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05 May 2022
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The effect of changing sea ice on wave climate trends along Alaska's central Beaufort Sea coast
Kees Nederhoff
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Deltares USA, 8601 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
Li Erikson
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey,
2885 Mission St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
Anita Engelstad
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey,
2885 Mission St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
Peter Bieniek
International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska
Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757340, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7340, USA
Jeremy Kasper
Alaska Center for Energy and Power, University of Alaska Fairbanks,
Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
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Evelyn Jäkel, Johannes Stapf, Manfred Wendisch, Marcel Nicolaus, Wolfgang Dorn, and Annette Rinke
The Cryosphere, 13, 1695–1708, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1695-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1695-2019, 2019
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Damien Ringeisen, Martin Losch, L. Bruno Tremblay, and Nils Hutter
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The Cryosphere, 13, 451–468, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-451-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-451-2019, 2019
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Short summary
Diminishing sea ice is impacting waves across the Arctic region. Recent work shows the effect of the sea ice on offshore waves; however, effects within the nearshore are less known. This study characterizes the wave climate in the central Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska. We show that the reduction of sea ice correlates strongly with increases in the average and extreme waves. However, found trends deviate from offshore, since part of the increase in energy is dissipated before reaching the shore.
Diminishing sea ice is impacting waves across the Arctic region. Recent work shows the effect of...
