Effects of sea-level rise on tides and sediment dynamics in a Dutch tidal bay

Jiang, Long; Gerkema, Theo; Idier, Déborah; Slangen, Aimée B. A.; Soetaert, Karline

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-307-2020

Articles | Volume 16, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-307-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-307-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 2

Research article

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11 Mar 2020

Research article |

| 11 Mar 2020

Effects of sea-level rise on tides and sediment dynamics in a Dutch tidal bay

Long Jiang, Theo Gerkema, Déborah Idier, Aimée B. A. Slangen, and Karline Soetaert

Data sets

Downscaling sea-level rise effects on tides and sediment dynamics in tidal bays L. Jiang, T. Gerkema, D. Idier, A. B. A. Slangen, and K. E. Soetaert https://doi.org/10.4121/uuid:c6753aa0-d501-4cbe-9476-a2833d47bfc6

Short summary

A model downscaling approach is used to investigate the effects of sea-level rise (SLR) on local tides. Results indicate that SLR induces larger increases in tidal amplitude and stronger nonlinear tidal distortion in the bay compared to the adjacent shelf sea. SLR can also change shallow-water tidal asymmetry and influence the direction and magnitude of bed-load sediment transport. The model downscaling approach is widely applicable for local SLR projections in estuaries and coastal bays.