Data underlying the publication: "Using salt marshes for coastal protection: effective but hard to get where needed most"

This dataset contains the data obtained and utilized for the manuscript: Using salt marshes for coastal protection: effective but hard to get where needed most.<br>This study analyzed 20 years of vegetation and bathymetry maps along the Dutch Wadden Sea coast in combination with detailed process-based measurements at 5 locations during three years in order to understand where salt marshes form and what features determine their contribution to coastal protection value.<br>The field data includes wave data collected with OSSI wave loggers in marshes and mudflats fronting dikes, beach wrack elevation points on the dikes after storms, vegetation properties and marsh&amp;mudflat soil elevation.

本数据集包含为下述研究论文采集并使用的相关数据：《利用盐沼开展海岸防护：成效显著却难以覆盖至最需区域》。本研究对荷兰瓦登海沿岸20年的植被与水深地形地图展开分析，并结合3年间在5个观测点位开展的精细化过程式实地测量，以厘清盐沼的形成区位，以及哪些特征决定了其海岸防护效能的贡献程度。本次实地采集的数据涵盖：利用OSSI波记录仪（OSSI wave loggers）在堤防前沿的盐沼与潮滩采集的波浪数据、风暴过后堤防上的海滩冲积物高程点位、植被特征参数，以及盐沼与潮滩的土壤高程数据。