Towards a physics-based parameterization of pan-Arctic shoreline erosion
Arctic coastlines are increasingly vulnerable to erosion due to warmer temperatures destabilizing frozen cliffs, reduced protection of sea ice cover and bigger waves, especially as freeze-up becomes delayed further into the fall storm season. We have coupled a bathystrophic storm surge model to a si...
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| Format: | Conference Object |
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2020
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| Online Access: | https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/53527/ https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.4c512973-1b18-4bca-a8a8-25a63eaacc9b |
| Summary: | Arctic coastlines are increasingly vulnerable to erosion due to warmer temperatures destabilizing frozen cliffs, reduced protection of sea ice cover and bigger waves, especially as freeze-up becomes delayed further into the fall storm season. We have coupled a bathystrophic storm surge model to a simple numerical model of erosion of a partially frozen cliff and beach. This is a first step towards parameterization of Arctic shoreline erosion for larger-scale models that are not able to resolve the fine spatial scale (0 - 40m) needed to capture shoreline erosion rates from years to decades. |
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