Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Bassas da India, Mozambique Channel (August 2003 - September 2007)

Here we present processed hourly subsurface temperatures from Underwater Temperature Recorders (UTRs) located at a depth of 20m off Bassas da India (21.4385°S 39.6707°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa, between 15 August 2003 and 15 September 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.