cff-version: 1.2.0
abstract: "Database of Pan-African seaports and their (physical) characteristics derived from Satellite Imagery. The database consists of 161 seaports with information on port construction date, coastline orientation, shore-normal breakwater length, longshore wave power, presence of nearby sediment sources and sinks, sheltering setting, presence of coastal protection structures, and adjacent beach changes."
authors:
  - family-names: de Boer
    given-names: Wiebe
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8403-4790"
  - family-names: Mao
    given-names: Y. (Yongjing)
  - family-names: Hagenaars
    given-names: G. (Gerben)
  - family-names: de Vries
    given-names: S. (Sierd)
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5865-3715"
  - family-names: Slinger
    given-names: Jill
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5257-8857"
  - family-names: Vellinga
    given-names: T. (Tiedo)
title: "Pan-African Seaports Database"
keywords:
version: 1
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: 10.4121/uuid:183697fc-afe2-4607-be0a-e63a042ff628
license: CC BY 4.0
date-released: 2019-05-22