Source data for: A process-based screening framework for coastal reservoirs

<p dir="ltr">This dataset provides the source data underlying the figures and tables of the manuscript</p><p dir="ltr">"A process-based screening framework for coastal reservoirs" (COMMSENV-26-0429A,</p><p dir="ltr">Communications Earth & Environment).</p><p><br></p><p dir="ltr">The framework evaluates candidate coastal-reservoir sites across five dimensions and</p><p dir="ltr">16 indicators, supported by process-based numerical simulations of salt transport</p><p dir="ltr">(SCHISM), wave transformation (WWM-III), morphological change (Coastal Modeling System),</p><p dir="ltr">and groundwater flow and solute transport (MODFLOW–MT3DMS).

It is applied to three</p><p dir="ltr">candidate settings in southern Taiwan and compared against four documented reference</p><p dir="ltr">systems.</p><p><br></p><p dir="ltr">Files:</p><p dir="ltr">- indicator_scores_candidate_sites.csv — 16-indicator ordinal scores (1–5) for the three sites.</p><p dir="ltr">- dimensional_and_composite_scores.csv — dimensional means and composite scores, computed with</p><p dir="ltr"> hierarchical weighting (each of five dimensions weighted 20%; indicators equal within a dimension).</p><p dir="ltr">- retrospective_systems_scores.csv — dimensional and composite scores for four documented systems.</p><p dir="ltr">- montecarlo_summary.csv and montecarlo_composites_perturb0.5/1.0.csv — ranking-robustness Monte Carlo</p><p dir="ltr"> analysis (100,000 realisations; ±1-category perturbation preserves the site ranking in 99.98% of cases).</p><p dir="ltr">- validation/ — digitised values underlying the groundwater-level and CMS bed-elevation validation figures.</p><p><br></p><p dir="ltr">A README.txt documents each file, its corresponding figure/table, and the computation rules.</p><p dir="ltr">All scores and analyses can be reproduced from these files.</p>