Raw underway Thermosalinograph (TSG) observations from the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) on the Algoa Voyage 279, February 2022 ...

• Main Authors: Leon Jacobs, Marcel van den Berg, Tarron Lamont
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment 2023
• Subjects: -5.0; m; Mean Sea Level; completed; license; oceans; SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; Integrated Ecosystem Programme Southern Benguela IEP SB; THERMOSALINOGRAPH; Algoa; Algoa 279; TSG; WGS 84; textTable; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15493/dea.mims.01242023; https://api.odp.saeon.ac.za/catalog/MIMS/go/10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01242023

Algoa Voyage 279 ... : Here we present the 6-second resolution raw TSG data collected during the Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) cruise on the Algoa Voyage 279 between 04 February and 12 February 2022. 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 navigational information. A temperature sensor close to the intake provides temperature measurements of the incoming water (T1). The temperature of the water inside the conductivity cell (T2) is used to accurately compute salinity (S) from the conductivity measurements (C). 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 ...