Influence of a Beaufort Sea Storm Surge on Channel Levels in the Mackenzie Delta

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Marsh, Philip, Schmidt, Tania
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1993
• Subjects: Floods; Lakes; River discharges; Rivers; Sea level; Sedimentation; Storm surges; Water level; Winds; Canadian Beaufort Sea; Mackenzie Delta; N.W.T; Mackenzie River; Middle Channel (Mackenzie River); Tuktoyaktuk; Fleuve Mackenzie; Houle; Mer de Beaufort; Arctic; Beaufort Sea; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64374

A storm surge in the Canadian Beaufort Sea during September 1985 resulted in a maximum water level of 1.73 m asl and a maximum surge component of 1.38 m at Tuktoyaktuk. This surge resulted in rises in channel water levels of 1.05 m in the outer delta, 0.66 m in the middle delta and 0.16 m in the upp...