Processed CTD continuous observations from the Coastal Current Meter Programme on the Africana Voyage 017, March 1984 ...

• Main Authors: Gavin Tutt, Tarron Lamont
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment 2022
• Subjects: -1004.4; 0.0; m; Mean Sea Level; completed; license; oceans; SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; Africana; Africana 017; Neil Brown CTD; Conductivity; Temperature; Depth; CTD; WGS 84; textTable; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15493/dea.mims.08122022; https://api.odp.saeon.ac.za/catalog/MIMS/go/10.15493/DEA.MIMS.08122022

Africana Voyage 017 ... : This is processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data from the Coastal Current Meter Programme on the Africana Voyage 017 collected between 19 and 27 March 1984. The cruise operated in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. The objectives of this cruise were to retrieve ten moorings, eight on the shelf and two on the shelf break between Cape Columbine and Port Nolloth; to deploy three moorings in the coastal zone between Cape Columbine and Cape Town; to obtain Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) profiles and water samples on a transect bearing 270° from Cape Columbine; to profile currents, make repeated CTD casts and record atmospheric conditions in St Helena Bay as part of a vertical mixing study, participating in this work were two scientists from UCT; to calibrate the CTD temperature probe in-situ using reversing thermometers; to allow the chemical oceanography team to familiarise themselves with the operation of a new box ...