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Long-term observations of hourly currents measured by DVS at SAMBA Mooring 9, April 2017 - May 2018

The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying components of the SAMOC in the South Atlantic Ocean and monitor the variability of the main Southern Ocean frontal systems associated with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), south of Africa. Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents in the water column (1522 - 2622m) from DVS instruments located at Mooring 9 (34.5011°S; 17.1395°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 10 April 2017 and 19 May 2018.

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Last Updated	February 13, 2025, 10:00 (UTC)
Created	February 13, 2025, 10:00 (UTC)
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contactInfo	2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, tlamont@environment.gov.za
downloadURL	https://repository.ocean.gov.za/index.php/s/QcqAX5dFK5xLqr9
harvest_object_id	5325c3eb-80eb-4d30-a8f1-7873134fe20a
harvest_source_id	53d89a76-20d6-4ee6-acb9-8b1b33058887
harvest_source_title	MIMS
individualName	Tarron Lamont
organizationName	Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), South Africa
positionName	Marine Scientist
role	originator
spatial	{"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[17.1395, -34.5011], [17.1395, -34.5011], [17.1395, -34.5011], [17.1395, -34.5011], [17.1395, -34.5011]]]}
xmax	17.1395
xmin	17.1395
ymax	-34.5011
ymin	-34.5011