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Data description paper
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12 Feb 2021
Data description paper |
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| 12 Feb 2021
Synchronized high-resolution bed-level change and biophysical data from 10 marsh–mudflat sites in northwestern Europe
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Coastal
Engineering, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University,
Zhuhai, 519082, China
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai, 519080, China
Pim W. J. M. Willemsen
Water Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, P.O.
Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 140, 4400 AC Yerseke, the Netherlands
Bas W. Borsje
Water Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, P.O.
Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
Chen Wang
Satellite Application Center for Ecology and Environment, Ministry of
Ecology and Environment, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory
of Satellite Remote Sensing, Beijing, 100094, China
Heng Wang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai, 519080, China
School of Marine Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University,
Zhuhai, 519082, China
Daphne van der Wal
Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 140, 4400 AC Yerseke, the Netherlands
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC),
University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
Zhenchang Zhu
Institute of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Guangdong
University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510030, China
Bas Oteman
Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 140, 4400 AC Yerseke, the Netherlands
Vincent Vuik
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5048, 2600 GA Delft, the Netherlands
HKV Consultants, P.O. Box 2120, 8203 AC Lelystad, the Netherlands
Ben Evans
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EN,
UK
Iris Möller
Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, D02 PN40,
Ireland
Jean-Philippe Belliard
Ecosystem Management Research Group, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp,
Belgium
Alexander Van Braeckel
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Havenlaan 88, 1000
Brussels, Belgium
Stijn Temmerman
Ecosystem Management Research Group, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp,
Belgium
Tjeerd J. Bouma
Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 140, 4400 AC Yerseke, the Netherlands
Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, P.O.
Box 80.115, 3508 TC Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Erosion and accretion processes govern the ecogeomorphic evolution of intertidal (salt marsh and tidal flat) ecosystems and hence substantially affect their valuable ecosystem services. By applying a novel sensor, we obtained unique high-resolution daily bed-level change datasets from 10 marsh–mudflat sites in northwestern Europe. This dataset has revealed diverse spatial bed-level change patterns over daily to seasonal scales, which are valuable to theoretical and model development.
Erosion and accretion processes govern the ecogeomorphic evolution of intertidal (salt marsh and...
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