GESEM

Global Equilibrium Shoreline Evolution Models

Towards integrating, standardizing, and harmonizing work on equilibrium shoreline evolution modeling

GESEM Poster

WHAT IS GESEM?

    • GESEM aims at improving improving the predictability of shoreline evolution models and will focus on investigating key physical processes governing beach evolution across a range of spatial and temporal scales.
    • GESEM will employ diverse datasets, as well as numerical, statistical, and machine-learning approaches to address the challenge of predicting past and future shoreline evolution.

WHY GESEM?

    • Understand the diverse forcing conditions that shape the beach change.
    • Promote standards and validated tools for shoreline evolution modeling.
    • Bring a new generation of equilibrium shoreline evolution models.
    • Enhance capacity building to practitioners and stakeholders.
    • Foster global coastal engineering community for improved beach understanding.

WHO?

    • Brings together coastal engineers and scientists with expertise in beach morphodynamics to research equilibrium-based shoreline evolution models.