Published October 8, 2024 | Version v1
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Field measurement data of hydrodynamic and morphological processes in the mangrove forest of Lac Bay, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands

  • 1. ROR icon University of Twente
  • 2. STINAPA National Parks Foundation Bonaire
  • 3. Mangrove Maniacs
  • 4. ROR icon Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
  • 5. Nelen & Schuurmans
  • 6. Coastal Dynamics
  • 7. ROR icon Wageningen University & Research

Description

31-10-2024, Rik Gijsman

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Dataset of field measurement of hydrodynamic and morphological processes in the mangrove forest of Lac Bay, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands.

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For more information please see scientific publication:

Gijsman, R., Engel, S., van der Wal, D., van Zee, R., Johnson, J., van der Geest, M., Wijnberg, K.M. and Horstman, E.M. (2024). The Importance of Tidal Creeks for Mangrove Survival on Small Oceanic Islands. Unpublished Manuscript.

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Dataset contains: 

  1. Timeseries data from field instruments: 
    1. Atmospheric pressure
    2. Water depth
    3. Water level
    4. Flow velocity
    5. Waves
    6. Turbidity
    7. Rainfall
    8. Temperature
    9. Wind
    10. Tidal creek flows
    11. Tidal creek transport
    12. Lagoon suspension
  2. Mapped data of field surveys:
    1. Bathymetry and creek profiles
    2. Sediment characteristics
  3. Python script for importing and plotting data
  4. Overview map with shapefiles of instrument location coordinates

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Additional notes for your information:

  • Timeseries data stored in .txt files
  • Visualization of data in .txt files provided with accompanying .png files
  • Timeseries data of Hobo sensors, Rain gauge and KNMI station interpolated between 19-01-2022 00:00:00 and 18-05-2022 23:55:00 (120 days) on 5 minute intervals 
  • Timeseries data of other sensors interpolated between 19-01-2022 00:00:00 and 08-03-2022 23:55:00 (49 days) on 5 minute intervals
  • Column headers show instrument station abbreviation
  • Datetime in local timezone of Bonaire (GMT-4)
  • When a property (e.g., water depth) was measured by different instruments, the instrument used is mentioned in the file name, e.g. "water_depth_hobo.txt"
  • Measurements from KNMI (The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute) station 990 were included in the dataset and indicated with '_knmi' in the file name. Data obtained from 'https://www.knmi.nl/nederland-nu/klimatologie/uurgegevens_Caribisch_gebied' 

 

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