Title Daily data from Elands Bay weather station, May 2018 to September 2022
Project Weather stations
Authors

Mbongeni Tyesi
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Specialist Scientist; contact details: email: mbongeni@environment.gov.za

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

Contact Person: Mbongeni Tyesi
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Specialist Scientist; contact details: email: mbongeni@environment.gov.za

Abstract Coastal, land based automatic weather stations situated in the West Coast of South Africa; Cape Columbine, Elands Bay and Port Nolloth have been actively collecting data for various project since 1982 until today at different locations. These instruments provide useful meteorological information for understanding coastal dynamics such as upwelling, ocean current movements and air sea exchange.
Methods All values were measured using a Vaisala Weather Transmitter WXT520, the raw data is unaltered data from the weather station
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 11 May 2018 – 28 Sep 2022
Geographic extent

Elands Bay, South Africa

North: -32.318261
South: -32.318262
West: 18.323393
East: 18.323394

Keywords Air Pressure, Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, Total Rainfall, Wind Direction, Wind Speed
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