Model:Kirwan marsh model

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Kirwan marsh model


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Model type Single
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Model domain Coastal
One-line model description Ecomorphoydamic model of marsh elevation and channel evolution
Extended model description Spatially explicit model of the development and evolution of salt marshes, including vegetation influenced accretion and hydrodynamic determined channel erosion.
Keywords:

coastal morphdynamics, salt Marsh - tidal Flat evolution,

Name Matthew Kirwan
Type of contact Model developer
Institute / Organization University of Virginia
Postal address 1 PO Box 400123
Postal address 2
Town / City Charlottesville
Postal code 22904
State Virginia
Country United States
Email address mkirwan@usgs.gov
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Supported platforms
Linux
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C

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Code optimized Single Processor
Multiple processors implemented
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Start year development 2003
Does model development still take place? Yes
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Program license type GPL v2
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Typical run time hour to days


Describe input parameters Does not require any input data, but if desired, model can run from files describing sea level and/or the elevations of an existing marsh.
Input format ASCII
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Describe output parameters Elevation, Biomass, Accretion Rate, Erosion Rate, and other characteristics of every cell in domain. Also outputs spatially averaged statistics.
Output format ASCII
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Pre-processing software needed? No
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Post-processing software needed? No
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Visualization software needed? Yes
If above answer is yes Matlab
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Describe processes represented by the model The model calculates changes in elevation and vegetation growth for a hypothetical salt marsh. In each cell, elevation change is calculated as the difference between accretion and erosion. Accretion rates are a function of inundation depth, vegetation growth, and suspended sediment concentration. Water routed according to Rinaldo et al. (1999) scheme. Erosion rates calculated according to excess sheer stress. Channels widen according to a diffusion-like routine where downslope transport is inversely proportional to vegetation. Vegetation grows according to Morris et al. (2002) where biomass is proportional to inundation depth up until an optimum depth. Episodic vegetation disturbance is simulated by removing vegetation from randomly selected cells (Kirwan et al., 2008). Another version of the model treats wave erosion in a simplistic manner (Kirwan and Murray, 2008).
Describe key physical parameters and equations Key parameters include the rate of sea level rise, suspended sediment concentration, tidal range (which controls vegetation distribution), critical shear stress for sediment erosion, and the period of time that erosion takes place during each tidal cycle. Parameters controlling the growth pattern of vegetation can easily be modified.
Describe length scale and resolution constraints Domain size is 3 km by 3 km, grid cell is 5 m by 5m.
Describe time scale and resolution constraints The model explicitly runs on an individual tidal cycle time step, which we scale up to 2 months. But, results most meaningful at timescales greater than a couple years.
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Describe available calibration data sets Biomass productivity and marsh accretion rates from 1984-present, described in Morris et al. (2002).
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Describe available test data sets A couple high resolution Pb210 curves that span ~100 years are currently being constructed and used to test model.
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Describe ideal data for testing Long term, high resolution (annual to couple years) datasets of marsh accretion. Similar time series of channel characteristics would be useful.


Do you have current or future plans for collaborating with other researchers? Yes
Is there a manual available? No
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OpenMI compliant No but possible
BMI compliant No but possible
WMT component No but possible
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