do not use this version of COAWST. This is only a product in development.

COAWST_VEG 🌱

This repository contains the version of COAWST accounting for vegetation:

• Wave-flow-vegetation interaction model in ROMS/Nonlinear/Vegetation
• Wave thrust on marsh face calculation routine in ROMS/Nonlinear/Vegetation
• SAV growth model in ROMS/Nonlinear/Biology

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C-preprocessing options in application header file (.h extension)

Turning on vegetation #define VEGETATION #ifdef VEGETATION

undef ANA_VEGETATION

define VEG_DRAG

ifdef VEG_DRAG

define VEG_FLEX

define VEG_TURB

endif

undef VEG_SWAN_COUPLING

ifdef VEG_SWAN_COUPLING

define VEG_STREAMING

endif

#endif

Turning on wave thrust

• #define WAVE_THRUST_MARSH
• #ifdef WAVE_THRUST_MARSH

• undef ANA_MARSH_MASK

• #endif

Turning on SAV model

• #define ESTUARYBGC
• #ifdef ESTUARYBGC

• define SPECTRAL_LIGHT

• define CARBON

• define OXYGEN

• define DENITRIFICATION

• define BIO_SEDIMENT

• define SAV_BIOMASS

• define ALGAL_RESP

• define DIAGNOSTICS_BIO

• #endif

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AnAlytical or NetCDF file for initial conditions

• plant properties and distribution
• marsh boundary