| Title | Long-term observations of hourly Bottom Temperatures at Karange Island, North, Tanzania (October 2007 - February 2013) |
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| Project | Long-term monitoring of nearshore temperatures around Southern Africa |
| Authors |
Sabelani, Zintle Ismail, Hassan van den Berg, Marcel Lamont, Tarron |
| Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2025) |
| Contributors |
Contact Person: Ismail, Hassan |
| Abstract | At selected sites around Southern Africa, Underwater Temperature Recorders (UTRs) have been used to obtain long-term records of bottom temperature in the nearshore environment, at depths ranging from 2m to 34m. Here we present processed hourly subsurface temperatures from UTRs located at a depth of 18m off Karange Island, North (05.1560°S 39.1672°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa, between 11 October 2007 and 27 February 2013. Note that for some deployments, two UTRs were deployed to simultaneously record bottom temperatures. |
| Methods | A subsurface-mounted, Underwater Temperature Recorder (UTR) was deployed at a depth of 18m off Karange Island North (05.1560°S; 39.1672°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa. The instrument(s) measured hourly temperature(s) readings between 11 October 2007 14h00 and 27 February 2013 14h00. |
| Data | |
| Temporal extent | 11 Oct 2007 – 27 Feb 2013 |
| Geographic extent |
Karange Island, North, Tanzania
Lat: -5.156 |
| Vertical extent |
Max: -18.0 m Min: -18.0 m |
| Keywords | INDIAN OCEAN , temperature , underwater temperature recorder , UTR |
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