Title Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Port Alfred (April 1996 - October 1996)
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 (2024)
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 4m off Port Alfred (33.6027°S; 26.8999°E), along the east coast of South Africa, between 22 April 1996 and 21 October 1996. At selected sites around South 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 4m off Port Alfred (33.6027°S; 26.8999°E), along the east coast of South Africa. The instrument(s) measured hourly temperature(s) readings between 22 April 1996 14h00 and 21 October 1996 13h00.
Data
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Temporal extent 22 Apr 1996 – 21 Oct 1996
Geographic extent

Port Alfred, South Africa

Lat: -33.6027
Lon: 26.8999

Vertical extent Max: -4.0 m
Min: -4.0 m
Keywords INDIAN OCEAN, temperature, underwater temperature recorder, UTR
Related resources
  • This digital object continues Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Port Alfred (October 1995 - April 1996) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11922023)
  • This digital object is continued by Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Port Alfred (October 1996 - March 1997) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11962023)
  • This digital object is new version of Raw temperature data for long-term observations of bottom temperatures at Port Alfred (April 1996 - October 1996) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11952023)
  • This digital object is part of Long-term observations of nearshore temperatures around southern Africa (10.15493/dea.mims.26052269)