Raw CTD data from the Marion Island Relief Voyage on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 019, April 2016

This is raw Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) data from the Marion Island Relief Voyage on the MV SA Agulhas II Voyage 019, 7 April to 16 May 2016. The 2016 Marion Relief Voyage 019 offered the 4th opportunity to conduct multi-disciplinary, ship-based marine research focusing on links and interactions between air and sea, ocean physics, chemistry, biogeochemistry and biology, including microbial, planktic and benthic communities on board South Africa’s polar research and supply vessel MV SA Agulhas II en route to, and around, the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward archipelago. The overall aim was to continue contributing to an oceanographic observation and monitoring system directed by South African research institutions in support of South Africa’s needs – and where possible, in support of global requirements of inter alia the Global Oceans Observing System (GOOS), the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS), the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), and the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP).With the declaration on 9 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2016年4月7日至5月16日，在南极大陆边缘的马里恩岛救援航次中，由“SA Agulhas II”号船所采集的原始电导率、温度、深度（CTD）数据。2016年的马里恩岛救援航次019提供了第四次机会，以实施基于船舶的多学科海洋研究，该研究聚焦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，包括微生物、浮游生物和底栖生物群落。此次研究在南非极地研究供应船“SA Agulhas II”号航行途中，以及环绕亚南极爱德华王子群岛的过程中进行。总体目标是为南非研究机构主导的海洋观测与监控系统作出持续贡献，支持南非的需求，并在可能的情况下，支持全球海洋观测系统（GOOS）、南大洋观测系统（SOOS）、南极海洋生物资源养护公约（CCAMLR）和信天翁与海燕养护协议（ACAP）等全球性需求。随着2013年4月9日宣布爱德华王子群岛（PEIs）为南非首个海上海洋保护区（MPA），此次航行的成果将进一步促进对综合视角和爱德华王子群岛岛礁-海洋生态系统的功能有更深入的理解。