Name: Processed XBT data from SANAE on SA Agulhas II Voyage 018, December 2015
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Title	Processed XBT data from SANAE on SA Agulhas II Voyage 018, December 2015
Project	South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE)
Authors	Monteiro, Pedro Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; role: Chief Oceanographer Thomalla, Sandy Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; role: Principal Scientist Swart, Sebastiaan University of Gothenburg; role: Marine Scientist Joubert, Warren Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; role: Principal Scientist Mtshali, Thato Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; role: Biogeochemical Oceanographer Ansorge, Isabelle University of Cape Town; role: Physical Oceanographer Fietz, Susanne Stellenbosch University; role: Senior Lecturer Fawcett, Sarah University of Cape Town; role: Biogeochemical Oceanographer Philibert, Raissa Stellenbosch University; role: Biogeochemical Oceanographer Roychoudhury, Alakendra Stellenbosch University; role: Professor Bekker, Annette Stellenbosch University; role: Associate Professor Verheye, Hans Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Specialist Scientist Makhado, Azwianewi Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Chief Scientist Crawford, Rob Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Specialist Scientist Bester, Marthan University of Pretoria; role: Zoologist
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2017)
Contributors	Contact Person: Mtshali, Thato Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; role: Biogeochemical Oceanographer; email: tmtshali@csir.co.za
Abstract	This is processed Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) data from SANAE, SA Agulhas II Yoyage 018 from 05 December 2015 to 10 February 2016. The South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) is an annual cruise undertaken by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to change the overwintering teams in Antarctica and to replenish the supplies at the SANAE IV Research base. This voyage was to deliver the SANAE 55 team to the island and return with the SANAE 54 team. The cruise was undertaken between with full scientific complement.
Methods	Sippican WinMK21 Data Acquisition and Post-Processing Software is used for data collection of T7 Deep Blue XBT probes. The data is collected in .bin format and then converted to .txt files using software.The *.txt files contain some metadata at the top of file, but not always fully completed by operators. There is no editing done to the data in the acquisition software and so the data is imported into Excel and de-spiked manually. The bottom readings, where the XBT loses signal, have been removed.
Data	Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent	05 Dec 2015 – 10 Feb 2016
Geographic extent	South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, Cape Town, Antarctica North: -33.925 South: -70.16 West: -36.0 East: 18.424
Keywords	ANTARCTICA , Expendable Bathythermograph , SA Agulhas II , SA Agulhas II 018 , XBT
Related resources	This digital object is part of South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 018, December 2015 (10.15493/dea.mims.26052262)