Agulhas System Climate Array - South Africa

Basic Information
Site Name
Agulhas System Climate Array
Short name
ASCA
Country
South Africa
Web Address
Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA)
Site Manager
Tamaryn Morris
Site Description
The ASCA shelf and tall moorings extend 200 km offshore of Hamburg just south of East London on the East coast of South Africa, along the decending TOPEX/Jason satellite ground track # 96, through the core of the Agulhas Current, with Current- and Pressure-recording Inverted Echo Sounders (CPIES) measurements extending the array to 300 km offshore. There are two shelf and seven full-depth tall moorings, interspersed with five CPIES, measuring pressure, current velocities, temperatures and salinities.
Last modified
2020-06-29 10:06:52

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2015
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
SAEON✔ (LTER-SAF-ZA-25)This site is a verified "SAEON" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: -35.320972225 Longitude: 28.404305555

Size
ca. 30000.00ha
Elevation (average)
-2250.00msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
-4500.00msl
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GEO-BON Biome
Marine
Biome
Marine
Ecosystem Type
Marine
EUNIS habitat
Marine habitats (A)
Marine habitats (A) » Pelagic water column (A7)
Marine habitats (A) » Pelagic water column (A7) » Vertically stratified water column with full salinity (A7.9)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
20.00°C
Precipitation Annual
61.70mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
No
Maintenance Interval
547
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
Reprints of articles using the dataset must be provided to the data provider
Data Policy URL
http://saeon.dirisa.org/management/it-governance/G373.2%20Policy%20and%20Guidel…
LTER Site Classification
Emerging