Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT)

Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT)

"The Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) is a multidisciplinary programme which undertakes biological, chemical and physical oceanographic research during an annual voyage between the UK and destinations in the South Atlantic." As of early November, 2013, there have been 23 cruises. AMT data have resulted in many publications including three special issues.

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Suggested Data Citation
Dataset DOIs
None
Hosted Climate Index Files
None
Data Access
  1. AMT Data via BODC
  2. AMT Data
Usage Restrictions
None

Key Figures

Sample Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) cruise track. Source: https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/online_delivery/amt/

Other Information

Earth system components and main variables
None
Type of data product
In situ, ships
Dataset collections
Carbon cycle

Years of record
to
Metadata ID
None
Data time period extended
Yes, data set is extended
Timestep
Sub-daily
Domain
Atlantic Ocean
Formats:
ascii
Input Data
None
Vertical Levels:
Multiple levels
Missing Data Flag
None
Ocean or Land
Ocean Only
Spatial Resolution
None
Model Resolution (reanalysis)
None
Data Assimilation Method
None
Model Vintage (reanalysis)
None