[Coastal intertidal temperatures] - Intertidal temperatures measured via data loggers deployed at 19 rocky intertidal sites in California, USA and Baja California, Mexico from spring 2022 to fall 2023 (Predicting impacts of coastal species redistribution in a changing climate)

Importantly, surface temperatures measured at broad scales (e.g., by satellites) cannot capture onshore temperatures which vary at meso- and micro-scales due to, e.g., aspect, solar radiation, waves, etc. We monitored intertidal temperatures via data loggers deployed at 19 rocky intertidal sites in California, USA and Baja California, Mexico.

Loggers were deployed at 1.0 meter (m) above MLLW (mean lower-low water) at all sites and at 0.5 and 1.5 m at a subset of sites. At each site and tide height (for sites with multiple loggers), completeness of the temperature record varies but most provide continuous records for up to ~18 months from spring 2022 to fall 2023.