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NSSI Scenarios GIS Data: Prioritizing Science Needs Through Participatory Scenarios for Energy and Resource Development on the North Slope and Adjacent Seas.
This record contains the data used by the North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) scenario process. These data sets are listed in the Alaska DataCatalog. The data sets are... -
Onshore/Nearshore: ABR ONES Desktop Studies 2014-2015 Final Reports
Shell Exploration & Production Company (Shell) initiated the Onshore/Nearshore Environmental Studies (ONES) program starting in 2010 to address environmental issues... -
National Assessment of Coastal Shoreline Change Historical Shoreline Change Along the North Coast of Alaska, U.S.-Canadian Border to Icy Cape
The National Assessment of Coastal Shoreline Change- Historical Shoreline Change Along the North Coast of Alaska, U.S.-Canadian Border to Icy Cape(2015) is provided below. A... -
Alaska Monitoring and Assessment Program (AKMAP) Survey of Estuaries within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (AK-13-03-11)
In August 2015, the Alaska Monitoring and Assessment Program (AKMAP) surveyed the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPR-A) estuaries as part of the Environmental Protect... -
Evaluation of Sub-Sea Physical Environmental Data for the Beaufort OCS and Incorporation in to a Geographic Information (GIS) Database OCS Study MMS 2002-017
This study, published on CD-ROM, presents a comprehensive database that synthesizes spatial and attribute information collected during shallow geological and geophysical surveys... -
Continuation of Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in Development Area (cANIMIDA): Hydrocarbon and Metal Characterization of Sediments in the cANIMIDA Study Area (AK-03-14-02)
The key questions which drive Task 2 of cANIMIDA are as follows: Question 1. What are the background levels of chemicals of concern (i.e. anthropogenic-related organic and metal... -
Chukchi Shelf Bathymetry Compilation (CSR 13170)
Shell Exploration & Production Company (Shell) contracted with Canadian Seabed Research Ltd. to compile and analyze bathymetry for the Chukchi Shelf. The compilation... -
Freeze-up Studies: CF Beaufort and Chukchi Seas 2009-2015
Shell Exploration & Production Company (Shell) initiated field surveys in the Beaufort Sea starting in 2006 and the Chukchi Sea starting in 2009. The BSEE and Statoil were... -
2018 Willow Marine Monitoring Program Report
Collection of sediment, benthos and water samples was performed during open-water conditions during August 2018 at selected stations within Harrison Bay. Sediment was... -
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) is a study describing the ongoing climate change in the Arctic and its consequences: rising temperatures, loss of sea ice,... -
Lagoon Communities and Ecosystems
The total shoreline in the ARCN, including bay and barrier island ecosystems, is approximately 450 km (250 miles). This is the third largest block of coastline that the NPS... -
Barrier Island-Lagoon Systems
This effort will investigate the dominant and relative importance of physical processes shaping the modern Arctic coastline as well as decadal responses due to projected... -
Continuation of Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in Development Area (cANIMIDA): Core Contractor Program Management, Logistics, Data Management and Reporting (AK-03-14-01)
This task provides overall management, logistical support, database management, and review of products for all cANIMIDA science tasks. The cANIMIDA projects will gather long... -
Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska's North Slope (2003)
This book identifies accumulated environmental, social and economic effects of oil and gas leasing, exploration, and production on Alaska's North Slope. Economic benefits to the... -
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ANALYSIS OF COASTAL EROSION ALONG THE CHUKCHI COAST AT BARROW, ALASKA
A variety of empirical and modeling approaches are being taken to assess the history and risk of erosion and flooding along the Chukchi Sea coast near Barrow, Alaska. Part of a... -
Arctic Report Card
The Arctic Report Card (www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/) considers a wide range of environmental observations throughout the Arctic, and is updated annually. A major conclusion... -
Sea Ice Trends and Climatologies from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS
NSIDC provides a suite of value-added products to aid in investigations of the variability and trends of sea ice cover, including sea ice extent, total ice-covered area, ice... -
US Arctic Research Policy
The Arctic is “hot” and not only because it’s physically warming, but also because the world is looking north at climate change, resource exploration, undersea territorial... -
Arctic Coastal Dynamics: Report of an International Workshop
The circum-Arctic coastal margin is about 200,000 km long and is the interface through which land-shelf exchanges are mediated. Sediment input to the Arctic shelf resulting from... -
Toward a predictive model of Arctic coastal retreat in a warming climate, Beaufort Sea, Alaska
The team proposes a three-year project to develop predictive models of coastal erosion and sediment transport along the Alaskan Beaufort Sea coast. This project has three...
