MOBILE at a glance
The project aims to aproduce a simplified, yet robust, model, suitable for providing meaningful projections for barrier island morphologic adaptation to SLR and changes in storminess, balancing model complexity reduction (necessary to achieve long-term simulations) and comprehensiveness of physical process detail translated into the model (necessary to retain sound physical basis and show good skill).
Modelling
Formulate and test comprehensive reduced complexity model to reproduce barrier island geomorphic response to different forcing conditions and across timescales.
Results
The model will be used to simulate barrier island adaptation to sea-level and storminess scenarios, to identify system shifts and to formulate strategies to increase barrier resilience in the future.
Timeline
The project is structured in six tasks and will be implemented over the span of 3 years (July 24th 2025 to July 23rd 2028).
Application
The modelling scheme will be tested and tuned in the east flank of the Ria Formosa barrier islands (hindcasting mode) and applied to assess barrier adaptation to future marine climate scenarios (forecasting mode) and identify critical thresholds and potential tipping points.
Partnership
The project is implemented by the Center for Marine and Environmental Research (CIMA) of the University of Algarve (UAlg), the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) and the Association for Science Research and Development (FCIÊNCIAS.ID)
Funding
MOBILE if funded by FCT (Ref. 16266, DOI: 10.54499/2023.16941.ICDT) through European (99,947.52€) and national/regional funds (149,921.28€) from programmes Algarve 2030 (ALGARVE-FEDER-00742700) and Lisboa 2030 (LISBOA2030-FEDER-00742700)
Progress so far
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