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South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line cruise on the Algoa Voyage 295, September 2023

The South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line in the South-East Atlantic Ocean was conducted on the Algoa Voyage 295 from 18 September 2023 to 08 October 2023. The cruise operated from Slangkop, off Cape Town, westwards to 0° E, in the South Atlantic Ocean along the SAMBA transect. The objectives of the cruise were to recover,service and re-deploy ten (10) Pressure Inverted Echosounders (PIES); complete 37 Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) full depth casts (using the containerised winch) along the SAMBA transect; undertake Chlorophyll and Oxygen sampling at CTD stations and underway along SAMBA transect; undertake microbial and Genomics sampling at CTD stations; collect underway Thermosalinograph (TSG); Surface Photosynthetically Active Radiation (SPAR) and Ship-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (S-ADCP) data and provide training to newly employed Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) personnel and interns.

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Last Updated	February 13, 2025, 10:09 (UTC)
Created	February 13, 2025, 10:09 (UTC)
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affiliation	Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, email: tarron.lamont@gmail.com
contributors	Tarron Lamont
downloadURL	https://repository.ocean.gov.za/index.php/s/9op9WffnZ8wRXnn
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