Climate Change Impacts on Gulf of Alaska Hydrology and Freshwater Discharge
Meeting Date: 4/7/2016
- 4/7/2016
Location: Webinar
Website: Website
April 7, 10 AM PST
Presenter: Jordan Beamer, Oregon State University PhD WRE candidate
Jordan will present his modeling studies of the impacts of climate change on freshwater resources along the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) coastline. His work has quantified the increases in coastal freshwater discharge (FWD) that can occur due to increases in precipitation and temperature and decreases in glacier cover. This improves our understanding of the land-to-ocean water flux delivered from the mountain environments and provides important information on boundary conditions for near-shore marine ecosystems of the GOA.