| Title | Long-term observations of daily bottom temperatures on the Prince Edward Island shelf at M1 (April 2024 - April 2025) |
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| Project | South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAMOC-SA) |
| Authors |
Lamont, Tarron van den Berg, Marcel |
| Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2025) |
| Contributors |
Contact Person: van den Berg, Marcel |
| Abstract | Here we present processed daily bottom temperature from an ADCP at location M1 (46.772°S; 37.898°E) on the Prince Edward Island shelf, between 27 April 2024 and 25 April 2025. The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying components of the SAMOC in the South Atlantic Ocean and monitor the variability of the main Southern Ocean frontal systems associated with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), south of Africa. |
| Methods | A bottom-mounted, upward-looking, 150 kHz RD Instruments Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) was deployed at location M1 (46.772°S; 37.898°E), on the shelf between Marion Island and Prince Edward Island. A temperature sensor on the instrument measured hourly temperature readings between 27 April 2024 and 25 April 2025, at a depth of 165m. These hourly values were averaged to daily means. Daily values were only generated for days on which there were 75% or more hourly readings. |
| Data | |
| Temporal extent | 27 Apr 2024 – 25 Apr 2025 |
| Geographic extent |
Prince Edward Islands, South Africa
Lat: -46.772 |
| Vertical extent |
Max: -165 m Min: -165 m |
| Keywords | Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers , ADCP , INDIAN OCEAN , moorings , SOUTHERN OCEAN , temperatures |
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