Title Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Arcadia Reef, Mozambique (March 2012 - April 2015)
Project Long-term monitoring of nearshore temperatures around Southern Africa
Authors

Hassan Ismail
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientific Technician; contact details: email: heishmail@dffe.gov.za

Marcel van den Berg
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientific Technician; contact details: email: mvdberg@dffe.gov.za

Tarron Lamont
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientist; contact details: email: tlamont@dffe.gov.za

Publisher Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2023)
Contributors

Contact Person: Hassan Ismail
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientific Technician; contact details: email: ismailhe@gmail.com

Contact Person: Marcel van den Berg
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientific Technician; contact details: email: mvandenberg.dea@gmail.com

Contact Person: Tarron Lamont
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientist; contact details: email: tarron.lamont@gmail.com

Abstract Here we present processed hourly subsurface temperatures from Underwater Temperature Recorders (UTRs) located at a depth of 33m off Arcadia Reef, Mozambique (24.5657°S; 35.2817°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa, between 18 March 2012 and 28 April 2015. At selected sites around Southern Africa, UTRs have been used to obtain long-term records of bottom temperatures in the nearshore environment, at depths ranging from 2m to 34m. Note that for some deployments, two UTRs were deployed to simultaneously record bottom temperatures.
Methods Subsurface-mounted, Underwater Temperature Recorder(s) (UTR) were deployed at a depth of 33m off Arcadia Reef, Mozambique (24.5657°S; 35.2817°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa. The instrument(s) measured hourly temperature(s) readings between 18 March 2012 04h00 and 28 April 2015 08h00.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 18 Mar 2012 – 28 Apr 2015
Geographic extent

Arcadia Reef, Mozambique

North: -24.5657
South: -24.5658
West: 35.2817
East: 35.2818

Vertical extent Max: -33 m
Min: -33 m
Keywords INDIAN OCEAN, temperature, underwater temperature recorder, UTR
Related resources
  • This digital object is new version of Raw temperature data for long-term observations of bottom temperatures at Arcadia Reef, Mozambique (March 2012 - April 2015) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.01842023)
  • This digital object is part of Long-term observations of nearshore temperatures around southern Africa (10.15493/dea.mims.26052269)