Title Processed CTD discrete observations from the Africana Voyage 011, August 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 CTD discrete data from the upcast collected between 13 and 24 Aug 1983, during Voyage 011 on the Africana, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa.
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 CTD discrete data from the upcast collected between 13 and 24 August 1983 during Voyage 011 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 13 Aug 1983 – 24 Aug 1983
Geographic extent

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

North: -28.0
South: -35.5
West: 12.0
East: 19.0

Vertical extent Max: -0.1 m
Min: -2000.7 m
Keywords Africana, Africana 011, conductivity, CTD, discrete, Neil Brown CTD, pressure, salinity, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, temperature
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