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Table 1 SLAMM inputs type, value and source and site parameters used for the SLAMM simulations

From: Projected changes in area of the Sundarban mangrove forest in Bangladesh due to SLR by 2100

Inputs

Value

Source

NWI Photo Date (year)

2003/2005

Mukhopadhyay et al. 2015

DEM Date (year)

2006/2007

IWM 2009

Time step (years)

1

 

Cell width (m)

30

IWM 2009

Direction Offshore of DEM

South

 

Ground Elevation Trend (mm/year)

+2.5, 0, −2.5

Brown and Nicholls (2015)

Elevation of DEM relative to PWD (m)

0.459

IWM 2009

Great Diurnal Tide Range (m)

0

 

SLR (eustatic) above present values by 2100 (m)

0.46, 0.75, 1.48

 

Tidal Flat Erosion (horz. m/year)

20

Rahman et al. (2011); Sarwar and Woodroffe (2013)

Use of elev pre-processor [True,False]

FALSE