Physical oceanographic activities in South Africa: 1995-1998

Abstract

This is an overview of research activities in the South African marine and coastal environment during the period 1995-1998.The report is being submitted to IAPSO( International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean) in preparation for the IUGG General Assembly in 1999 and covers the years since the previous meeting (August 1995). The presentation is arranged in terms of the various marine research organisations in the country, to indicate the distribution of effort. The oceanographic activities for each organization, is separated according to the focus areas of each institution. To achieve some consistency with the previous report to IAPSO, this account also contains two brief sections on South African vessels used in oceanographic research and aspects of marine data management, respectively As with previous reports an attempt is made to represent as comprehensive a bibliography as possible , but not only including references that are readily accessible to readers. Research reported only in the form of theses, intra-organizational documents and contract reports, or with ‘submitted’ status, has been omitted. References to conference proceedings are only included if they are considered of an international nature and have been published.