Climate Indicators of Landslide Risks on Alaska National Park Road Corridors

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Rick Lader, Pamela Sousanes, Uma S. Bhatt, John E. Walsh, Peter A. Bieniek
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: Arctic change; landslide risk; regional downscaling; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Arctic; Kendall; McCarthy; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14010034; https://doaj.org/article/39c5b9cdfbb34bf4afda457570404861

Landslides along road corridors in Alaska national parks pose threats to public safety, visitor access, subsistence activities, and result in costly remediation of damaged infrastructure. Landslide risk in these areas, which contain near-surface permafrost, is associated with mean annual air tempera...