Name: Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Pondoland (October 2015 - August 2016)
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DOI: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15032023

Title	Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Pondoland (October 2015 - August 2016)
Project	Long-term monitoring of nearshore temperatures around Southern Africa
Authors	Sabelani, Zintle Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Research Assistant Ismail, Hassan Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Scientific Technician van den Berg, Marcel Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Scientific Technician Lamont, Tarron Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Scientist
Publisher	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2025)
Contributors	Contact Person: Ismail, Hassan Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Scientific Technician; email: heishmail@dffe.gov.za
Abstract	Here we present processed hourly subsurface temperatures from Underwater Temperature Recorders (UTRs) located at a depth of 18.1m off Pondoland (31.2930°S 30.0168°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa, between 31 October 2015 and 12 August 2016. 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 18.1m off Pondoland (31.2930°S; 30.0168°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa. The instrument(s) measured hourly temperature(s) readings between 31 October 2015 09h00 and 12 August 2016 10h00.
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Temporal extent	31 Oct 2015 – 12 Aug 2016
Geographic extent	1000 km Leaflet Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, USGS, Intermap, iPC, NRCAN, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), Esri (Thailand), TomTom, 2012 Pondoland, South Africa Lat: -31.293 Lon: 30.0168
Vertical extent	Max: -18.1 m Min: -18.1 m
Keywords	INDIAN OCEAN, temperature, underwater temperature recorder, UTR
Related resources	This digital object continues Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Pondoland (July 2013 - July 2014) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15012023) This digital object is new version of Raw temperature data for long-term observations of bottom temperatures at Pondoland (October 2015 - August 2016) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15042023) This digital object is part of Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Pondoland (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.15002023)

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