| Title | South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line cruise on the Algoa Voyage 265, September 2019 |
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| Authors |
van den Berg, Marcel |
| Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2024) |
| Contributors |
Contact Person: van den Berg, Marcel |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Data | |
| Temporal extent | 30 Sep 2019 – 16 Oct 2019 |
| Geographic extent |
North: -33.0 |
| Keywords | Algoa , Algoa 265 , cruise report , sailing orders |
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