Coastal Integrated Hydro-Terrestrial Modeling: A Multi-Agency Invited Workshop
This report summarizes the results of the Coastal Integrated Hydro-Terrestrial Modeling (C-IHTM) Workshop that was co-planned, co-hosted and attended by the MultiSector Dynamics (MSD) community, a collective of university- and national lab-based researchers who work on the modeling of coupled human and natural systems, and federal agencies and academic institutions. Invited speakers talked about current advances in integrated modeling and provided opportunities to build connections between workshop participants and outside networks, and gave participants a chance to learn about novel coastal modeling approaches that they can apply to their own work. The workshop was organized around five themes, each of which received a dedicated session over successive weeks that was co-led by federal and MSD partners and focused specifically on the coasts: Open science - concepts, methods, and enabling tools (Chapter 2); Use cases - regions and topics (Chapter 3); Integrated modeling frameworks (Chapter 4); Linking communities of practice (Chapter 5); and Synthesis and potential paths forward (Chapter 6). This sequential structure facilitated action-oriented discussions that built on the previous IHTM workshop to begin charting a concrete path forward. The workshop served as a launching point for ongoing coordination amongst federal agencies and academic networks, as well as improved dialogue between the two. It also set out to define priority topics and geographies that motivate the federal and academic communities, as well as to elucidate how to achieve those capabilities in a coastal setting.