Title | Long-term observations of daily bottom temperatures at Port Nolloth (March 1998 - September 1998) |
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Project | Long-term monitoring of nearshore temperatures around Southern Africa |
Authors |
Darrell Anders Marcel van den Berg Tarron Lamont |
Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2020) |
Contributors |
Contact Person: Darrell Anders |
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 19 March 1998 and 02 September 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 19 March 1998 and 02 September 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 | |
Temporal extent | 19 Mar 1998 – 02 Sep 1998 |
Geographic extent |
Port Nolloth, South Africa
Lat: -29.2524 |
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 |
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