Validation and Comparison of a Model of the Effect of Sea-Level Rise on Coastal Wetlands.

ABSTRACT: Models are used to project coastal wetland distribution under future sea-level rise scenarios to assist decision-making. Model validation and comparison was used to investigate error and uncertainty in the Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model, a readily available model with minimal validation, particularly for wetlands beyond North America. Accurate parameterisation is required to improve the performance of the model, and indeed any spatial model. Consideration of tidal attenuation further enhances model performance, particularly for coastal wetlands located within estuaries along wave-dominated coastlines. The model does not simulate vegetation changes that are known to occur, particularly when sedimentation exceeds rates of sea-level rise resulting in shoreline progradation. Model performan

SUBMITTER: Mogensen LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5778053 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature