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Title Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Bassas da India, Mozambique Channel
Project Long-term monitoring of nearshore temperatures around Southern Africa
Authors

Sabelani, Zintle
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: Marine Research Assistant;

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 Bassas da India, Mozambique Channel. 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, UTR was deployed off Bassas da India (21.4385°S; 39.6707°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 15 Aug 2003 – 06 May 2013
Geographic extent

Bassas da India, Mozambique Channel

Lat: -21.4385
Lon: 39.6707

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 Bassas da India, Mozambique Channel (August 2003 - September 2007) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.21112024)
    • Raw temperature data for long-term observations of bottom temperatures at Bassas da India, Mozambique Channel (August 2003 - September 2007) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.22112024)
    • Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Bassas da India, Mozambique Channel (March 2012 - May 2013) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.23112024)
    • Raw temperature data for long-term observations of bottom temperatures at Bassas da India, Mozambique Channel (March 2012 - May 2013) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.24112024)