Title Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Grande Comore, Comoros (August 2003 - August 2004)
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 20m off Grande Comore, Comoros (11.6675°S 43.2635°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa, between 02 August 2003 and 31 August 2004. 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 20m off Grande Comore (11.6675°S; 43.2635°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa. The instrument(s) measured hourly temperature(s) readings between 02 August 2003 16h00 and 31 August 2004 14h00.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 02 Aug 2003 – 31 Aug 2004
Geographic extent

Grande Comore, Comoros

North: -11.6675
South: -11.6676
West: 43.2635
East: 43.2636

Vertical extent Max: -20.0 m
Min: -20.0 m
Keywords INDIAN OCEAN, temperature, underwater temperature recorder, UTR
Related resources
  • This digital object is continued by Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Grande Comore, Comoros (August 2004 - October 2007) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11402023)
  • This digital object is new version of Raw temperature data for long-term observations of Bottom Temperatures at Grande Comore, Comoros (August 2003 - August 2004) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11392023)
  • This digital object is part of Long-term observations of nearshore temperatures around southern Africa (10.15493/dea.mims.26052269)