Title Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Nosy Iranja, Madagascar (August 2003 - October 2007)
Project Long-term monitoring of nearshore temperatures around Southern Africa
Authors

Zintle Sabelani
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE); role: Marine Research Assistant; contact details: email: zsabelani@dffe.gov.za

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 Nosy Iranja, Madagascar (13.5930°S;47.7844°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa, between 06 August 2003 and 03 October 2007. 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 Nosy Iranja, Madagascar (13.5930°S;47.7844°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa. The instrument(s) measured hourly temperature(s) readings between 06 August 2003 13h00 and 03 October 2007 06h00.
Data
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Temporal extent 06 Aug 2003 – 03 Oct 2007
Geographic extent

Nosy Iranja, Madagascar

North: -13.593
South: -13.5931
West: 47.7844
East: 47.7845

Vertical extent Max: -19.0 m
Min: -19.0 m
Keywords INDIAN OCEAN, temperature, underwater temperature recorder, UTR
Related resources
  • This digital object is new version of Raw temperature data for long-term observations of Bottom Temperatures at Nosy Iranja, Madagascar (August 2003 - October 2007) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11432023)
  • This digital object is part of Long-term observations of nearshore temperatures around southern Africa (10.15493/dea.mims.26052269)