The description of the climatic agents that control and definen the Guadalquivir River estuary dynamics is made from a dataset made up of experimental measurements from the study site together with external sources. The complete database comprises wave, wind, atmospheric pressure, meteorological and astronomic tide, water inflow, turbidity, salinity, and other relevant parameters in water quality. Such information has been derived from data monitoring in (1) maritime stations in front of the river mouth at different water depth, (2) fluvial stations along the main channel of the river and different tributaries to the estuary, and finally (3) different stations located along the contributing area to the estuary. Data sources are varied (ICMAN, Puertos del Estado, Junta de Andalucia, etc.) anda t least monthly updating is made, with many variables weekly updated to monitore sudden increases in suspended sediment concentrations. The final result is a continuous quasi-real time monitoring of forcing agents in the estuary together with the state variables relevant for different processes. Global management of the database is made through PROGE, a Matlab program with a visual interface, where the information from each monitoring point is gathered in a structure, providing not only a quick and easy access and visualization of the data, but also a precise and complete information of the monitoring process, and post-processing analisis.
