Nearshore Waves in the Southern Beaufort Sea during Severe Arctic Storms (original) (raw)

2009

Abstract

Four major storms ( in 1985, 1993, 1999 and 2000) associated with significant coastal impacts and representing a range of ice conditions are simulated to study wave generation in the nearshore region around the Mackenzie Delta of the southern Beaufort Sea. Simulations are performed using SWAN40.51 under its non-stationary and two-dimensional mode of a fine resolution domain nested with a coarse resolution domain. Wind forcing in the form of a hourly hindcast over the southern Beaufort Sea is provided from the Meteorological Service of Canada Beaufort (MSCB) 21-year wind reanalysis. Bathymetry for the coarse domain is from ETOPO2. A fine resolution bathymetry for the nested domain was generated based primarily on data from Canada Hydrographic Service charts and NRCan field measurements. Moving boundaries of the ice edges are considered in the simulations. Wave attenuation along several transects are examined. Severe eaves are found to be predominantly from the northwest direction. Fu...

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