Biogeomorphic modeling of coastal wetlands: Couples vegetation dynamics with hydro-morphodynamics to study saltmarsh and mangrove evolution.
Click the image to watch 200 years of coastal landscape evolution with Demeter.
pip install git+https://github.com/ogourgue/demeter.git- Requirements: Python 3.6+, numpy, scipy, matplotlib, mpi4py (auto-installed)
- For Telemac integration (optional):
git clone https://codeberg.org/pprodano/pputils.git export PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:/path/to/pputils"
If you use Demeter in your research, please cite:
Gourgue, O., Belliard, J.P., Xu, Y.Y., Kleinhans, M.G., Fagherazzi, S., Temmerman, S. (2024), Dense vegetation hinders sediment transport toward saltmarsh interiors, Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 9(6), 764-775 (https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10436)
Olivier Gourgue — Lead developer and maintainer
Jim van Belzen — Original architect of the cellular automaton approach
Christian Schwarz — Early collaborator who helped shape the foundational concepts
Stijn Temmerman — Supervisor across all development phases
Johan van de Koppel — Supervisor of the initial project
Sergio Fagherazzi — Co-supervised the Boston postdoc phase where version 2 was developed
Demeter grew from saltmarsh to code through many conversations, debugging sessions, and "wait, what if we tried..." moments. Thanks to everyone who contributed ideas, caught bugs, or asked good questions.
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