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Long-term observations of hourly currents measured by DVS at SAMBA Mooring 9, December 2015 - April 2017

The South African component of the international South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA) aims to characterise the time-mean and time-varying components of the SAMOC in the South Atlantic Ocean and monitor the variability of the main Southern Ocean frontal systems associated with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), south of Africa. Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents in the water column (1569 - 2669m) from DVS instruments located at Mooring 9 (34.50017°S; 17.1394°E) along the South Atlantic MOC Basin-scale Array (SAMBA) transect in the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic Ocean, between 02 December 2015 and 08 April 2017.

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Last Updated	February 13, 2025, 10:09 (UTC)
Created	February 13, 2025, 10:09 (UTC)
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contactInfo	2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, tlamont@environment.gov.za
downloadURL	https://repository.ocean.gov.za/index.php/s/XT9mHBgdELaSQBN
harvest_object_id	d889a68b-a706-4409-95c0-5348660ff2b0
harvest_source_id	c880098e-385a-4d72-80f0-2f1d6603b53b
harvest_source_title	MIMS
individualName	Tarron Lamont
organizationName	Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), South Africa
positionName	Marine Scientist
role	originator
spatial	{"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[17.1394, -34.50017], [17.1394, -34.50017], [17.1394, -34.50017], [17.1394, -34.50017], [17.1394, -34.50017]]]}
xmax	17.1394
xmin	17.1394
ymax	-34.50017
ymin	-34.50017