Journal
OCEAN DYNAMICS
Volume 68, Issue 9, Pages 1181-1190Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-018-1184-2
Keywords
Tidal flat; Hypsometry; Morphology; Time series; Vertical dynamic trend; Sediment budget
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- German Research Foundation via the International Research Training Group INTERCOAST
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This study focuses on the medium scale morphodynamics of the tidal flat and channel system Fedderwarder Priel, located in the Outer Weser estuary (Wadden Sea, Germany). Tidal channels and adjacent flats are highly dynamic systems whose morphologic evolution are driven by tidal, wind, and wave forcings. These coastal environments are an important ecosystem and react to changes in hydrodynamic conditions in various spatial and temporal scales. Based on annual medium-resolution digital elevation models from 1998 to 2016, we describe changes in the surface area over depth with hypsometries and use vertical dynamic trends in order to analyze and visualize the morphologic evolution of the Fedderwarder Priel and adjacent tidal channels. It is shown that several intertidal flats rise in the order of 1.3 to 5.6 cm/year. The findings indicate that the Outer Weser estuary was not in an equilibrium state for the investigated period, and tidal flats accreted with a rate exceeding mean sea level rise.
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