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| Please read the "Read_me.txt" file that provide the main characteristics of the dataset. More details are available in: Hamdi et al (submitted). A long-term dataset on hydrology and suspended sediments in the Kamech catchment from the OMERE Observatory. Submitted to Earth Surface Science Data
The establishment of the OMERE observatory was made possible through the European research programmes Hydromed (FP4) and SOWAMED (Soil and water in the Mediterranean) (FP6), which provided the initial funding for research facilities on small dams, including the Kamech catchment. It is part of OZCAR research infrastructure, which is supported by the French Ministry of Research, French Research Institutions and Universities. We are also indebted to the research institutes that have continuously supported this observatory since its creation, namely INRGREF (Institut National de Recherche en Génie Rural et Eaux et Forêts) and INAT (Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie) in Tunisia, and IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) and INRAE (Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement) in France, as well as to the Tunisian and French laboratories that have hosted and managed OMERE activities in Tunisia, including the relevant departments at INRGREF and INAT, UMR LISAH (Unité Mixte de Recherche Laboratoire d’étude des Interactions entre Sol -Agrosystème et Hydrosystème), the joint international laboratory Naïla, and the international research network RHYMA-CES.
We warmly thank the farmers and residents of Kamech, without whose long-standing collaboration this observatory would not exist. We also extend our gratitude to the many researchers, engineers, and observers who contributed to the design, installation, and maintenance of the experimental equipment. It is impossible to name them all individually, but we wish to pay tribute to colleagues who passed away during their careers, including Mekki Ben Youssef (DG ACTA), Slah Nasri (INRGREF), Rawdha Mougou (INRGREF), as well as to those who accompanied the observatory until retirement, such as Ali Dababria (DG ACTA), Henri Camus (IRD), Jean Collinet (IRD) and Noel Guiguen (IRD).
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the successive coordinators of the OMERE long-term monitoring programme—Jean Albergel, Netij Ben Mechlia, Mohamed Boufaroua, Jérome Molénat, Damien Raclot, Marc Voltz, and Rim Zitouna—who have ensured and continue to ensure its development. We would also like to thank Denis Feurer, Olivier Grunberger, Claude Hammecker and Guillaume Coulouma for their involvement in managing the OMERE catchments.
We thank all those who participated in the installation of the hydrometric stations and the collection of data, including OMERE staff, with special thanks to Mohamed Ben Younes Louati, who managed all fieldwork for two decades; the many students and international civilian volunteers of IRD, and in particular Kilani Ben Hzez, who has carried out daily site measurements with remarkable dedication. |
