ARCTIC Maximum Storm Surge Elevations in the Tuktoyaktuk Region

• Main Authors: Of The Canadian Beaufort Sea, John R. Harper, R. Falconer Henry, Gordon G Stewart
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: Arctic; Houle; Kugmallit Bay; Mer de Beaufort; Tempêtes; Tuktoyaktuk; Beaufort Sea
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.559.1407; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic41-1-48.pdf

ABSTRACT. Storm surges are a significant concern in the siting and design of structures along the Beaufort Sea coast in that the coast lreli f is low and the magnitude of surges in this region is large. Coastal storm surge elevations along the southern Canadian Beaufort Sea coast were documented by...