Integrated models
(Lead Investigators: Fagherazzi, Hughes)
The modeling framework includes:- Coupling morphodynamics and biogeochemical cycles in salt marshes
- Coupling morphodynamics and biogeochemical cycles in tidal flats
- Linking the marsh model to the tidal flat model
- Modeling landscape evolution under different biogeochemical scenarios
- Modeling biogeochemical and morphological evolution under sea level rise and enhanced storm activity
Results
1) The numerical hydrodynamic model Delft3D was applied to study tidal currents inside the Estuary. The model constitutes a basic information layer to understand the system.
2) A dynamical model for the coupled evolution of channels and tidal flats was developed.
