Toward a Predictive Model of Arctic Coastal Retreat in a Warming Climate, Beaufort Sea, Alaska

Abstract

The long-term goal of this project is to quantify the environmental drivers of rapid coastal erosion in the Arctic, and to begin developing predictive models of future rates of coastal erosion resulting from climate change. Our study is focused on the Beaufort Sea coast within the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (NPR-A), approximately halfway between Barrow and Prudhoe Bay. We are focusing our efforts on collecting empirical data that will help us to develop process-based models of coastal change.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2011
Accession Number
ADA557134

Entities

People

  • Cameron W. Wobus
  • Irina Overeem
  • Robet S. Anderson

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Beaufort Sea
  • Cameras
  • Climate Change
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Sets
  • High Resolution
  • Measurement
  • Open Water
  • Photography
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Sea Ice
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Students
  • Surface Temperature
  • Wave Power

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Polar and Arctic Studies