Title Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Seychelles site B (December 2003 - April 2004)
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 17m off Seychelles site B (04.3906°S 55.2508°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa, between 06 December 2003 and 09 April 2004. 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 17m off Seychelles site B (04.3906°S; 55.2508°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa. The instrument(s) measured hourly temperature(s) readings between 06 December 2003 17h00 and 09 April 2004 09h00.
Data
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Temporal extent 06 Dec 2003 – 09 Apr 2004
Geographic extent

Seychelles

North: -4.29
South: -4.49
West: 55.15
East: 55.35

Vertical extent Max: -17.0 m
Min: -17.0 m
Keywords INDIAN OCEAN, temperature, underwater temperature recorder, UTR
Related resources
  • This digital object is continued by Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Seychelles site B (April 2004 - July 2004) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.76072024)
  • This digital object is new version of Raw temperature data for long-term observations of bottom temperatures at Seychelles site B (December 2003 - April 2004) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.75072024)
  • This digital object is part of Long-term observations of nearshore temperatures around southern Africa (10.15493/dea.mims.26052269)