NOAA Coastal Services Center

Digital Coast

Tools

Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model

Originally developed with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and is currently freely-distributed by Warren Pinnacle Consulting, Inc.

Technical Specifications
  • Microsoft Excel (for viewing output tables)
  • Microsoft Word (for viewing outputs)
  • ArcGIS (for viewing outputs in a mapping environment)
Data Requirements
  • National Wetlands Inventory data
  • Digital elevation data
  • Optional data sets (see the technical documentation for more information):
    • Protected area data or dike data
    • Site parameters to change water depth, accretion rates, erosion rates, and many more

Note: All analysis data must be in raster formats, clipped to same study area, and named in similar format, please see technical documentation for more information.