Title Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Ystervarkpunt (August 2022 - December 2023)
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 (2024)
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

Abstract 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. Here we present processed hourly subsurface temperatures from Underwater Temperature Recorders (UTRs) located at a depth of 3m off Ystervarkpunt (34.395°S; 21.7305°E), along the south coast of South Africa, between 05 August 2022 and 05 December 2023.
Methods Subsurface-mounted, Underwater Temperature Recorder(s) (UTR) were deployed at a depth of 3m off Ystervarkpunt (34.395°S; 21.7305°E), along the south coast of South Africa. The instrument measured hourly temperature readings between 05 August 2022 11h00 and 05 December 2023 11h00.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 05 Aug 2022 – 05 Dec 2023
Geographic extent

Ystervarkpunt, South Africa

Lat: -34.395
Lon: 21.7305

Vertical extent Max: -3 m
Min: -3 m
Keywords INDIAN OCEAN, temperature, underwater temperature recorder, UTR
Related resources
  • This digital object continues Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Ystervarkpunt (November 2019 - August 2022) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11902023)
  • This digital object is new version of Raw temperature data for long-term observations of bottom temperatures at Ystervarkpunt (August 2022 - December 2023) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.03062024)
  • This digital object is part of Long-term observations of nearshore temperatures around southern Africa (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.26052269)