Abstract
The rise of the sea level during a storm surge at the coast of northern Alaska is computed by a method of numerical integration originally developed for the North Sea. Based on the most likely synoptic analysis of the storm cyclone over the Arctic Ocean, pressure gradients and wind stresses, as well as their variations with time, are obtained by grid points. The respective values at the open-sea boundary of the grid are also taken as time variatables. The numerical integration (by IBM 709) yields various curves for the changes of water level at the coast which are compared with actual observations. The computed fields of water transport are critically examined in view of the general character of the cyclone and the given distribution of water depth. The agreement between observed and computed heights of the storm surge is satisfactory.
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