Title Raw temperature data for long-term observations of 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 raw 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, and that the data that falls outside of these dates are 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 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 and 09 April 2004.
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 Raw temperature data for long-term observations of bottom temperatures at Seychelles site B (April 2004 - July 2004) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.77072024)
  • 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 Seychelles site B (December 2003 - April 2004) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.74072024)