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Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA) Twenty six month cross sectional velocity, temperature, and salinity of the Agulhas Current

Authors/Creators

  • 1. ROR icon University of Miami

Contributors

Data manager:

  • 1. ROR icon University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • 2. ROR icon University of Southampton
  • 3. university of miami

Description

Twenty six month cross sectional velocity, temperature, and salinity of the Agulhas Current

Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA) gridded temperature, salinity, and along track and cross track current velocity from April 2016 - June 2018. Derived from microCATs, current meters, ADCPs, and CPIES as detailed in references.

This dataset is 26 months of gridded cross sectional velocity, temperature, and salinity, from the Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA). These velocities, temperatures, and salinities are used to create the volume, temperature, and salt transport time series (above).

If you use these data, please include the following citation and acknowledgement: 
Gridded cross-sectional velocities, temperatures, and salinities are based on in situ current meter measurements from the Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA) experiment (McMonigal et al., 2020; Gunn et al., 2020)

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References

  • McMonigal, K., L.M. Beal, S. Elipot, K. Gunn, T. Morris, J. Hermes, A. Houk (2020), The impact of meanders, deepening and broadening, and seasonality on Agulhas Current temperature variability. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0018.1
  • Gunn, K.L., L.M. Beal, S. Elipot, K. McMonigal, A. Houk (2020) Mixing of subtropical, central and intermediate waters driven by shifting and pulsing of the Agulhas Current. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0093.1