Title Long-term observations of daily bottom temperatures at Port Nolloth (October 1997 - March 1998)
Project Long-term monitoring of nearshore temperatures around Southern Africa
Authors

Darrell Anders
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientific Technician 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, danders@environment.gov.za

Marcel van den Berg
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientific Technician 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, mvdberg@environment.gov.za

Tarron Lamont
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientist 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, tlamont@environment.gov.za

Publisher Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2020)
Contributors

Contact Person: Darrell Anders
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Marine Scientific Technician 2nd Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way, Cape Town, South Africa, darrellanders2012@gmail.com

Abstract At selected sites around Southern Africa, Underwater Tempearture 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 daily subsurface temperatures from UTRs located at a depth of 5m off Port Nolloth (29.2524°S; 16.8671°E), along the west coast of South Africa, between 15 October 1997 and 18 March 1998.
Methods A subsurface-mounted, Hugrun Seamon Mini Underwater Temperature Recorder (UTR) was deployed at a depth of 5m off Port Nolloth (29.2524°S; 16.8671°E), along the west coast of South Africa. The instrument measured hourly temperature readings between 15 October 1997 and 18 March 1998. These hourly values were averaged to daily means. Daily values were only generated for days on which there were 75 % or more hourly readings.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 15 Oct 1997 – 18 Mar 1998
Geographic extent

Port Nolloth, South Africa

Lat: -29.2524
Lon: 16.8671

Vertical extent Max: -5.0 m
Min: -5.0 m
Keywords coastal, nearshore, Port Nolloth, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, Southern Africa, temperature, underwater temperature recorder, UTR
Related resources
  • This digital object continues Long-term observations of daily bottom temperatures at Port Nolloth (April 1997 - October 1997) (10.15493/dea.mims.26052283)
  • This digital object is part of Long-term observations of nearshore temperatures around southern Africa (10.15493/dea.mims.26052269)