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Title Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Zanzibar, 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 Zanzibar, 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 Zanzibar, Tanzania (06.4724°S; 39.3968°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 29 Jul 2003 – 14 Feb 2013
Geographic extent

Zanzibar, Tanzania

Lat: -6.4724
Lon: 39.3968

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 Zanzibar, Tanzania (July 2003 - August 2004) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11262023)
    • Raw temperature data for long-term observations of Bottom Temperatures at Zanzibar, Tanzania (July 2003 - August 2004) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11272023)
    • Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Zanzibar, Tanzania (August 2004 - October 2007) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11282023)
    • Raw temperature data for long-term observations of Bottom Temperatures at Zanzibar, Tanzania (August 2004 - October 2007) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11292023)
    • Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Zanzibar, Tanzania (October 2007 - September 2010) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11302023)
    • Raw temperature data for long-term observations of Bottom Temperatures at Zanzibar, Tanzania (October 2007 - September 2010) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11312023)
    • Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Zanzibar, Tanzania (September 2010 - February 2013) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11322023)
    • Raw temperature data for long-term observations of Bottom Temperatures at Zanzibar, Tanzania (September 2010 - February 2013) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.11332023)