Preliminary processed CTD continuous observations from the Algoa Voyage 246, February 2018

SeaBird CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column. During some cruises additional instruments for oxygen, fluorescence, Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR), Surface PAR (SPAR), turbidity, beam attenuation, beam transmission measurements were connected to the CTD unit. Here we present preliminary processed downcast CTD continuous data collected between 15 February 2018 and 22 February 2018, during Voyage 246 on the Algoa, in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region on the west coast of South Africa. This data was collected as part of the Intergrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB), which has been conducting multi-disciplinary long-term monitoring along the Kleinsee, Namaqualand, Elands/St Helena Bay and Scarborough transects off the west coast of South Africa since 2013.

本数据集采用了SeaBird CTD（电导率-温度-深度）仪器，对水体柱中的压力、温度和电导率进行测量。在部分航次中，将用于测量氧气、荧光、光合有效辐射（PAR）、水面PAR（SPAR）、浑浊度和光束衰减及光束传输的附加仪器连接至CTD单元。在此，我们展示了2018年2月15日至2018年2月22日间，在Algoa号246航次中，于南非西海岸的贝努埃拉大型海洋生态系统（BCLME）区域所收集的初步处理后的下潜式CTD连续数据。该数据收集工作作为综合生态系统计划：南方贝努埃拉（IEP:SB）的一部分，该计划自2013年以来一直在南非西海岸的Kleinsee、Namaqualand、Elands/St Helena Bay和Scarborough航线进行多学科长期监测。