Consequences of permafrost degradation for Arctic infrastructure – bridging the model gap between regional and engineering scales

Schneider von Deimling, Thomas; Lee, Hanna; Ingeman-Nielsen, Thomas; Westermann, Sebastian; Romanovsky, Vladimir; Lamoureux, Scott; Walker, Donald A.; Chadburn, Sarah; Trochim, Erin; Cai, Lei; Nitzbon, Jan; Jacobi, Stephan; Langer, Moritz

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2451-2021

Articles | Volume 15, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2451-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2451-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 5

Research article

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31 May 2021

Research article |

| 31 May 2021

Consequences of permafrost degradation for Arctic infrastructure – bridging the model gap between regional and engineering scales

Thomas Schneider von Deimling, Hanna Lee, Thomas Ingeman-Nielsen, Sebastian Westermann, Vladimir Romanovsky, Scott Lamoureux, Donald A. Walker, Sarah Chadburn, Erin Trochim, Lei Cai, Jan Nitzbon, Stephan Jacobi, and Moritz Langer

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RC1: 'Review of "Consequences of permafrost degradation for Arctic infrastructure – bridging the model gap between regional and engineering scales"', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Oct 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Thomas Schneider von Deimling, 25 Feb 2021
RC2: 'Review of "Consequences of permafrost degradation for Arctic infrastructure - bridging the model gap between regional and engineering scales" by von Deimling et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Dec 2020
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Thomas Schneider von Deimling, 25 Feb 2021

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (14 Mar 2021) by Christian Beer

AR by Thomas Schneider von Deimling on behalf of the Authors (22 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (09 Apr 2021) by Christian Beer

AR by Thomas Schneider von Deimling on behalf of the Authors (23 Apr 2021)

Short summary

Climate warming puts infrastructure built on permafrost at risk of failure. There is a growing need for appropriate model-based risk assessments. Here we present a modelling study and show an exemplary case of how a gravel road in a cold permafrost environment in Alaska might suffer from degrading permafrost under a scenario of intense climate warming. We use this case study to discuss the broader-scale applicability of our model for simulating future Arctic infrastructure failure.