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Synoptic observations of sediment transport and exchange mechanisms in the turbid Ems Estuary: the EDoM campaign
Dirk S. van Maren
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Lab of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal
University, Shanghai 200241, China
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft 2600GA, the Netherlands
Deltares, Marine and Coastal Systems Unit, 2629 HV Delft, the
Netherlands
Christian Maushake
BAW, Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute, 22559
Hamburg, Germany
Jan-Willem Mol
Rijkswaterstaat, 8224 AD Lelystad, the Netherlands
Daan van Keulen
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft 2600GA, the Netherlands
Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University and
Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
Jens Jürges
BAW, Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute, 22559
Hamburg, Germany
Julia Vroom
Deltares, Marine and Coastal Systems Unit, 2629 HV Delft, the
Netherlands
Henk Schuttelaars
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft 2600GA, the Netherlands
Theo Gerkema
NIOZ Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Estuarine
and Delta Systems, 4400 AC Yerseke, the Netherlands
Kirstin Schulz
Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The
University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-1229, United States
Thomas H. Badewien
Institute for Chemistry and Biology of
the Marine Environment, Marine Sensor Systems, University of Oldenburg, ICBM, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Michaela Gerriets
Institute for Chemistry and Biology of
the Marine Environment, Marine Sensor Systems, University of Oldenburg, ICBM, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Andreas Engels
Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft,
Küsten- und Naturschutz, 26603 Aurich, Germany
Andreas Wurpts
NLWKN-Forschungsstelle Küste, Jahnstraße 1, 26506 Norden,
Germany
Dennis Oberrecht
NLWKN-Forschungsstelle Küste, Jahnstraße 1, 26506 Norden,
Germany
Andrew J. Manning
School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth,
Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, United Kingdom
HR Wallingford, Howbery Park, Wallingford OX10 8BA, United Kingdom
Taylor Bailey
Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME
04469, USA
Lauren Ross
Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME
04469, USA
Volker Mohrholz
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, 18119
Rostock, Germany
Dante M. L. Horemans
William & Mary Virginia Institute of Marine Science: Gloucester
Point, VA 23062, USA
Marius Becker
Kiel University, Otto-Hahn-Platz 1, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Dirk Post
Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft,
Küsten- und Naturschutz, 26603 Aurich, Germany
Charlotte Schmidt
Rijkswaterstaat, 8224 AD Lelystad, the Netherlands
Petra J. T. Dankers
Royal Haskoning DHV, 6534 AB Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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