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

This is raw Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (SADCP) 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.

此为来自2014年4月14日至5月14日SA Agulhas II号航次011马林岛增援航行的原始船载多普勒声学流速剖面仪（SADCP）数据。2014年马林岛增援航行于南非极地研究及补给船MV SA Agulhas II上，为进行多学科船基海洋学研究提供了又一良机，研究内容聚焦于空气与海洋之间的联系及相互作用，包括海洋物理学、化学、生物地球化学和生物学。总体目标在于持续为南非研究机构主导的海洋观测与监控系统建设作出贡献，以支持南非之需，并在可能的情况下，满足全球对海洋观测系统（GOOS）、海洋观测组织（SOOS）、南大洋海洋生物资源养护与管理公约（CCAMLR）、南极海域养护与管理协议（ACAP）等全球需求的响应。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（MPA）的宣布，此次航行的成果将进一步促进对该综合岛屿/海洋生态系统功能的整体视角和深入理解。