2024 – 2027
The freezeup season is a critical time for sedimentary processes in Arctic coastal environments. Fall storms strip heat from the ocean and promote new sea ice formation. These storms also generate wave energy, which in turn drives sediment resuspension following spring and summer deposition of fluvial and bluff sediments. These sediments are entrained into the ice pack in concert with frazil ice production.
In this project, we are teaming up with Dr. Maddie Smith (project lead, WHOI) and Dr. Jim Thomson (UW-APL) to study the physics and sediment transport associated with the fall freezeup season on the Alaskan Beaufort Shelf. Field work will be conducted in 2025 and will be combined with efforts to model these coastal systems.
This project currently has an opening for a postdoc who is interested in a combination of field work and 1D modeling work. Please contact Dr. Eidam for more information.
Project personnel
- Dr. Maddie Smith (WHOI, lead PI); wave-ice interactions, coastal physics, and DAS technology
- Dr. Emily Eidam (OSU, co-PI); sediment dynamics (observations and modeling) and OBS technology
- Dr. Jim Thomson (UW-APL, co-PI); wave-ice interactions, coastal physics and drifter technology
- Ian Robertson (WHOI, graduate student); wave-ice interactions, coastal physics
- Dr. Laura Crews (UW, postdoctoral scholar); wave-ice interactions, coastal physics
- Alex de Klerk (UW, Field Engineer); SWIFT drifters
- Phil Bush (UW, Software Engineer); sensor integration
- Riley Smith (OSU, undergraduate lab assistant); OpenOBS sensors
This project is funded by the National Science Foundation (OPP 2336695, 2336693, 2336694).
