Title Raw temperature data for long-term observations of bottom temperatures at Fort-Dauphin (May 2013 - January 2017)
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 raw temperatures from Underwater Temperature Recorders (UTRs) located at a depth of 20m off Fort-Dauphin (25.0051°S 47.0972°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa, between 03 May 2013 and 18 January 2017. 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, and that the data that falls outside of these dates are not from the deployment.
Methods The raw data was collected using a UTR that was configured to sample every 60 minutes. A subsurface-mounted, UTR was deployed at a depth of 20m off Fort-Dauphin (25.0051°S 47.0972°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa. The instrument(s) measured hourly temperature(s) readings between 03 May 2013 and 18 January 2017
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 03 May 2013 – 18 Jan 2017
Geographic extent

Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar

North: 0.0
South: -36.0
West: 10.0
East: 58.0

Vertical extent Max: -20.0 m
Min: -20.0 m
Keywords INDIAN OCEAN, 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)
  • This digital object is previous version of Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Fort-Dauphin (May 2013 - January 2017) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.18112024)