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Title Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Xai-Xai, Mozambique
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 (2025)
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 a collection of raw and processed temperatures from Underwater Temperature Recorders (UTRs) located off Xai-Xai, Mozambique. At selected sites around Southern Africa, UTRs have been used to obtain long-term records of bottom temperatures in the nearshore environment, at depths ranging from 2m to 34m.
Methods Subsurface-mounted, Underwater Temperature Recorder(s) (UTR) were deployed off Xai-Xai, Mozambique (25.1646°S; 33.6781°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa. The instrument(s) measured hourly temperature(s) readings.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 23 Apr 2006 – 17 Mar 2013
Geographic extent

Xai-Xai, Mozambique

Lat: -25.1646
Lon: 33.6781

Keywords EOV: Physics > Sea surface temperature , INDIAN OCEAN , SST , temperature , underwater temperature recorder , UTR
Related resources
  • This digital object is part of Long-term observations of nearshore temperatures around southern Africa (10.15493/dea.mims.26052269)
  • Digital objects included in this collection:
    • Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Xai-Xai, Mozambique (April 2006 - July 2007) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.04432023)
    • Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Xai-Xai, Mozambique (July 2007 - March 2013) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.04442023)
    • Raw temperature data for long-term observations of bottom temperatures at Xai-Xai, Mozambique (April 2006 - July 2007) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.04452023)
    • Raw temperature data for long-term observations of bottom temperatures at Xai-Xai, Mozambique (July 2007 - March 2013) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.04472023)