The Marsh Modeling Community of Practice is a national network of practitioners who are exchanging ideas and needs to help advance our knowledge and application of coastal marsh predictions with sea-level rise.

Status: Active

Coastal marshes protect and support our coastal communities and economies by providing protection from storm surge, buffering pollutants, and providing recreational activities. To preserve these benefits as sea levels rise, coastal resource managers and other decision makers need a short- and long-term understanding of how marshes could change. Using an inter-disciplinary and co-production approach, we are working to advance marsh modeling with sea-level rise and advance the utility of these models to meet coastal decision-makers needs. NOAA’s National Center for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), the United States Geological Survey (USGS), The Water Institute, and the Program for Local Adaptation to Climate Effects (PLACE) are collaboratively building and facilitating the Marsh Modeling Community of Practice to advance marsh models for coastal decision-making, delivering a nationwide framework for applying marsh models.

Learn about the Marsh Model Retrospective by clicking here!

Learn about the Coastal Ecosystem Prediction System by clicking here!