Name: Short-term observations of daily bottom temperatures on the continental slope off Natal Bight, along the east coast of South Africa at location RiB02 (September 2009 - February 2010)
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DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.112072024

Title	Short-term observations of daily bottom temperatures on the continental slope off Natal Bight, along the east coast of South Africa at location RiB02 (September 2009 - February 2010)
Project	African Coelacanth Ecosystem Programme (ACEP)
Authors	Gavin Louw Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Scientific Technician; contact details: email: glouw@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: 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
Abstract	Between 2009 and 2013, multiple short-term mooring deployments were conducted to determine the oceanographic characteristics and variability along the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Bight, along the east coast of South Africa. One mooring (Sez01) was deployed off Sezela, about 79km south of Durban, at a depth of 30m, between June 2009 and July 2010. Three moorings (Dbn01, Dbn02, and Dbn03) were deployed off Durban at depths of 50m, 420m, and 570m, respectively, between January 2009 and September 2010, and two moorings (RiB01 and RiB02) were deployed off Richards Bay at depths of 30m and 580m, respectively, between February 2009 and September 2010. These moorings measured currents, as well as sub-surface and bottom temperatures across the continental shelf and along the continental slope of the KZN Bight. Here we present processed daily bottom temperatures (573m) from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) at location RiB02 (29.02°S; 32.26°E) on the continental slope off Richards Bay, between September 2009 - February 2010.
Methods	A bottom-mounted, upward-looking, 75kHz RD Instruments Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) was configured with a bin size of 16m and a blanking distance of 5m, and deployed at location RiB02 (29.02°S; 32.26°E), on the continental slope of Richards Bay. The instrument measured hourly bottom temperatures (573m) between 30 September 2009 and 25 February 2010. These hourly values were then averaged to daily means, and daily values were only generated for days on which there were 75% or more hourly readings.
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Temporal extent	30 Sep 2009 – 25 Feb 2010
Geographic extent	KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa North: -29.0 South: -31.0 West: 31.0 East: 33.0
Vertical extent	Max: -573 m Min: -573 m
Keywords	ACEP III - Ecosystem Processes in the KwaZulu-Natal Bight, ADCP, currents, INDIAN OCEAN, moorings, temperature
Related resources	This digital object is part of Short-term observations of currents and sub-surface temperatures on the continental shelf and slope along the KwaZulu-Natal Bight, along the east coast of South Africa (project period 2009-2013) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.78072024)

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