Title Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Mosterts Hoek, South Africa (October 1998 - March 1999)
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 Mosterts Hoek (34.1978°S 24.7688°E), along the east coast of South Africa, between 23 October 1998 and 21 March 1999. 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 UTR was deployed at a depth of 4m off Mosterts Hoek (34.1978°S 24.7688°E), along the east coast of South Africa. The instrument(s) measured hourly temperature(s) readings between 23 October 1998 12h00 and 21 March 1999 16h00.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 23 Oct 1998 – 21 Mar 1999
Geographic extent

Mosterts Hoek, South Africa

North: -34.1978
South: -34.1979
West: 24.7688
East: 24.7689

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 Mosterts Hoek, South Africa (July 1998 - October 1998) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.13022023)
  • This digital object is continued by Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Mosterts Hoek, South Africa (March 1999 - July 1999) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.13062023)
  • This digital object is new version of Raw temperature data for long-term observations of bottom temperatures at Mosterts Hoek, South Africa (October 1998 - March 1999) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.13052023)
  • This digital object is part of Long-term observations of nearshore temperatures around southern Africa (10.15493/dea.mims.26052269)