Articles | Volume 12, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4013-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4013-2019
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

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AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (18 Jul 2019)  Author's response
ED: Publish as is (30 Jul 2019) by Robert Marsh

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AA by Jaap Nienhuis on behalf of the Authors (29 Aug 2019)   Author's adjustment   Manuscript
EA: Adjustments approved (09 Sep 2019) by Robert Marsh
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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.