Title Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Moheli, Comoros
Project Long-term monitoring of nearshore temperatures around Southern Africa
Authors

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 a collection of raw and processed temperatures from Underwater Temperature Recorders (UTRs) located off Moheli, Comoros. At selected sites around Southern Africa, UTRs have been used to obtain long-term records of bottom temperatures in the nearshore environment, at depths ranging from 2m to 34m.
Methods A subsurface-mounted, UTR was deployed off Moheli, Comoros (12.3916°S; 43.7390°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa. The instrument(s) measured hourly temperature(s) readings.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 05 Sep 2004 – 05 Oct 2007
Geographic extent
Marker
1000 km
Leaflet Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, USGS, Intermap, iPC, NRCAN, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), Esri (Thailand), TomTom, 2012

Moheli, Comoros

Lat: -12.3916
Lon: 43.739

Keywords EOV: Physics > Sea surface temperature, INDIAN OCEAN, SST, temperature, underwater temperature recorder, UTR
Related resources
  • This digital object is part of Long-term observations of nearshore temperatures around southern Africa (10.15493/dea.mims.26052269)
  • Digital objects included in this collection:
    • Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Moheli, Comoros (September 2004 - October 2007) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.27112024)
    • Raw temperature data for long-term observations of bottom temperatures at Moheli, Comoros (September 2004 - October 2007) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.28112024)