CTD-LADCP data from the top 50 m of the water column during STOCA 42 cruise (202108)

The present dataset includes CTD and Lowered ADCP observations across the top 50 m of the water column acquired during STOCA 42 cruise, distributed as SDN-ODV4 spreadsheet format. The cruise was conducted in the Gulf of Cádiz and the Strait of Gibraltar (SW Iberian Peninsula) between 18-22 August 2021. Further cruise details can be found in the SeaDataNet Cruise Summary Report inventory https://csr.seadatanet.org/report/21000421. The dataset forms part of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) STOCA program (Series Temporales de Observaciones oceanográficas en el golfo de Cádiz; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278434320301461), which since 2009 has been funding repeated occupations across standard oceanographic sections in the Gulf of Cádiz. The program forms part of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography Observing System (IEOOS, https://os.copernicus.org/articles/12/345/2016/)