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

24-10-2024, Rik Gijsman21-05-2026, Rik Gijsman - Updated publication and added dataset v2 (with detrended turbidity data) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________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. (2026). The Exchange of Water and Sediment Across a Microtidal Caribbean Mangrove Forest. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2026.109933 _________________________________________________________ Dataset contains: - Timeseries data from field instruments1. Atmospheric pressure2. Water depth3. Water level4. Flow velocity5. Waves6. Turbidity7. Rainfall8. Temperature9. Wind10. Tidal creek flows11. Tidal creek transport12. Lagoon suspension- Mapped data of field surveys:13. Bathymetry and creek profiles14. 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'