Title Raw temperature data for long-term observations of Bottom Temperatures at Knysna (October 1995 - April 1996)
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 raw 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 24 October 1995 and 17 April 1996. Note that for some deployments, two UTRs were deployed to simultaneously record bottom temperatures, and that the data that falls outside of these dates is not from the deployment.
Methods The raw data was collected using an Underwater Temperature Recorder (UTR) that was configured to sample every 60 minutes. 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 24 October 1995 and 17 April 1996.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 24 Oct 1995 – 17 Apr 1996
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 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 continued by Raw temperature data for long-term observations of Bottom Temperatures at Knysna (April 1996 - August 1996) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.56112024)
  • 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 Knysna (October 1995 - April 1996) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.53112024)