Bathymetry over model domain

The western coastline of Alaska is highly susceptible to coastal storms, which can cause coastal erosion, flooding, and have other pernicious effects to the environment and commercial efforts. The reduction in ice coverage due to climate change could potentially increase the frequency and degree of coastal flooding and erosion. Further, estuaries and delta systems act as conduits for storm surges, so when there is less nearshore ice coverage, these systems could introduce storm surge into terrestrial environments unaccustomed to saline intrusion, flooding, or other alien biogeochemical factors.​This project quantified the effect of reduced nearshore ice coverage on coastal flooding. The project developed a large...

Categories: Data, Image; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL PROCESSES, COASTAL PROCESSES, All tags... DELTAS, DELTAS, ESTUARIES, ESTUARIES, FLOODING, FLOODING, Federal resource managers, ICE EXTENT, ICE EXTENT, ICE GROWTH/MELT, ICE GROWTH/MELT, Image, LCC Network Science Catalog, MODELS, MODELS, Regional & county planners, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORMS, STORMS, TIDES, TIDES, WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION, WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION, WIND SPEED/WIND DIRECTION, WIND SPEED/WIND DIRECTION, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, disaster, disaster, elevation, elevation, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, oceans, oceans, Fewer tags

Model Domain

A high spatial resolution storm surge model was developed for the YK Delta area to assess biological impacts of storm surges under current and future climates. Storm surges are expected to be more frequent and more severe in the YK Delta area due to climate change and sea level rise. The biological impacts in the YK Delta due to the changed storm surges could be extreme.The model was assessed with respect to measured water level data at the coast and, where available, spatial extent of inundation, for 6 storms from the period 1992 to 2011. In total, inundation projections from 9 historical storms (5 from the assessment + 4 others) were developed. For each storm, an spatial inundation index (time-integral of water...

Categories: Data, Image; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS, Academics & scientific researchers, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, All tags... COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION, CULTURAL FEATURES, CULTURAL FEATURES, DELTAS, DELTAS, DELTAS, DELTAS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, EROSION, EROSION, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, FLOOD PLAIN, FLOOD PLAIN, FLOODING, FLOODING, FLOODS, FLOODS, FLOODS, FLOODS, Federal resource managers, HAZARD MITIGATION/PLANNING, HAZARD MITIGATION/PLANNING, INLETS, INLETS, INUNDATION, INUNDATION, Image, LACUSTRINE WETLANDS, LACUSTRINE WETLANDS, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LOCAL SUBSIDENCE TRENDS, LOCAL SUBSIDENCE TRENDS, MARSHES, MARSHES, MODELS, MODELS, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PEATLANDS, PEATLANDS, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST, SALINITY, SALINITY, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENTATION, SEDIMENTATION, SEVERE STORMS, SEVERE STORMS, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, STORMS, STORMS, Tribes, VEGETATION, VEGETATION, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION COVER, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, elevation, elevation, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, oceans, oceans, Fewer tags