Investigating sediment supply impact on centennial saltmarsh biogeomorphic development with Demeter

This repository contains a series of simulations to investigate the impact of (changing) sediment supply on the long-term biogeomorphic development (200 years) of saltmarshes (4 km2). The model used is Demeter (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7101535). 

Each simulation output file contains:

yearly bottom elevation maps (resolution of 5 m);

yearly vegetation coverage maps (resolution of 5 m);

yearly hydroperiod maps (resolution of 5 m);

yearly exceeding bottom shear impulse maps (resolution of 5 m);

vegetation distribution maps every 5 years (resolution of 50 cm).

Each simulation is also processed to compute channel network characteristics with TidalGeoPro (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7153257), such as:

maximum upstream channel length along channel network skeleton every 20 years (resolution of 5 m);

total upstream channel length within tidal watershed along channel network skeleton every 20 years (resolution of 5 m);

tidal watershed surface area along channel network skeleton every 20 years (resolution of 5 m);

mean unchanneled path length within tidal watershed along channel network skeleton every 20 years (resolution of 5 m);

channel cross-section width, depth and area along channel network skeleton every 20 years (resolution of 5 m);

yearly unchanneled path length maps (resolution of 5 m).

If you are interested to use this dataset, or collaborate with the authors, please contact Olivier Gourgue ([e-mail]).