Beaufort coast wind climatology and case study of a high wind event

• Main Author: Small, David
• Other Authors: John Richard Gyakum (Internal/Supervisor)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 2009
• Subjects: Earth Sciences - Atmospheric Sciences; Arctic; Mer de Beaufort; Tempêtes; Tuktoyaktuk; Brooks Range; Chaîne Brooks; Chukchi; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=66951

Tuktoyaktuk, a community along the Beaufort coast in the western Canadian Arctic, experiences serious coastal erosion during periods of strong and persistent northwesterly winds during the late summer season when the sea ice coverage reaches its annual minimum. The prevalence of strong northwesterly...