Title Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Zanzibar, Tanzania (September 2010 - February 2013)
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

Abstract Here we present processed hourly subsurface temperatures from Underwater Temperature Recorders (UTRs) located at a depth of 19m off Zanzibar, Tanzania (06.4724°S 39.3968°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa, between 18 September 2010 and 14 February 2013. At selected sites around Southern Africa, UTRs have been used to obtain long-term records of bottom temperature 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 A subsurface-mounted, Underwater Temperature Recorder (UTR) was deployed at a depth of 19m off Zanzibar, Tanzania (06.4724°S; 39.3968°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa. The instrument(s) measured hourly temperature(s) readings between 18 September 2010 12h00 and 14 February 2013 07h00.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 18 Sep 2010 – 14 Feb 2013
Geographic extent

Zanzibar, Tanzania

North: -6.4724
South: -6.4725
West: 39.3968
East: 39.3969

Vertical extent Max: -19.0 m
Min: -19.0 m
Keywords INDIAN OCEAN, temperature, underwater temperature recorder, UTR
Related resources
  • This digital object continues Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Zanzibar, Tanzania (October 2007 - September 2010) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11302023)
  • This digital object is new version of Raw temperature data for long-term observations of Bottom Temperatures at Zanzibar, Tanzania (September 2010 - February 2013) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11332023)
  • This digital object is part of Long-term observations of nearshore temperatures around southern Africa (10.15493/dea.mims.26052269)