Title Long-term observations of hourly Bottom Temperatures at Knysna (July 1995 - October 1995)
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 At selected sites around Southern Africa, Underwater Temperature Recorders (UTRs) have been used to obtain long-term records of bottom temperature in the nearshore environment, at depths ranging from 2m to 34m.Here we present processed hourly subsurface temperatures from UTRs located at a depth of 7m off Knysna (34.0763°S 23.0602°E), along the south coast of Southern Africa, between 03 July 1995 and 24 October 1995. 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 7m off Knysna (34.0763°S; 23.0602°E), along the south coast of Southern Africa. The instrument(s) measured hourly temperature(s) readings between 03 July 1995 16h00 and 24 October 1995 09h00. The UTR deployed during D0002 (Serial number 5546) did not record temperatures higher than 23.0 °C due to a sensor limitation.
Data
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Temporal extent 03 Jul 1995 – 24 Oct 1995
Geographic extent

Knysna, South Africa

North: -34.0663
South: -34.0863
West: 23.0502
East: 23.0702

Vertical extent Max: -7.0 m
Min: -7.0 m
Keywords INDIAN OCEAN, temperature, underwater temperature recorder, UTR
Related resources
  • This digital object continues Long-term observations of hourly Bottom Temperatures at Knysna (March 1995 - July 1995) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.49112024)
  • This digital object is continued by Long-term observations of hourly Bottom Temperatures at Knysna (October 1995 - April 1996) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.53112024)
  • This digital object is new version of Raw temperature data for long-term observations of Bottom Temperatures at Knysna (July 1995 - October 1995) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.52112024)
  • This digital object is part of Long-term observations of nearshore temperatures around southern Africa (10.15493/dea.mims.26052269)