Hydrological Data for 20 Saltmarsh Monitoring Locations in Scotland, 2021-2022

Caerlaverock saltmarsh in Scotland provides raw acceleration data and images from 20 monitoring locations spaced at approximately 500-meter intervals. Data was collected by Mini Buoy sensors at 1-second or 10-second intervals between March 2021 and 2022, with coordinates and marsh edge status recorded for each location. The Environmental Information Data Centre produced this dataset to identify hydrological thresholds influencing saltmarsh expansion or erosion.

Use Cases

• Modeling hydrological thresholds for marsh erosion based on acceleration-derived wave and current velocities.
• Correlating marsh edge expansion or retreat with local hydrodynamic conditions.
• Analyzing spatial patterns of marsh stability across 20 locations using provided coordinates.
• Validating remote sensing or hydrodynamic models with ground-truthed acceleration and image data.

Strengths

• Data covers 20 distinct monitoring locations spaced at ~500 m intervals.
• Temporal coverage spans over a full year from March 2021 to March 2022.
• Includes multiple data types: cleaned acceleration data, location coordinates, marsh edge status, and images.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the single-site, one-year study.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Data gathered by Mini Buoy (B4+ design) sensors deployed at monthly or quarterly intervals.

Time Range

March 2021 to March 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 16:10:01.682474; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Caerlaverock saltmarsh, Solway Firth, Scotland, UK