Title | Processed XBT data from SANAE on SA Agulhas II Voyage 022, November 2016 |
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Project | South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) |
Authors |
Isabelle Ansorge Sarah Fawcett Pedro Monteiro Sandy Thomalla Warren Joubert Thomas Ryan-Keogh Thato Mtshali Annette Bekker Susanne Fietz Hans Verheye Azwianewi Makhado Tahlia Henry |
Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2017) |
Contributors |
Contact Person: Isabelle Ansorge |
Abstract | 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 processed Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) data is from the SANAE oboard the SA Agulhas II voyage 022, between 30 November 2016 and 07 February 2017. |
Methods | Sippican WinMK21 Data Acquisition and Post-Processing Software is used for data collection of T7 Deep Blue XBT probes. The data is collected in *.bin format and then converted to *.txt files using software.The *.txt files contain some metadata at the top of file, but not always fully completed by operators. There is no editing done to the data in the acquisition software and so the data is imported into Excel and de-spiked manually. The bottom readings, where the XBT loses signal, have been removed. |
Data | |
Temporal extent | 30 Nov 2016 – 07 Feb 2017 |
Geographic extent |
South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, Cape Town, Antarctica
North: -33.925 |
Keywords | ANTARCTICA, Expendable Bathythermograph, SA Agulhas II, SA Agulhas II 022, XBT |
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