Toward a Predictive Model of Arctic Coastal Retreat in a Warming Climate, Beaufort Sea, Alaska

The long-term goal of this project is to quantify the environmental drivers of rapid coastal erosion in the Arctic, and to begin developing predictive models of future rates of coastal erosion resulting from climate change. Our study is focused on the Beaufort Sea coast within the National Petroleum...

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Main Authors: Anderson, Robet S, Overeem, Irina, Wobus, Cameron W
Other Authors: COLORADO UNIV AT BOULDER INST OF ARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Atmospheric Physics
*CLIMATE
ALASKA
ARCTIC REGIONS
BAYS
BEAUFORT SEA
COASTAL REGIONS
EROSION
PREDICTIONS
Arctic
Barrow
Beaufort Sea
Climate change
Prudhoe Bay
Toward a Predictive Model of Arctic Coastal Retreat in a Warming Climate, Beaufort Sea Alaska
Toward a predictive model of Arctic coastal retreat in a warming climate, Beaufort Sea, Alaska
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA557134
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Summary:The long-term goal of this project is to quantify the environmental drivers of rapid coastal erosion in the Arctic, and to begin developing predictive models of future rates of coastal erosion resulting from climate change. Our study is focused on the Beaufort Sea coast within the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (NPR-A), approximately halfway between Barrow and Prudhoe Bay. We are focusing our efforts on collecting empirical data that will help us to develop process-based models of coastal change.

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