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In SWAN, vegetation might be implemented either implicitly, using an enhanced bottom friction; or explicitly represented as drag on an immersed body. While previous studies suggest that the implicit representation underestimates dissipation, field data has only recently been used to assess fully submerged vegetation. Therefore, the present study investigates the performance of both the implicit and explicit representations of vegetation in SWAN in simulating wave attenuation over a natural emergent marsh. The wave and flow modules within Delft3D are used to create an open-ocean model to simulate offshore wave conditions. The domain is then decomposed to simulate nearshore processes and provide the boundary conditions necessary to run a standalone SWAN model. Here, the implicit and explicit representations of vegetation are finally assessed. Results show that treating vegetation simply as enhanced bottom roughness (implicitly) under-represents the complexity of wave-vegetation interaction and, consequently, underestimates wave energy dissipation (error &gt; 30%). The explicit vegetation representation, however, shows good agreement with field data (error &lt; 20%).<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/geosciences9010008","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,12,24]],"date-time":"2018-12-24T10:37:49Z","timestamp":1545647869000},"page":"8","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Comparison of Implicit and Explicit Vegetation Representations in SWAN Hindcasting Wave Dissipation by Coastal Wetlands in Chesapeake Bay"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Christophe","family":"Baron-Hyppolite","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5048, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands"}]},{"given":"Christopher H.","family":"Lashley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5048, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands"}]},{"given":"Juan","family":"Garzon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, MS-6C1, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA"}]},{"given":"Tyler","family":"Miesse","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, MS-6C1, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA"}]},{"given":"Celso","family":"Ferreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, MS-6C1, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA"}]},{"given":"Jeremy D.","family":"Bricker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5048, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,12,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"11","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ecss.2012.02.021","article-title":"The role of mangroves in attenuating storm surges","volume":"102","author":"Zhang","year":"2012","journal-title":"Estuar. 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