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Title Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Karange Island, North, Tanzania
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 Karange Island, North, 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 Karange Island North (05.1560°S; 39.1672°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 11 Oct 2007 – 27 Feb 2013
Geographic extent

Karange Island, North, Tanzania

Lat: -5.156
Lon: 39.1672

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 Karange Island, North, Tanzania (October 2007 - February 2013) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.27042025)
    • Raw temperature data for long-term observations of Bottom Temperatures at Karange Island, North, Tanzania (October 2007 - February 2013) (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.28042025)