Storm-Surge Flooding on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Terenzi, John, Jorgenson, M. Torre, Ely, Craig R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2014
• Subjects: Alaska; coast; drift lines; flooding; habitat; Radarsat-1; storm surge; Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta; Yup’ik; côte; lignes de dérive; inondation; onde de tempête; delta Yukon-Kuskokwim; Bering Sea; Tempêtes; Yukon; Arctic; Kuskokwim; Mer de Béring; permafrost; pergélisol
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67448

Coastal regions of Alaska are regularly affected by intense storms of ocean origin, the frequency and intensity of which are expected to increase as a result of global climate change. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (YKD), situated in western Alaska on the eastern edge of the Bering Sea, is one of the lar...