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Title Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Aliwal Shoal (February 2003 - February 2004)
Project Long-term monitoring of nearshore temperatures around Southern Africa
Authors

Ismail, Hassan
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Scientific Technician

van den Berg, Marcel
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Scientific Technician

Lamont, Tarron
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Scientist

Publisher Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2023)
Contributors

Contact Person: Ismail, Hassan
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Scientific Technician; email: heishmail@dffe.gov.za

Abstract Here we present processed hourly subsurface temperatures from Underwater Temperature Recorders (UTRs) located at a depth of 28m off Aliwal Shoal (30.2643°S 30.828°E), along the east coast of South Africa, between 14 February 2003 and 28 February 2004. At selected sites around Southern Africa, UTRs have been used to obtain long-term records of bottom temperature in the nearshore environment, at depths ranging from 2m to 34m. Note that for some deployments, two UTRs were deployed to simultaneously record bottom temperatures.
Methods A subsurface-mounted UTR was deployed at a depth of 28m off Aliwal Shoal (30.2643°S; 30.828°E), along the east coast of South Africa. The instrument(s) measured hourly temperature(s) readings between 14 February 2003 09h00 and 28 February 2004 10h00.
Data
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Temporal extent 14 Feb 2003 – 28 Feb 2004
Geographic extent

Aliwal Shoal, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

North: -30.2643
South: -30.2644
West: 30.828
East: 30.829

Vertical extent Max: -28.0 m
Min: -28.0 m
Keywords INDIAN OCEAN , temperature , underwater temperature recorder , UTR
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