Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP: SB) (2)
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN (2)
THERMOSALINOGRAPH (2)
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) (2)
Embargoed (1)
Physics > Sea surface salinity (4)
Physics > Sea surface temperature (4)
This Cape Canyon Exploration Cruise: Southern Benguela in the South-East Atlantic Ocean was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 236 from the 06 to 30 March, 2017. The overall aim of this Cape Canyon exploration project is to initiate multi-discplinary and integrated benthic ecosystem process studies within DEA:OCR, in collaboration with external experts (South African National Biodiversity Institute, South African Environmental Observations Network, Council for GeoScience and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University). Objectives include the collection of basic physical, chemical, biological and oceanographic data that will enable the understanding of the environment of the canyon and an assessment of the spatial distibution of benthic species.
Here we present the 6-second resolution processed TSG data collected between 06 March 2017 and 26 March 2017, during Voyage 236 on the Algoa. A SeaBird SBE45 Thermosalinograph (TSG) is used to opportunistically collect underway near-surface temperature and conductivity measurements during research and monitoring cruises. Water is continuously pumped to the TSG from an intake located in the hull of the vessel, and the observations are continuously interfaced with navigational information. A temperature sensor close to the intake provides temperature measurements of the incoming water (T1). The temperature of the water inside the conductivity cell (T2) is used to accurately compute salinity (S) from the conductivity measurements (C).
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