Description
This study includes the collection of field data in 2018 through 2020 and the development, calibration, and validation of a suite of numerical models that simulate waves, hydrodynamics, and sediment transport within Foggy Island Bay and shoreline change along the mainland coast of the Bay. Model results of the hindcast period from 1979 through 2019, supported by and in combination with both historical and the newly acquired 2018 – 2020 field measurements, elucidate on the physical oceanographic processes within the Bay that are relevant to development and management, such as the influence of the Liberty Development Island (LDI) construction on sediment transport patterns. The hindcast runs are additionally used to calibrate and evaluate model uncertainty. The calibrated models are then applied for the future period to develop time-series of wave and hydrodynamic conditions from 2020 through 2050 and the effect on shoreline change rates and sediment transport patterns within Foggy Island Bay, with and without the LDI construction.
Award Amount
USD: $1,500,522
Funding
Type
award
Funder
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Environmental Studies Program
Funder ID
https://doi.org/10.13039/100012475
Award Dates
2017-09-19 → 2022-08-31
Award Number
M17AC00020
DOI / Resource
Field Xml File
100233.xml
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- ROR:https://ror.org/03tzscr25Series Title:BOEM Environmental StudiesISSN:3071-6349Report Title:Central Beaufort Sea wave and hydrodynamic modeling study. Report 1: Field measurements and model developmentAuthors:J Kasper, LH Erikson, T Ravens, Bieniek, P, A Englestad, K Nederhoff, P Duvoy, S Fisher, E Petrone Brown, M Yaman, B RegueroPublication Year:2024Publisher:U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Environmental Studies ProgramPlace:Anchorage (AK)Report Number:BOEM 2022-078Contract #:M17AC00020Award DOI:10.67297/9A1E09Report DOI:10.67297/01B253Field Xml File111187.xml (3.72 KB)
- ROR:https://ror.org/03tzscr25Series Title:BOEM Environmental StudiesISSN:3071-6349Report Title:Central Beaufort Sea Wave and Hydrodynamic Modeling Study; Report 1: Field measurements and model development; and Report 2: Modeled waves, hydrodynamics, and sediment transport within Foggy Island BayAuthors:J Kasper, LH Erikson, T Ravens, Bieniek, P, A Englestad, K Nederhoff, P Duvoy, S Fisher, E Petrone Brown, M Yaman, B RegueroPublication Year:2024Publisher:U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Environmental Studies ProgramPlace:Anchorage (AK)Report Number:BOEM 2022-078Contract #:M17AC00020Award DOI:10.67297/9A1E09Report DOI:10.67297/01B255Field Xml File111189.xml (3.81 KB)