Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Songa Mnara, Tanzania (August 2004 - October 2007)

Here we present processed hourly subsurface temperatures from Underwater Temperature Recorders (UTRs) located at a depth of 18m off Songa Mnara, Tanzania (09.0545°S 39.6107°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa, between 22 August 2004 and 06 October 2007. At selected sites around Southern Africa, UTRs have been used to obtain long-term records of bottom temperature in the nearshore environment, at depths ranging from 2m to 34m. Note that for some deployments, two UTRs were deployed to simultaneously record bottom temperatures.