Title Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Moheli, Comoros (September 2004 - October 2007)
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 processed hourly subsurface temperatures from Underwater Temperature Recorders (UTRs) located at a depth of 21m off Moheli, Comoros (12.3916°S 43.7390°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa, between 05 September 2004 and 05 October 2007. 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, UTR was deployed at a depth of 21m off Moheli, Comoros (12.3916°S; 43.7390°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa. The instrument(s) measured hourly temperature(s) readings between 05 September 2004 12h00 and 05 October 2007 06h00.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 05 Sep 2004 – 05 Oct 2007
Geographic extent

Comoros

North: -11.8916
South: -12.8916
West: 43.239
East: 44.239

Vertical extent Max: -21.0 m
Min: -21.0 m
Keywords INDIAN OCEAN, temperature, underwater temperature recorder, UTR
Related resources
  • This digital object is new version of Raw temperature data for long-term observations of bottom temperatures at Moheli, Comoros (September 2004 - October 2007) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.28112024)
  • This digital object is part of Long-term observations of nearshore temperatures around southern Africa (10.15493/dea.mims.26052269)