Title Processed CTD continuous observations from the Africana Voyage 007, March 1983
Authors

Gavin Tutt
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientific Technician 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, Gtutt@environment.gov.za

Tarron Lamont
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientist 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, tlamont@environment.gov.za

Publisher Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2021)
Contributors

Contact Person: Gavin Tutt
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientific Technician 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, 1 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, gtsglider@gmail.com

Abstract Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. Here we present processed downcast CTD continuous data collected during Voyage 007 on the Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa, between 16 March 1983 and 21 March 1983.
Methods Neil Brown MK3 and MK4 Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. Here we present processed downcast CTD profile data collected, between 10 and 21 March 1983, during Voyage 007 on the Africana. Temperature was converted from the IPTS-68 scale to the ITS-90 scale, and salinity was computed from conductivity measurements on the 1978 Practical Salinity Scale, according to UNESCO (1991) algorithms. UNESCO (1993) quality control procedures were applied to the data, and obvious erroneous values resulting from problems including electronic spikes, data collection in air, inadequate flow through the conductivity cell, among others, have been removed. Any additional calibrations or corrections have been specified in each data file, where applicable and available.
Data
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Temporal extent 16 Mar 1983 – 21 Mar 1983
Geographic extent

Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BLMCE), west coast of South Africa

North: -32.0
South: -34.5
West: 17.0
East: 19.0

Vertical extent Max: -0.2 m
Min: -451.0 m
Keywords Africana, Africana 007, conductivity, continuous, CTD, Neil Brown CTD, pressure, salinity, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, temperature
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