South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line cruise on the Algoa Voyage 265, September 2019 ...

• Main Author: Marcel van den Berg
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment 2024
• Subjects: Algoa; Algoa 265; sailing orders; cruise report; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15493/dea.mims.16042024; https://api.odp.saeon.ac.za/catalog/MIMS/go/10.15493/DEA.MIMS.16042024

The South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line in the South-East Atlantic Ocean was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 265 from 30 September 2019 to 16 October 2019. The cruise operated from Slangkop, off Cape Town, westwards to 0° E, in the South Atlantic Ocean along the SAMBA transect. The objectives of the cruise were to recover, service and re-deploy six (6) Pressure Inverted Echosounders (PIES); complete 37 Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) full depth casts (using the containerised winch) along the SAMBA transect; undertake Chlorophyll and Oxygen sampling at CTD stations and underway along SAMBA transect; collect underway Thermosalinograph (TSG); Surface Photosynthetically Active Radiation (SPAR) and Ship-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (S-ADCP) data and provide training to newly employed Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) personnel and interns. ...