Introduction
More and more, aquatic and semi-terrestrial vegetation (salt marshes, mangroves, floodplain vegetation) is playing a prominent role in interdisciplinary studies of recovering or threatened ecosystems and flood risk reduction. Both within Deltares and in the world around us, vegetation is a topic of interest for many different disciplines (hydrodynamics, morphology, (ground-)water quality, ecology and eco-engineering). Because vegetation modelling is a very interdisciplinary subject, it tends to fall between programmes or themes and people of different units do not always know the state-of-the-art. This wiki will help the vegetation modelling community (and other modellers) to integrate vegetation modelling tools, share knowledge and keep each other up-to-date on developments.
- On this wiki, you will find an overview of presently available vegetation modelling tools and their status as well as planned/suggested developments.
- There is a materials section where you can find illustrations and presentations.
- To see who is doing what, there are pages on people involved internally and on co-operation with other institutes and companies.
- To keep each other up-to-date, there are sections on activities and ideas for developments, research and market actions.
Related Themes and Programmes
Themes and programmes that relate to vegetation modelling are:
Theme Ecosystemen en Milieu Kwaliteit:
- Next Generation Information Tools (Nicky Villars)
- Eco-Engineering (Tom Buijse)
- Eco-infrastructure (Victor Beumer)
- Ecosystem Services (Suzanne vd Meulen)
- Van Perceel naar Zee (Leonard Oste)
Thema Water Veiligheid:
- Systeemgedrag Kust (Ad vd Spek)
- Event-driven morphodynamics (Ap van Dongeren)
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Delft3D Flow
Developers: Rob Uittenbogaard, Herman Kernkamp, Adri Mourits
Users: Jasper Dijkstra, Mijke van Oorschot, Bas Borsje
D-FM
Developers: Herman Kernkamp, Arthur van Dam, Adri Maurits
Users:
Delwaq
Macrophyte module: Ellis Penning, Valesca Harezlak, Jos van Gils, Rudy Scheuder
Vegmod: Johannes Smits
Interaction with morphology: Qinhua Ye, Bert Jagers
Habitat
Clara Chrzanowski, Valesca Harezlak, Marjolein Haasnoot, Mijke van Oorschot, Jasper Dijkstra
XBeach
Arnold van Rooijen, Ap van Dongeren, Joost den Bieman, Ellen Quataert
SWAN/SWASH
Menno Genseberger, Jacco Groeneweg (?), Tomohiro Suzuki (external)
Dynveg
Rob Uittenbogaard, Jasper Dijkstra, Niels Jacobsen
Model |
Description |
Status |
Contact |
Delft3D flow |
1DV module – rigid plants affect flow and turbulence in 3D |
Available, documented |
Adri Mourits |
Delft3D flow |
Trachytope formula, 2D flow |
Available, documented |
Bert Jagers |
D-FM |
Trachytope formula, 2D flow |
Available, not tested |
Herman Kernkamp |
D-FM | 1DV module – rigid plants affect flow and turbulence in 3D | Available not documented. Detailing of input required. | Herman Kernkamp |
D-FM | dynamic vegetation development via Python | Under development | Peter Herman, Arthur van Dam |
SWAN-VEG |
Additional effect of vegetation in formula, based on work of Suzuki |
Available, documented |
Jacco Groeneweg |
Short and long wave attenuation by rigid vegetation (e.g. mangroves) |
Available, documented |
Arnold van Rooijen |
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Delwaq |
SAV; Macrophyte module with biomass development linked to nutrients, light etc. |
Available, under development |
Ellis Penning |
Delwaq |
Vegmod; Emergent vegetation development linked to nutrients; no flow feedback |
Available, documented |
Johannes Smits |
Delwaq |
Vegetation dynamics for flow without link to nutrients, dedicated for feedback to flow |
Available, undocumented, special version? |
Qinghua Ye |
Delft3D-Part |
Particle tracking; dispersal of seeds |
Available, documented |
Michelle Jeuken |
Dynveg |
Flexible vegetation – flow interactions. Via Matlab link with D3Dflow (patchwork) |
Available, undocumented, not linked formally with standard Deltares software |
Jasper Dijkstra |
HABITAT |
Potential habitat for various plants and animals via knowledge rules, static GIS overlay procedures |
Available, documented |
Clara Chzranowski |
OpenFoam |
? |
Unknown |
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SOBEK |
? |
Unclear if/how Sobek-users implement vegetation. Delwaq as a potential tool |
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Matlab modules |
Interaction of different vegetation types and life stages with hydromorphology (REFORM project) |
Includes interactive coupling procedure with Delft3D-FLOW - undocumented |
Mijke van Oorschot |
Matlab modules |
Interaction of flexible vegetation with flow (and sediment) |
Unofficial, undocumented |
Jasper Dijkstra |
Capability statement
Capability Statement on Vegetation Modelling Oct2014
Presentations and posters
Vegetation modelling Delft Software Days 2013 (ppt; Dijkstra & Penning)
Nisqually wetland development Delwaq (poster; Ye & Jagers)
Publications
Flexible vegetation, Dynveg: Dijkstra & Uittenbogaard 2010
Vegetation resistance, trachytopes, k-epsilon model, Delft3D: Baptist et al. 2007
Flow routing mangroves, Delft3D: Horstman et al . 2013
Flow routing and sediment transport on salt marshes, Delft3D: Temmerman et al. 2005
Sediment transport, deltaic development, Delft3D: Nardin & Edmonds 2014
Pictures
Movies
When |
What |
Who |
Remarks |
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June 2015 | IAHR Conference | Jasper | Sediment transport and underwater light climate affected by flexible aquatic vegetation |
November 2014 |
Delft Software Days |
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September 16, 2014 |
EE LunchLecture on modelling |
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September, 2014 |
RiverFlow Conference, Swiss |
Lora Buckman |
present experimental work on forces on plants |
Activities (developments, proposals, etc.)
Start |
Stop |
What |
Who |
Remarks |
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feb 2016 | 2017-2018 | Vegetation modelling for spearhead NBFD: incorporate dynamic vegetation in DFM and set-up community | Peter H., Jasper, Arthur, Herman | external parties: UUtrecht, UAntwerpen |
aug 2014 | July 2015 | Model long-term salt marsh/mangrove development + wave attenuation (XBeach) | Bregje, Jasper, Karel, Arnold | co-operation with The Water Institute |
sept 2014 |
Apr 2015 | Validate Dynveg for waves |
Rob, Joost Dobken (TUD), Wout Bakker (TUD) | Incl. experimental work in flume TUD, video of vegetation motion |
dec 2013 |
2015 |
Incorporating wave attenuation by stiff emergent vegetation in XBeach |
Arnold |
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07-05-2014 |
? |
Set up wiki |
Jasper |
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