data for the 2016 West Coast Cetacean Cruise. The survey operated on the shelf and slope regions off the west coast of South Africa, between Area 1 (Dassen Island, 18.23669, -33.457 and Groenriviermond, 17.52061, -30.8277) and Area 2 (North-East Robben Island and Cape Point). This cruise was undertaken for data collection as part of a collaborative project led by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) in collaboration with the...
Raw TSG data from ACEP Deep Secrets: The Outer Shelf and Slope Ecosystems of the Eastern Cape on the Algoa Voyage 230, September 2016
This is raw Thermosalinograph (TSG) data collected on the ACEP Deep Secrets Cruise which set out to fill in gaps and shed light on the priority areas and research questions identified during the recent Marine Protected Area and Marine Spatial Planning Initiatives of Operation Phakisa’s Marine Protection and Governance Lab. Using underwater cameras (SkiMonkey and Drop camera), grabs, dredges and a CTD the study aimed to improve our knowledge on marine offshore habitats, as well as to build...
Raw underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from the Transkei Shelf Oceanography Cruise on the Algoa Voyage 241, July 2017
Here we present the 6-second resolution raw Thermosalinograph (TSG) data collected between 12 July 2017 and 14 August 2017 during the Transkei Shelf Oceanography on the RS Algoa Voyage 241. 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 the vessel, and the observations are continuously interfaced with...
SDS data from SANAE on SA Agulhas II Voyage 022, November 2016
The South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) is an annual cruise undertaken by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to change the overwintering teams in Antarctica and to replenish the supplies at the SANAE IV Research base. This voyage was to deliver the SANAE 56 team to the island and return with the SANAE 55 team. The cruise was undertaken between 30 November 2016 and 07 February 2017 with a full scientific complement. This raw Scientific Data System (SDS) data is from...
Raw SADCP data from the St Helena Bay Monitoring Line (SHBML) on the Algoa Voyage 195, March 2013
This is raw Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (SADCP) data from the St Helena Bay Monitoring Line, which now falls under the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela, on the Algoa Voyage 196, 4 to 8 March, 2013.The St Helena Bay Monitoring Line was initiated as a BENEFIT-driven project on "shipboard monitoring" which linked with similar lines run in Namibia and Angola. The aims are to obtain seasonal and interannual information on the hydrology and productivity of the...
Marion Island Relief Voyage on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 007, April 2013
The Marion Island Relief Voyage was conducted on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 007, 10 April to 16 May 2013. The 2013 Marion Relief Voyage 007 on board South Africa’s new polar research and supply vessel, the SA Agulhas II, afforded yet another opportunity to conduct multi-institutional (DEA, DAFF, UCT, SAEON, Rhodes University) and multi-disciplinary ship-based oceanographic research that focused on links and interactions between air and sea, ocean physics, biogeochemistry, plankton and benthic...
Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 283, August 2022
This Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) cruise was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 283 in August 2022. This is a long-term monitoring line conducted off the coast of Kleinsee, Namaqualand, Elands/St Helena Bay and Scarborough on the west coast of South Africa. The IEP:SB in 2013 consolidated a long-term, multi-decadal time-series (from 1951 onward) of information for this important region and has continued monitoring in the form of the IEP:SB. The programme is a...
Processed underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from the Algoa Voyage 254, November 2018
Here we present the 6-second resolution processed thermosalinograph (TSG) data collected, between 01 November and 14 November 2018, during Voyage 254 on the RS Algoa. 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 to the TSG from an intake located in the hull of the vessel, and the observations are continuously interfaced with...
Raw underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from the Algoa Voyage 254, November 2018
Here we present the 6-second resolution raw thermosalinograph (TSG) data collected, between 01 November and 14 November 2018, during Voyage 254 on the RS Algoa. 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 to the TSG from an intake located in the hull of the vessel, and the observations are continuously interfaced with...
Processed XBT data from the Winter Shakedown Cruise on SA Agulhas II Voyage 003, July 2012
This is processed Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) data from the Winter Shakedown Cruise on SA Agulhas II, Voyage 003, 9 July to 6 August, 2012. The cruise started in Cape Town and went down to the GoodHope Line then up to the Prince Edward Islands, on to Port Elizabeth and then back to Cape Town. After the arrival of SA Agulhas II back to South Africa, an inaugural Southern Ocean cruise was undertaken, which included a multidisciplinary program to measure oceanographic and biological...
Raw SDS data from the Winter Shakedown Cruise on SA Agulhas II Voyage 003, July 2012
This is raw Scientific Data System (SDS) data from the Winter Shakedown Cruise on SA Agulhas II, Voyage 003, 9 July to 6 August, 2012. The cruise started in Cape Town and went down to the GoodHope Line then up to the Prince Edward Islands, on to Port Elizabeth and then back to Cape Town. After the arrival of SA Agulhas II back to South Africa, an inaugural Southern Ocean cruise was undertaken, which included a multidisciplinary program to measure oceanographic and biological parameters that...
Converted XBT data from the Winter Shakedown Cruise on SA Agulhas II Voyage 003, July 2012
This is pre-processed Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) data from the Winter Shakedown Cruise on SA Agulhas II, Voyage 003, 9 July to 6 August, 2012. The cruise started in Cape Town and went down to the GoodHope Line then up to the Prince Edward Islands, on to Port Elizabeth and then back to Cape Town. After the arrival of SA Agulhas II back to South Africa, an inaugural Southern Ocean cruise was undertaken, which included a multidisciplinary program to measure oceanographic and biological...
Raw Underway Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (UCTD) data from the Winter Shakedown Cruise on SA Agulhas II Voyage 003, July 2012
This is raw Underway Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (UCTD) data from the Winter Shakedown Cruise on SA Agulhas II, Voyage 003, 9 July to 6 August, 2012. The cruise started in Cape Town and went down to the GoodHope Line then up to the Prince Edward Islands, on to Port Elizabeth and then back to Cape Town. After the arrival of SA Agulhas II back to South Africa, an inaugural Southern Ocean cruise was undertaken, which included a multidisciplinary program to measure oceanographic and...
Raw SADCP data from the Winter Shakedown Cruise on SA Agulhas II Voyage 003, July 2012
This is raw Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (SADCP) data from the Winter Shakedown Cruise on SA Agulhas II, Voyage 003, 9 July to 6 August, 2012. The cruise started in Cape Town and went down to the GoodHope Line then up to the Prince Edward Islands, on to Port Elizabeth and then back to Cape Town. After the arrival of SA Agulhas II back to South Africa, an inaugural Southern Ocean cruise was undertaken, which included a multidisciplinary program to measure oceanographic and...
Raw TSG data from SANAE on SA Agulhas II Voyage 005, December 2012
The South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) is an annual cruise undertaken by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to change the overwintering teams in Antarctica and to replenish the supplies at the SANAE IV Research base. This voyage was to deliver the SANAE 52 team to the island and return with the SANAE 51 team. This is raw Thermosalinograph (TSG) data from SANAE on SA Agulhas II Voyage 005, 6 December, 2012 to 19 February, 2013.
Converted XBT data from SANAE on SA Agulhas II Voyage 014, December 2014
The is converted and pre-processed Expendable Bathythermograph (Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) data from the SANAE on SA Agulhas II Voyage 014, 14 December 2014 and 19 February 2015 with full scientific complement. The South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) is an annual cruise undertaken by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to change the overwintering teams in Antarctica and to replenish the supplies at the SANAE IV Research base. This voyage was to deliver the...