Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Zanzibar, Tanzania (July 2003 - August 2004)

Here we present processed hourly subsurface temperatures from Underwater Temperature Recorders (UTRs) located at a depth of 19m off Zanzibar, Tanzania (06.4724°S 39.3968°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa, between 29 July 2003 and 28 August 2004. 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.