Long-term observations of hourly bottom temperatures at Mozambique Island, Mozambique (August 2002 - July 2003)

Here we present processed hourly subsurface temperatures from Underwater Temperature Recorders (UTRs) located at a depth of 18m off Mozambique Island, Mozambique (15.0645°S; 40.785°E), along the east coast of Southern Africa, between 10 August 2002 and 23 July 2003. 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. Note that for some deployments, two UTRs were deployed to simultaneously record bottom temperatures.