Vertical and Lateral Variability of Suspended Sediment Transport in the Rhine River

Suspended sediment and discharge data from the single point monitoring and suspended sediment, flow velocity and discharge data from the multi point monitoring at the River Rhine. Multi-point measurements (MPM) carried out by the respective Waterways and Shipping Administration are conducted from a ship at predefined locations along each cross-section. The sampling protocol encompasses five to six vertical profiles per cross-section with four to five sampling depths per profile. Predefined depths are: surface (approx. 0.3 m below surface), 60% and 80% of the maximum water depth, and bottom (approx. 0.3 m above the channel bed) at each vertical. One additional sample at 90% is taken when the total water depth is > 5 m. Sampling along one cross-section is performed within a single day and takes 5 to 6 hours on average. The individual samples are retrieved by isokinetic pump sampling (pump speed equals flow velocity). At each sampling point a 50 L water sample is taken for the sand fraction and a 5 L water sample for the silt and clay fraction. The samples are filtered through commercial pre-weighed coffee filters at the ship and dried subsequently. Single-point measurements (SPM) within the framework of the WSV monitoring network are taken from the middle of the river. 5 L bucket samples are retrieved from the surface at each workday, thus, excluding weekends or public holidays. Sampling is increased up to three times a day during high discharge events. The water samples are filtered and analysed according to the same protocol as the MPM samples Detailed analyses of the dataset and more information can be found in Slabon, A., Terweh, S., & T. Hoffmann (2025): Vertical and Lateral Variability of Suspended Sediment Transport in the Rhine River. Hydrological Processes.

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(2025) . Vertical and Lateral Variability of Suspended Sediment Transport in the Rhine River. https://gdk.gdi-de.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/d91c783f-e64e-4bfc-b80a-805b3d51d0e9

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Date ( Creation ): 2025-01-07

Date ( Publication ): 2025-02-10

Identifier: https://registry.gdi-de.org/id/de.bund.bfg.csw/d91c783f-e64e-4bfc-b80a-805b3d51d0e9

Identifier: M39600204122

Status: Completed

Point of contact

Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde - Aron Slabon (M3 )

Am Mainzer Tor 1 Koblenz Rheinland-Pfalz 56068 Deutschland

+49 (0)261 1306 0

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

GEMET ( Discipline )

opendata
Environmental monitoring
Inland water
Sediment transport
Suspended matter
Spatial distribution
River basin management

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Other constraints: { "id": "cc-by/4.0", "name": "Creative Commons Namensnennung – 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)", "url": "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "quelle": "Slabon, A., Terweh, S., & Hoffmann, T. (2025). Vertical and Lateral Variability of Suspended Sediment Transport in the Rhine River [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14609438" }

Metadata language: German

Topic category

Inland waters
Geoscientific information
Environment
Transportation

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Hierarchy level: Dataset

Statement: Data collection by Waterways and Shipping Administration Rhein and Waterways and Shipping Administration Oberrhein. Data curation by Federal Institute of Hydrology.