Remote Sensing Analysis of Recent Coastal Change and Controlling Factors in Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula (Beaufort Sea Coast, Canada)
The average rate of coastal change in the Arctic Ocean is -0.5 m/yr, despite significant local and regional variations, with large areas well above -3 m/yr. Recent data suggest an acceleration of coastal retreat in specific areas due to an increasingly shorter sea ice season, higher storminess, warm...
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ftunivlisboa:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/52111 2023-05-15T14:56:52+02:00 Remote Sensing Analysis of Recent Coastal Change and Controlling Factors in Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula (Beaufort Sea Coast, Canada) Costa, Bernardo Miguel Batista da Vieira, Gonçalo Brito Guapo Teles 2022-03-31T11:02:16Z http://hdl.handle.net/10451/52111 eng eng http://hdl.handle.net/10451/52111 202970965 openAccess Arctic Coastal Change Erosion Submersion Remote Sensing Coastal Morphology Geografia Ordenamento do Território masterThesis 2022 ftunivlisboa 2022-05-25T18:44:12Z The average rate of coastal change in the Arctic Ocean is -0.5 m/yr, despite significant local and regional variations, with large areas well above -3 m/yr. Recent data suggest an acceleration of coastal retreat in specific areas due to an increasingly shorter sea ice season, higher storminess, warmer ocean waters and sea-level rise. Moreover, climate warming is inducing the subaerial degradation of permafrost and increasing land to sea sediment transportation. This work consists of the characterization and analysis of the main controlling factors influencing recent coastline change in the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Northwest Territories, Canada. The specific objectives are: I. mapping Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula’s coastline at different time-steps using remote sensing imagery, II. quantifying the recent coastal change rates, III., characterizing the coastal morphology, IV. identifying the main controlling factors of the coastal change rates. A very high-resolution Pleiades survey from 2020, aerial photos from 1985 and the ArcticDEM were used. Results have shown an average coastline change rate of -1.06 m/yr between 1985 and 2020. While this number is higher than the Arctic average rate, it neglects to show the significance of extreme cases occurring in specific areas. Tundra cliffs are the main coastal setting, occupying c. 56% of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula coast and foreshore beaches represent 51%. The results display an influence of coastal geomorphology on change rates. The coastal retreat had higher values in backshore tundra flats (-1.74 m/yr), whereas aggradation concentrates in barrier beaches and sandspits (-0.81 m/yr). The presence of ice-wedge polygons contributes to increasing cliff retreat. Foreshore assessment may be crucial, as beaches present a hindering impact on coastal retreat (-0.76 m/yr), whereas foreshore tundra flats promote it (-1.74 m/yr). There are 48 areas with retreat rates higher than -4 m/yr, most being submersion cases. This dissertation identifies the interconnection between coastal ... Master Thesis Arctic Arctic Ocean Beaufort Sea Ice Northwest Territories permafrost Sea ice Tuktoyaktuk Tundra wedge* Universidade de Lisboa: repositório.UL Arctic Arctic Ocean Northwest Territories Canada Tuktoyaktuk ENVELOPE(-133.006,-133.006,69.425,69.425) Pleiades ENVELOPE(165.533,165.533,-72.700,-72.700) Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula ENVELOPE(-131.339,-131.339,69.750,69.750) |
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The average rate of coastal change in the Arctic Ocean is -0.5 m/yr, despite significant local and regional variations, with large areas well above -3 m/yr. Recent data suggest an acceleration of coastal retreat in specific areas due to an increasingly shorter sea ice season, higher storminess, warmer ocean waters and sea-level rise. Moreover, climate warming is inducing the subaerial degradation of permafrost and increasing land to sea sediment transportation. This work consists of the characterization and analysis of the main controlling factors influencing recent coastline change in the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Northwest Territories, Canada. The specific objectives are: I. mapping Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula’s coastline at different time-steps using remote sensing imagery, II. quantifying the recent coastal change rates, III., characterizing the coastal morphology, IV. identifying the main controlling factors of the coastal change rates. A very high-resolution Pleiades survey from 2020, aerial photos from 1985 and the ArcticDEM were used. Results have shown an average coastline change rate of -1.06 m/yr between 1985 and 2020. While this number is higher than the Arctic average rate, it neglects to show the significance of extreme cases occurring in specific areas. Tundra cliffs are the main coastal setting, occupying c. 56% of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula coast and foreshore beaches represent 51%. The results display an influence of coastal geomorphology on change rates. The coastal retreat had higher values in backshore tundra flats (-1.74 m/yr), whereas aggradation concentrates in barrier beaches and sandspits (-0.81 m/yr). The presence of ice-wedge polygons contributes to increasing cliff retreat. Foreshore assessment may be crucial, as beaches present a hindering impact on coastal retreat (-0.76 m/yr), whereas foreshore tundra flats promote it (-1.74 m/yr). There are 48 areas with retreat rates higher than -4 m/yr, most being submersion cases. This dissertation identifies the interconnection between coastal ... |
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Vieira, Gonçalo Brito Guapo Teles |
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Costa, Bernardo Miguel Batista da |
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Remote Sensing Analysis of Recent Coastal Change and Controlling Factors in Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula (Beaufort Sea Coast, Canada) |
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Remote Sensing Analysis of Recent Coastal Change and Controlling Factors in Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula (Beaufort Sea Coast, Canada) |
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Remote Sensing Analysis of Recent Coastal Change and Controlling Factors in Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula (Beaufort Sea Coast, Canada) |
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Remote Sensing Analysis of Recent Coastal Change and Controlling Factors in Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula (Beaufort Sea Coast, Canada) |
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Remote Sensing Analysis of Recent Coastal Change and Controlling Factors in Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula (Beaufort Sea Coast, Canada) |
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remote sensing analysis of recent coastal change and controlling factors in tuktoyaktuk peninsula (beaufort sea coast, canada) |
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2022 |
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ENVELOPE(-133.006,-133.006,69.425,69.425) ENVELOPE(165.533,165.533,-72.700,-72.700) ENVELOPE(-131.339,-131.339,69.750,69.750) |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Northwest Territories Canada Tuktoyaktuk Pleiades Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Northwest Territories Canada Tuktoyaktuk Pleiades Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Beaufort Sea Ice Northwest Territories permafrost Sea ice Tuktoyaktuk Tundra wedge* |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Beaufort Sea Ice Northwest Territories permafrost Sea ice Tuktoyaktuk Tundra wedge* |
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