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Title Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Songa Mnara, Tanzania
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 Songa Mnara, Tanzania. 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 A subsurface-mounted, Underwater Temperature Recorder (UTR) was deployed off Songa Mnara, Tanzania (09.0545°S; 39.6107°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 22 Aug 2004 – 06 Oct 2007
Geographic extent

Songa Mnara, Tanzania

Lat: -9.0545
Lon: 39.6107

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 Songa Mnara, Tanzania (August 2004 - October 2007) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11242023)
    • Raw temperature data for long-term observations of Bottom Temperatures at Songa Mnara, Tanzania (August 2004 - October 2007) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11252023)