Welcome to the DYCOVE documentation!

DYCOVE (die-KOH-vee), short for DYnamic COastal VEgetation, is a Python package used for tightly coupling dynamic vegetation processes with 2-D hydrodynamic models in coastal environments. If you use DYCOVE in your work, please cite the following preprint:

Tull, N. and Brückner, M. Z. M.: Modelling dynamic coastal vegetation establishment and ecosystem engineering in hydro-morphodynamic models with DYCOVE, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-3337, 2026.

Contents:

• Installation Instructions
  • Install ANUGA
  • Install Delft3D FM
  • Install Plotting Libraries
  • Installing DYCOVE
  • References
• Background
  • Motivation
  • Model Overview
  • The Ecological Time Scale
  • Vegetation Input File
  • Vegetation Coupling Processes
  • Life Stages
  • Colonization
  • Growth
  • Mortality
  • Computing Vegetation
  • Baptist and Chezy
  • Modeling of Multiple Species
  • Applications and Limitations
  • References
• User Guide
  • General Steps
  • Imports
  • Defining the Vegetation Species
  • Creating the Model Interface (Delft3D FM)
  • Creating the Model Interface (ANUGA)
  • Multiple Vegetation Species
  • Running the Simulation
  • Outputs
  • Plotting
  • Plotting Results with Multiple Species
  • Accessing and Plotting Outputs Without ModelPlotter
• Examples
  • ANUGA
  • Delft3D FM
• Troubleshooting
• API Reference
  • Simulation
  • Utilities