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AN: C11A-04 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: Ocean Wave Energy Regimes of the Circumpolar Coastal Zones
AU: * Atkinson, D E
EM: datkinson@iarc.uaf.edu
AF: University of Alaska Fairbanks/International Arctic Research Center, 930 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775 United States
AB: Ocean wave activity is a major enviromental forcing agent of the ice-rich sediments that comprise large sections of the arctic coastal margins. While it is instructive to possess information about the wind regimes in these regions, direct application to geomorphological and engineering needs requires knowledge of the resultant wave-energy regimes. Wave energy information has been calculated at the regional scale using adjusted reanalysis model windfield data. Calculations at this scale are not designed to account for local-scale coastline/bathymetric irregularities and variability. Results will be presented for the circumpolar zones specified by the Arctic Coastal Dynamics Project.
DE: 9315 Arctic region
DE: 3384 Waves and tides
SC: Cryosphere [C]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting