Field measurement data of hydrodynamic and morphological processes in the mangrove forest of Lac Bay, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands

31-10-2024, Rik Gijsman

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

_________________________________________________________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 Unpublished Manuscript.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: 

Timeseries data from field instruments: 

Atmospheric pressure

Water depth

Water level

Flow velocity

Waves

Turbidity

Rainfall

Temperature

Wind

Tidal creek flows

Tidal creek transport

Lagoon suspension

Mapped data of field surveys:

Bathymetry and creek profiles

Sediment characteristics

Python script for importing and plotting data

Overview map with shapefiles of instrument location coordinates

________________________________________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'