Central Beaufort Sea Wave and Hydrodynamic Modeling Study - Alaska Ocean Observing System
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Central Beaufort Sea Wave and Hydrodynamic Modeling Study - AOOS
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Abstract
There are seven primary goals for this project:
1. Through the development and use of a wave and a hydrodynamic model for the area encompassing Stefansson Sound and Foggy Island Bay and field measurements to validate the model outputs, assess the present day physical processes to include wind, waves, currents and sediment transport conditions.
2. Document the physical processes related to wave generation and dissipation through a combination of measured data and model results.
3. Document waves’ surface processes such as from white capping, the dissipation of waves due to bottom friction, and depth-induced wave breaking conditions.
4. Document the major causes of coastal erosion and timing of the major storm events; Include impacts from breaking waves and storm surge from longer periods of open water.
5. Document the waves, currents, and sediment dynamics from the potential construction and placement of man-made structures within the Foggy Island Bay area; related to offshore construction of a drilling island, burial and construction of a sub-seabed pipeline.
6. Produce a forty-year wind /wave hindcast reanalysis dataset (~1979–2019).
7. Forecast changes in wind-waves over a thirty-year time frame, starting with 2 years, 5 years, 10, 20 and then 30 years (~2019–2049).
This project is funded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and is a joint effort between the University of Alaska Fairbanks, (UAF), the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal & Marine Geology Program, Pacific Coastal & Marine Science Center (PCMSC), the Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) and the AOOS data management contractor Axiom Data Science. Jeremy Kasper (UAF) is the Lead principlal investigator (PI) for the overall project.