Snow Patches and Their Influence on Coastal Erosion at Baydaratskaya Bay Coast, Kara Sea, Russian Arctic

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: Daria Bogatova (Aleksyutina), Sergey Buldovich, Vanda Khilimonyuk
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Arctic coast; snow patch; numerical simulation; Kara Sea; Arctic; Talik; Baydaratskaya bay
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13101432

The Arctic coastal environment is a very dynamic system and sensitive to any changes. In our research we demonstrate that nivation (snow patch activity) impacts the Arctic landscape especially in the coastal dynamic at the western part of Russian Arctic. During fieldwork, snowbanks were described an...