| Title | Processed CTD discrete observations from the South Coast Demersal Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 135, April 1996 |
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| Authors |
Makhetha, Mbulelo Tutt, Gavin Lamont, Tarron |
| Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2026) |
| Contributors |
Contact Person: Tutt, Gavin |
| Abstract | Here we present processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) discrete data from the downcast collected between 11 April and 29 April 1996 during voyage 135 on the Africana in the Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosystem (ACLME) on the south coast of Southern Africa. Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 CTD instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. |
| Methods | Temperature was converted from the IPTS-68 scale to the ITS-90 scale, and salinity was computed from conductivity measurements on the 1978 Practical Salinity Scale according to UNESCO (1991) algorithms. UNESCO (1993) quality control procedures were applied to the data, and obvious erroneous values resulting from problems including electronic spikes, data collection in air, inadequate flow through the conductivity cell, among others, have been removed. Any additional calibrations or corrections have been specified in each data file, where applicable and available. |
| Data | |
| Temporal extent | 11 Apr 1996 – 29 Apr 1996 |
| Geographic extent |
Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosystem
North: -33.5 |
| Keywords | CTD , Data status: completed , INDIAN OCEAN , OCEAN PRESSURE , OCEAN TEMPERATURE , OCEANS , South Coast Demersal Biomass Survey , Subsurface temperature , textTable , WGS84 |
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