EP23C:
Bridging Boundaries in Surface Dynamics of Estuarine, Coastal, and Marine Systems using Models, Laboratory Studies, and Observations II

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Session ID#: 17660

Session Description:
Researchers investigating morphodynamics and transport in specific environments increasingly must consider impacts of neighboring domains, either as parts of an integrated system or as boundary conditions or forcing. This is especially true along continental margins, where the coastline, continental shelf, and estuaries themselves mark boundaries between terrestrial, fluvial, and oceanic domains; and experience feedbacks with atmospheric systems.  Understanding coastal systems depends on observational and lab studies that bridge spatial or disciplinary divides to characterize interactions of system components and fluxes across geographic boundaries.  Advances in numerical modeling have also facilitated such transdisciplinary research through model coupling and nesting, e.g., Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) provides tools for combining modeling approaches for system components.

This session highlights coastal-system research that explores processes and feedbacks across traditional disciplinary and environmental boundaries. Observational, laboratory, and modeling studies bridging spatial domains, or interdisciplinary studies that blend physical, chemical, and biological processes are welcome.

Primary Convener:  Dr. Courtney Kay Harris, Ph.D., Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary, Gloucester Point, United States
Conveners:  Raleigh R Hood, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, United States, Allen Bradshaw Murray, Duke University, Division of Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, United States and Patricia Wiberg, University of Virginia, Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, United States
Chairs:  Allen Bradshaw Murray, Duke University, Division of Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, United States, Dr. Courtney Kay Harris, Ph.D., Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary, Gloucester Point, United States, Patricia Wiberg, University of Virginia, Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, United States and Raleigh R Hood, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Dr. Courtney Kay Harris, Ph.D., Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary, Gloucester Point, United States
Co-Organized with:
Ocean Sciences, Ocean Sciences, and Biogeosciences

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

1902 Community modeling frameworks [INFORMATICS]
3022 Marine sediments: processes and transport [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4235 Estuarine processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Local biogeomorphic feedbacks and macroscale drivers shape coastal wetland distributions (182377)
Anna Elizabeth Braswell, University of Florida, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Gainesville, United States and James B. Heffernan, Duke University, Nicholas School of Environment, Durham, NC, United States
Impacts of episodic storms on coastal wetland processes in the Northeastern U.S. (190697)
Elizabeth Watson1, Autumn J Oczkowski2, Kirk Raper1, Andrew B Gray3, Cathleen Wigand2, David Velinsky4 and Farzana Rahman1, (1)Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (2)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlantic Ecology Division, Narragansett, RI, United States, (3)University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States, (4)Academy Natural Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Revisiting salt marsh resilience to sea level rise: Are ponds responsible for permanent land loss? (Invited) (123841)
Giulio Mariotti, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Competition Between Barrier Island Migration and Marsh-Upland Migration Could Determine the Fate of Coastal Lagoons Under Sea Level Rise. (157309)
Orencio Duran Vinent, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States and Matthew L. Kirwan, College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Williamsburg, United States
Influence of soil characteristics and wind waves on salt-marsh erosion (180562)
Andrea D'Alpaos1, Marcella Roner2, Massimiliano Ghinassi1, Laura Tommasini1, Alvise Finotello1 and Filippo Zago3, (1)University of Padova, Department of Geosciences, Padova, Italy, (2)University of Padua, Padua, Italy, (3)University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Modeling storm and sea level rise impacts on marsh transgression (184879)
Joel A Carr, USGS, Laurel, United States, Glenn R Guntenspergen, USGS, Laurel, MD, United States and Matthew L. Kirwan, College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Williamsburg, United States
Seasonal variation in sediment flux between an estuary and a salt marsh (190252)
Jessica R Lacy, USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Madeline Foster-Martinez, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, United States, Rachel M Allen, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, John Callaway, University of San Francisco, Environmental Studies, San Francisco, CA, United States and Matthew C. Ferner, San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Tiburon, United States

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