Hydrology and water quality data from the Gialova lagoon, Greece, 2016⁠ – ⁠2018

Stefano Manzoni, Giorgos Maneas, Anna Scaini, Basil E. Psiloglou, Georgia Destouni, Steve W. Lyon

This dataset contains time series of meteorological parameters (precipitation, air temperature and relative humidity, wind speed, atmospheric pressure, solar radiation), water quality parameters (temperature, salinity), and water depths of the Gialova lagoon, Peloponnese, Greece. The data are contained in a single spreadsheet including mean (or cumulative) daily values for each measured parameter.

The data were collected to assess changes in water quality and quantity in the Gialova lagoon — an ecologically important ecosystem under significant stress due to limited freshwater inputs. The data were used to constrain a coupled hydrologic-salt balance model to quantify hydrological flows in and out of the lagoon.

The data were collected in and around the Gialova lagoon from March 2016⁠  to January 2018. Meteorological data are obtained from a single meteorological station located at the southwest corner of the lagoon and were gap-filled using data from other nearby stations (one located 5 km east of the lagoon, and one at Methoni, 16 km south of the lagoon). Water quality data are representative of the whole lagoon, and are based on a combination of high-frequency point measurements and low-frequency spatially distributed measurements.

Citation

Stefano Manzoni, Giorgos Maneas, Anna Scaini, Basil E. Psiloglou, Georgia Destouni, Steve W. Lyon (2020) Hydrology and water quality data from the Gialova lagoon, Greece, 2016⁠ – ⁠2018. Dataset version 1. Bolin Centre Database. https://doi.org/10.17043/manzoni-2020-gialova-1

References

Manzoni S, Maneas G, Scaini A, Psiloglou BE, Destouni G, Lyon SW. (2020). Understanding coastal wetland conditions and futures by closing their hydrologic balance: the case of Gialova Lagoon, Greece. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (accepted for publication). Preprint discussion paper: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2019-382

Data description

The dataset is included in one spreadsheet (xlsx) file having one table with the following column content:

Time

• Year
• Day of the year

Water quality parameters

• Water temperature (°C)
• Salinity (g/L)
• Water depth above sensor (mm)

Meteorological parameters

• Rainfall (mm)
• Wind speed (m/s)
• Relative humidity (-)
• Incoming shortwave solar radiation (MJ/m²/day)
• Daily mean air temperature (°C)
• Daily minimum air temperature (°C)
• Daily maximum air temperature (°C)
• Atmospheric pressure (kPa)

Calculated parameters

• Evaporation rate (mm)

Measurement frequency: mean daily values (or daily cumulative).

The same data are also available in a comma-separated values (csv) file. Character set: Unicode (UTF-8).

Comments

Please, cite the publication by Manzoni et al. (2020) when using this dataset. The lead author would also welcome to receive a notification when the data are used for any research project or publication.