Title Raw temperature data for long-term observations of bottom temperatures off Trou-aux-Biches, Mauritius (March 2014 - November 2016)
Project Long-term monitoring of nearshore temperatures around Southern Africa
Authors

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 17.5m off Trou-aux-Biches, Mauritius (20.0284°S 57.5364°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa, between 05 March 2014 and 01 November 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, 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 17.5m off Trou-aux-Biches, Mauritius (20.0284°S; 57.5364°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa. The instrument(s) measured hourly temperature(s) readings between 05 March 2014 and 01 November 2016.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 05 Mar 2014 – 01 Nov 2016
Geographic extent

Mauritius

North: -19.5284
South: -20.5284
West: 57.0364
East: 58.0364

Vertical extent Max: -18.0 m
Min: -18.0 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 off Trou-aux-Biches, Mauritius (March 2014 - November 2016) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.25112024)