Title | Long-term observations of hourly Bottom Temperatures at Knysna (July 1998 - November 1998) |
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Project | Long-term monitoring of nearshore temperatures around Southern Africa |
Authors |
Hassan Ismail Marcel van den Berg Tarron Lamont |
Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2024) |
Contributors |
Contact Person: Hassan Ismail |
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 12 July 1998 and 13 November 1998. 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 12 July 1998 17h00 and 13 November 1998 14h00. The UTR deployed during D0010 (Serial number 5546) did not record temperatures higher than 23.0 °C due to a sensor limitation. |
Data | |
Temporal extent | 12 Jul 1998 – 13 Nov 1998 |
Geographic extent |
Knysna, South Africa
North: -34.0663 |
Vertical extent |
Max: -7.0 m Min: -7.0 m |
Keywords | INDIAN OCEAN, temperature, underwater temperature recorder, UTR |
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