| Title | Processed CTD continuous observations from the Agulhas Eddy-Filament Interactions on the Africana on the Africana Voyage 138, December 1996 |
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| Authors |
Tutt, Gavin Lamont, Tarron |
| Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2026) |
| Contributors |
Contact Person: Tutt, Gavin |
| Abstract | Here we present processed downcast Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) continuous data collected between 19 December and 24 December 1996 during voyage 138 on the Africana in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) on the west 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 | 19 Dec 1996 – 24 Dec 1996 |
| Geographic extent |
Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosystem, Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem
North: -33.0 |
| Keywords | Agulhas Eddy-Filament Interactions , CTD , Data status: completed , OCEAN PRESSURE , OCEAN TEMPERATURE , OCEANS , SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN , Subsurface temperature , textTable , WGS84 |
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