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Alaska’s Arctic: Features of the Region MODIS image, courtesy of GINA Observed Climate Change in Northern Alaska Martha Shulski Alaska Climate Research Center Geophysical Institute, UAF http://climate.gi.alaska.edu

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Page 1: Alaska’s Arctic: Features of the Region MODIS image, courtesy of GINA Observed Climate Change in Northern Alaska Martha Shulski Alaska Climate Research.

Alaska’s Arctic: Features of the Region

MODIS image, courtesy of GINA

Observed Climate Changein Northern Alaska

Martha ShulskiAlaska Climate Research Center

Geophysical Institute, UAFhttp://climate.gi.alaska.edu

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Alaska’s Arctic: Features of the Region

Beaufort SeaChukchi Sea

Canada BasinSiberian Shelf

Beaufort Shelf

Beaufort HighBeaufort Gyre

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Alaska’s Arctic: Features of the Region

Beaufort SeaChukchi Sea

Canada BasinSiberian Shelf

Beaufort Shelf

Calm: <2%Speed: 5 m/s

Jan Jul

Prevailing winds

Beaufort HighBeaufort Gyre

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Barrow, KuparukPrudhoe Bay, Umiat

Alaska’s Arctic: Features of the Region

T = -12°CP = 10 cmS = 86 cmSnowcover Sept - June

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Geographical and Meteorological Background

Comparison to rest of Alaska

Driest

Alaska’s Arctic: Features of the Region

Dry

www.prism.oregonstate.edu

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Geographical and Meteorological Background

Comparison to rest of Alaska

Driest

Alaska’s Arctic: Features of the Region

Summerthermalgradient

www.prism.oregonstate.edu

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Meteorological observing stations

Alaska’s Arctic: Features of the Region

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Meteorological stations

Alaska’s Arctic: Features of the Region

Lack of spatial detail!!- inland- high elevation

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Alaska’s Arctic: Features of the Region

Data Problems anemometer icing

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Alaska’s Arctic: Features of the Region

Data Problems measuring precipitation accurately

US NWS 8" non-recording gaugePhoto by S. Berezovskaya (UAF)

Double Fence IntercomparisonReference (DFIR) Photo by D.Yang (UAF)

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Temperature increase

Geographical and Meteorological BackgroundAlaska’s Arctic: Changes in the Region

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Geographical and Meteorological BackgroundAlaska’s Arctic: Changes in the Region

Walsh and Chapmanhttp://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/

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Geographical and Meteorological BackgroundAlaska’s Arctic: Changes in the Regionw

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Walsh and Chapmanhttp://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/

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Growing season increase

Geographical and Meteorological BackgroundAlaska’s Arctic: Changes in the Region

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Sea ice decrease

Geographical and Meteorological BackgroundAlaska’s Arctic: Changes in the Region

Beaufort Sea

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Sea ice decrease

Geographical and Meteorological BackgroundAlaska’s Arctic: Changes in the Region

Beaufort Sea

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Wildfire increase

Geographical and Meteorological BackgroundAlaska’s Arctic: Changes in the Region

Alaska Fire Servicehttp://fire.ak.blm.gov/content/aicc/stats/2007stats.pdf

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Wildfire increase

Geographical and Meteorological BackgroundAlaska’s Arctic: Changes in the Region

Alaska Fire Servicehttp://fire.ak.blm.gov/content/aicc/stats/2007stats.pdf

Anaktuvuk FireStatistics

• tundra• limited protection• 40% of total area• > 200,000 acres• > all historical fires north of 68°

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>> New PRISM data (1971 - 2000)

Geographical and Meteorological BackgroundAlaska’s Arctic: Upcoming products

>> Environmental data for the Arctic Network parks

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/nps/reports/2007_04_23_arcninventory_final.pdf

>> New plant hardiness

maps (USDA)

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Geographical and Meteorological BackgroundClimate Change in Northern Alaska

• Temperature Increase: Warming most pronounced in winter and spring

• GGD increase, lengthening of growing season

• Precipitation decrease seen in observations

• Sea ice extent decrease

• Wildfire increase


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