Title Southern Ocean Seasonal Cycle Experiment (SOSCEx) III Winter Cruise on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 016, July 2015
Authors

Pedro Monteiro
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Isabelle Ansorge
University of Cape Town, Oceanography Department

Susanne Fietz
Stellenbosch University, Department of Earth Sciences

Sandy Thomalla
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Sebastiaan Swart
University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Science

Alakendra Roychoudhury
Stellenbosch University, Department of Earth Sciences

Thato Mtshali
Oceans Systems and Climate, CSIR Natural Resources and Environment

Sarah Fawcett
University of Cape Town, Oceanography Department

Raissa Philibert
Stellenbosch University, Department of Earth Sciences

Hans Verheye
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)

Don A Cowan
University of Pretoria, Department of Genetics

Thulani Makhalanyane
University of Pretoria, Department of Genetics

Publisher Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2017)
Contributors

Contact Person: Sandy Thomalla
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), email: sthomalla@csir.co.za

Abstract The third Southern Ocean Seasonal Cycle Experiment (SOSCEx) III is a high-resolution full seasonal cycle experiment using integrated observational and modeling platforms. A novel aspect of SOSCEx III is the integrated multi-platform approach, which aims to explore new questions about the climate sensitivity of carbon and ecosystem dynamics in the Southern Ocean and how these processes are parameterized in models. This winter 2015 cruise can be divided into two primary tracks, the GoodHope line, between Cape Town and the ice edge along the Greenwich Meridian, and the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) line, between Cape Town and the Greenwich Meridian, at 34.5 degrees South longitude.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 20 Jul 2015 – 14 Aug 2015
Geographic extent

North: -33.935
South: -55.4
West: 0.0
East: 18.424

Keywords cruise report, GoodHope Line, Hydrography, SA Agulhas II, SA Agulhas II 016, sailing orders, SAMBA, SAMOC, South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Southern Ocean