| Title | Processed XBT data from Gough Island Relief on SA Agulhas II Voyage 012, September 2014 |
|---|---|
| Project | Gough Island Relief |
| Authors |
Tahlia Henry |
| Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2017) |
| Contributors |
Contact Person: Stephen Broccardo |
| Abstract | The is processed Expendable Bathythermograph (Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT)) data from the Gough Island Relief Voyage on SA Agulhas II Voyage 012, 04 September 2014 and 9 October 2014. The Gough Island Relief Voyage is an annual cruise undertaken by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to change the overwintering team in Gough Island and to replenish the supplies at the British’s leased Gough Island Research base. The cruise also serves as a means to transport the residents and/or visitors to Tristan da Cunha using a signed agreement between South Africa and United Kingdom (UK). This voyage was to deliver the Gough 60 team to the island and return with the Gough 59 team. |
| 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 bottom readings, where the XBT loses signal, have not been removed. |
| Data | |
| Temporal extent | 04 Sep 2014 – 09 Oct 2014 |
| Geographic extent |
South Atlantic Ocean, Cape Town, Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island
North: -33.925 |
| Keywords | Expendable Bathythermograph, GOUGH ISLAND, SA Agulhas II, SA Agulhas II 012, XBT |
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