Towards a physics-based parameterization of pan-Arctic shoreline erosion


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Arctic coastlines are increasingly vulnerable to erosion due to warmer temperatures destabilizing frozen cliffs, reduced protection of sea ice cover and bigger waves, especially as freeze-up becomes delayed further into the fall storm season. We have coupled a bathystrophic storm surge model to a simple numerical model of erosion of a partially frozen cliff and beach. This is a first step towards parameterization of Arctic shoreline erosion for larger-scale models that are not able to resolve the fine spatial scale (0 - 40m) needed to capture shoreline erosion rates from years to decades.



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American Geophysical Union Conference, 01 Dec 2020 - 31 Dec 2020, Online.
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Rolph, R. , Overduin, P. P. , Lantuit, H. , Ravens, T. and Langer, M. (2020): Towards a physics-based parameterization of pan-Arctic shoreline erosion , American Geophysical Union Conference, Online, 1 December 2020 - 31 December 2020 .


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