{"id":5188,"date":"2021-08-23T15:29:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T20:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?p=5188"},"modified":"2026-10-13T09:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T14:40:26","slug":"parametric-study-of-belowground-biomass-on-short-term-dune-evolution","status":"publish","type":"research-projects","link":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/research\/project\/parametric-study-of-belowground-biomass-on-short-term-dune-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Parametric Study of Belowground Biomass on Short-term Dune Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dunes have, and continue to be, natural or engineered features which prevent or delay flooding of inland areas by waves and storm surge. Currently, morphological models do not consider the effect of vegetation when estimating short-term dune response to erosional events. A previous study showed that aboveground and belowground plant structure significantly reduced the erosion of coastal dunes under both collision (scarping) and overtopping regimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dune-HICERF_Biomass1-1024x341.jpg\" alt=\"Eight-panel photographic sequence showing changes in a sand dune during an experimental test with increasing biomass amounts. Images are labeled pre-test, control (0 g), 75 g, 150 g, 300 g, 600 g, 900 g, and 1200 g. The dune progressively changes shape, with visible sediment erosion and redistribution becoming more pronounced at higher biomass amounts.\" class=\"wp-image-22775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dune-HICERF_Biomass1-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dune-HICERF_Biomass1-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dune-HICERF_Biomass1-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dune-HICERF_Biomass1-1536x511.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dune-HICERF_Biomass1.jpg 1998w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Initial and final profiles of scaled dune in the presence of increasing belowground biomass, from low (75 g per m^3) to excess (1200 g per m^3).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22778,"template":"","tags":[],"project-categories":[],"project-status-type":[79],"class_list":["post-5188","research-projects","type-research-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project-status-type-complete"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Parametric Study of Belowground Biomass on Short-term Dune Evolution - Engineering With Nature<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/research\/project\/parametric-study-of-belowground-biomass-on-short-term-dune-evolution\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parametric Study of Belowground Biomass on Short-term Dune Evolution - Engineering With Nature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dunes have, and continue to be, natural or engineered features which prevent or delay flooding of inland areas by waves and storm surge. 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