Scalable, data-assimilated models predict large-scale shoreline response to waves and sea-level rise.

ABSTRACT: Coastal change is a complex combination of multi-scale processes (e.g., wave-driven cross-shore and longshore transport; dune, bluff, and cliff erosion; overwash; fluvial and inlet sediment supply; and sea-level-driven recession). Historical sea-level-driven coastal recession on open ocean coasts is often outpaced by wave-driven change. However, future sea-level-driven coastal recession is expected to increase significantly in tandem with accelerating rates of global sea-level rise. Few models of coastal sediment transport can resolve the multitude of coastal-change processes at a given beach, and fewer still are computationally efficient enough to achieve large-scale, long-term simulations, while accounting for historical behavior and uncertainties in future climate. Here, we show that a

SUBMITTER: Vitousek S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11564573 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature