Dataset for: "Unprecedented suspended solids load caused by record-breaking extremes in southern Brazil: the May 2024 event"
Published: 25 December 2025| Version 2 | DOI: 10.17632/jgfmtyy3z8.2
Contributors:
, , , , , , , , Carlos Rafael Borges Mendes, , Ella Pereira, Julia Galetti, , , Description
Dataset of a multi-proxy approach to estimate suspended solids (SS) discharge and mass budget in the Patos Lagoon (Brazil) during the May 2024 extreme event. Results are presented by date (from April 1 to June 30, 2024) and tributary/region (Guaíba River, Camaquã River, São Gonçalo Channel - SGC, and Inlet). The SS discharge dataset (discharge_multiproxy.csv) contains the minimum, median, and maximum results for both SS concentration and discharge, along with the water discharge data. Similarly, the SS mass budget dataset (budget_multiproxy.csv) includes the resulting minimum, median, and maximum values for the daily budget.
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Institutions
- Universite du Littoral Cote D'OpaleDunkerque
- Universidade Federal do Rio GrandeRS, Rio Grande
- IfremerÎle-de-France, Issy-les-Moulineaux
- Universidade Federal de PelotasRS, Pelotas
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulRS, Porto Alegre
- Universiteit TwenteOverijssel, Enschede
Categories
Coastal Physical Oceanography, Coastal Process
Funders
- National Council for Scientific and Technological DevelopmentFederal District, BrazilGrant ID: 131424/2022-0
- National Council for Scientific and Technological DevelopmentFederal District, BrazilGrant ID: 305131/2020-6
- National Council for Scientific and Technological DevelopmentFederal District, BrazilGrant ID: 446031/2024-0
- National Council for Scientific and Technological DevelopmentFederal District, BrazilGrant ID: 312569/2021-1
- National Council for Scientific and Technological DevelopmentFederal District, BrazilGrant ID: 304684/2022-8