Case Studies of High Wind Events in Barrow, Alaska: Climatological Context and Development Processes
The Beaufort–Chukchi cyclones of October 1963 and August 2000 produced the highest winds ever recorded in Barrow, Alaska. In both cases, winds of 25 m s21 were observed with gusts unofficially reported at 33 m s21. The October 1963 storm caused significant flooding, contaminated drinking water, and...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.504.6889 http://nome.colorado.edu/HARC/Publications/Lynchetal2003.pdf |