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Title Raw SADCP 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 raw Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (SADCP) data from SANAE, S.A Agulhas II voyage 018 from 05 December 2015 to10 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 Raw data in their original format, as received from the instrument and unprocessed.
Data
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 , EOV: Physics > Surface currents , SA Agulhas II , SA Agulhas II 018 , SADCP , Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers
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)