Simulating barrier island response to sea level rise with the barrier island and inlet environment (BRIE) model v1.0

Nienhuis, Jaap H.; Lorenzo-Trueba, Jorge

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4013-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4013-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4013-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 9

Model description paper

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12 Sep 2019

Model description paper |

| 12 Sep 2019

Simulating barrier island response to sea level rise with the barrier island and inlet environment (BRIE) model v1.0

Jaap H. Nienhuis and Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4013-2019-supplement

Data sets

Barrier Inlet Environment (BRIE) model, csdms-contrib/Barrier_Inlet_Environment_BRIE_Model J. H. Nienhuis and J. Lorenzo-Trueba https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1218142

Supplementary data for Simulating barrier island response to sea-level rise with the barrier island and inlet environment (BRIE) model v1.0 J. H. Nienhuis https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/GMDXY

Short summary

The response of barrier islands to sea level rise depends on their ability to move landward through the transport of sediment from the beach to the back barrier. The BRIE model simulates these processes and the resulting landward movement of barrier islands. The novelty of the BRIE model is the incorporation of tidal inlets (gaps between barrier islands) that can transport sediment landward and therefore help keep barrier islands above sea level.