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Multiple modes of shoreline change along the Alaskan Beaufort Sea observed using ICESat-2 altimetry and satellite imagery
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
Adrian A. Borsa
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
Eric J. Anderson
Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
Hydrologic Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
Claire C. Masteller
Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
Roger J. Michaelides
Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
Matthew R. Siegfried
Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
Hydrologic Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
Adam P. Young
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Short summary
We measure shoreline change across a 7 km stretch of coastline on the Alaskan Beaufort Sea coast between 2019 and 2022 using multispectral imagery from Planet and satellite altimetry from ICESat-2. We find that shoreline change rates are high and variable and that different shoreline types show distinct patterns of change in shoreline position and topography. We discuss how the observed changes may be driven by both time-varying ocean and air conditions and spatial variations in morphology.
We measure shoreline change across a 7 km stretch of coastline on the Alaskan Beaufort Sea coast...
