S. A. Agulhas II SANAE 55 (GApr06)
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | S. A. Agulhas II (91AH) |
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Cruise identifier | SANAE 55 (GApr06) |
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Cruise period | 2015-12-05 — 2016-02-11 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Cape Town, South Africa |
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Port of return | Cape Town, South Africa |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | The overall aim of this cruise is to provide more reliable predictions of the response of the Southern Ocean carbon cycle to climate change through an improved understanding of its sensitivity to seasonal, subseasonal and mesoscale forcing scales. These cruises aim to achieve this by using a combination of ship based process studies, autonomous platforms (gliders, bio-optics, pCO2 wave rider), models and remote sensing analysis that focuses on the link between the physical forcing mechanisms and the biogeochemical responses over these relevant time and space scales. This combined high-resolution approach to both observations and modelling experiments will permit us, for the first time, to address some key questions relating to the physical nature of the Southern Ocean and its carbon cycle. |
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Chief scientist | Thato N Mtshali (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria) |
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Cruise report | (4.77 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Southern Ocean |