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Processed Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) casts collected during the 2014 Marion Relief Voyage on SA Agulhas Voyage 011

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. The Crossroads monitoring line, directly under the altimetry track N198, is sampled annually during the Marion Relief voyages, using a combination of CTD stations and XBT casts, where the XBT casts are done, at set intervals, between CTD stations to complement the CTD data. Here we present 33 processed XBT casts collected in the South West Indian Ridge area and along the Crossroads Transect, between 15 April 2014 and 05 May 2014, during the 2014 Marion Relief Voyage.

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Last Updated June 6, 2024, 13:38 (UTC)
Created June 6, 2024, 13:38 (UTC)
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contactInfo 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, mvdberg@environment.gov.za
downloadURL https://repository.ocean.gov.za/index.php/s/Gc3f9cxArFSEoYC
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harvest_source_id 53d89a76-20d6-4ee6-acb9-8b1b33058887
harvest_source_title MIMS
individualName Marcel van den Berg
organizationName Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)
positionName Marine Scientific Technician
role originator
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