Review Article
Guidance on Setup, Calibration, and Validation of Hydrodynamic, Wave, and Sediment Models for Shelf Seas and Estuaries
Table 1
Bathymetry and topographic data requirements for models (A = design; B = appraisal; C = strategy; and U = unsatisfactory); from Defra/EA [
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| | Type | Average distance between surveyed depths (m) | Minimum channel cross section spacing (km) | Time since survey (years) | LiDAR age (years) | LiDAR resolution (m) |
| | A | ≤200 | 0.1 | ≤5 | ≤2 | ≤1.0 | | B | 200–500 | 0.5 | 5 to 10 | 2 to 5 | 1 to 2 | | C | 500–1000 | 1.0 | 10 to 20 | 5 to 10 | 2 to 5 | | U | >1000 | >1.0 | >20 | >10 | >5 |
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