Processed CTD continuous observations from the Africana Voyage 007, March 1983 ...

• Main Authors: Gavin Tutt, Tarron Lamont
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment 2021
• Subjects: -0.2; -451.0; m; Mean sea level; completed; license; oceans; SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; CTD; Neil Brown CTD; continuous; pressure; temperature; conductivity; salinity; Africana; Africana 007; WGS 84; textTable; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15493/dea.mims.01022022; https://api.odp.saeon.ac.za/catalog/MIMS/go/10.15493/dea.mims.01022022

Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. Here we present processed downcast CTD continuous data collected during Voyage 007 on the Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa, between 16 March 1983 and 21 March 1983. ... : Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. Here we present processed downcast CTD profile data collected, between 10 and 21 March 1983, during Voyage 007 on the Africana. Temperature was converted from the IPTS-68 scale to the ITS-90 scale, and salinity was computed from conductivity measurements on the 1978 Practical Salinity Scale, according to UNESCO (1991) algorithms. UNESCO (1993) quality control procedures were applied to the data, and obvious erroneous values resulting from problems including electronic spikes, data collection in air, inadequate flow through the conductivity cell, among others, have been removed. Any additional calibrations or corrections have been specified in each data file, where applicable and available. ...