Dataset from "Natural capital accounting reveals ecosystems' role in water and energy security in Colombia's Sinú Basin"

The data archived here are associated with the publication titled "Natural capital accounting reveals ecosystems' role in water and energy security in Colombia's Sinú Basin", available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02254-9. The files within "Sinu_SDR_inputs.zip" and "Sinu_SWY_inputs.zip" were prepared and run in InVEST version 3.12.0. "SDR" refers to the InVEST Sedimnet Delivery Ratio (SDR) model and "SWY" refers to the InVEST Seasonal Water Yield (SWY) model. Results of these model runs are found within "Sinu_SDR_results.zip" and "Sinu_SWY_results.zip" for the SDR and SWY models, respectively. These models were calibrated using observed data on average monthly water flows (from 1959 to 1992) and average annual sediment loads (from 1972 to 1992) from gauge stations on Colombia's Sinú River. Those observed data were obtained from Colombia's Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology, and Environmental Studies (IDEAM) hydrometeorological monitoring network webportal and are summarized in the files included here, "MeanMonthlyObservedFlowsXgaugeStation.csv" for monthly water flows and "annualObservedSedimentXgaugeStation.csv" for annual sediment loads. "EcosystemTypeTable.xlsx" is the table of ecosystem values. "Cuenta_Sinu_SankeyData_v2_paper.xlsx" contains the Sankey and accounts tables.