User Engagement in Developing Use-Inspired Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Decision Support Tools in Juneau and the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Abdel-Fattah, Dina, Trainor, Sarah, Hood, Eran, Hock, Regine, Kienholz, Christian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: VDP::Geofag: 450; Glacial Lake; Snow River; glacier; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/88016; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-90641; https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.635163

Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) significantly affect downstream communities in Alaska. Notably, GLOFs originating from Suicide Basin, adjacent to Mendenhall Glacier, have impacted populated areas in Juneau, Alaska since 2011. On the Kenai Peninsula, records of GLOFs from Snow Glacier date as fa...