Raw CTD data from the Marion Island Relief Voyage on SA Agulhas II Voyage 011, April 2014

This is raw Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) data from the Marion Island Relief Voyage on SA Agulhas II Voyage 011, 14 April to 14 May 2014. The 2014 Marion Relief Voyage on board South Africa’s polar research and supply vessel MV SA Agulhas II, offered another opportunity to conduct multi-disciplinary ship-based oceanographic research focusing on links and interactions between air and sea, ocean physics, chemistry, biogeochemistry and biology. The overall aim was to continue contributing to the establishment of an oceanographic observation and monitoring system directed by South African research institutions in support of South Africa’s needs – and where possible, the global requirements of GOOS, SOOS, CCAMLR, ACAP, etc.With the recent declaration in April 2013 of the Prince Edward Islands (PEIs) as South Africa’s first offshore Marine Protected Area (MPA), the outcomes of this cruise will further contribute toward an integrated view and a better understanding of the functioning of the combined island/marine PEI ecosystem.

本数据集收录了2014年4月14日至5月14日，在SA Agulhas II号航行011次探险中，由南非极地研究及补给船MV SA Agulhas II采集的原始电导率、温度、深度（CTD）数据。此次2014年马利恩岛救济航行，为南非极地研究及补给船MV SA Agulhas II上的多学科海洋学研究提供了新的机遇，研究重点在于大气与海洋之间的联系与相互作用，以及海洋物理学、化学、生物地球化学和生物学等领域。总体目标是持续为南非研究机构主导建立的海洋观测与监控系统贡献力量，并尽可能满足全球海洋观测系统（GOOS）、海洋生物多样性观测系统（SOOS）、南极海洋生物资源养护委员会（CCAMLR）、南大洋海洋保护区公约（ACAP）等全球性需求。随着2013年4月对爱德华王子群岛（PEIs）作为南非首个海上海洋保护区的宣布，此次航次的成果将进一步促进对联合岛屿/海洋PEI生态系统的综合视角和深入理解。