Surface and Meteorological Data of Protodune Dynamics at Helga's Interdune Area, Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Namibia, 12th September 2023

Dataset title Surface and Meteorological Data of Protodune Dynamics at Helga's Interdune Area, Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Namibia, 12th September 2023
Dataset creators Joanna M. Nield, University of Southampton
Matthew C. Baddock, Loughborough University
Giles F.S. Wiggs, University of Oxford
Samuel N. Nangolo, Gobabeb Namib Research Institute
Camille Rambert, Sorbonne University
Rosemary A. Huck, University of Oxford
Dataset theme Geoscientific Information
Dataset abstract This dataset includes raw point cloud data from repeat terrestrial laser scans (TLS) for early-stage protodunes migrating and eroding on a gravel surface in the Helga's Interdune Area, Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Namibia. As well as the TLS data, additional nearby measurements of the wind speed through a CSAT 3D sonic anemometer and sediment transport using a Sensit along with sediment trap data downwind of the focus protodune.
Dataset content dates 12/09/2023 - 12/09/2023
Dataset spatial coverage Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Namibia
Latitude -23.57093
Longitude 15.02580
Dataset supply format XLSX, TXT, XYZ
Dataset language English-United Kingdom
Dataset discovery metadata record Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record
Dataset publisher NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre
Dataset publication date 27/02/2025
Dataset digital object identifier(DOI) 10.5285/786969f7-ff58-42d3-9175-3f792a7fd9f7
Dataset citation text Nield, J. M., Baddock, M. C., Wiggs, G. F. S., Nangolo, S. N., Rambert, C., Huck, R. A. (2025). Surface and Meteorological Data of Protodune Dynamics at Helga's Interdune Area, Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Namibia, 12th September 2023. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/786969f7-ff58-42d3-9175-3f792a7fd9f7
Constraints and terms of use This data set is available under Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying any reproduced materials: "Contains data supplied by permission of the Natural Environment Research Council [YEAR]".
Access the dataset https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item187013
Further Information Data collected under the Namibia Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, NCRST and Namib-Naukluft National Park permit RPIV00052018.