US Air Force Selects Jupiter to Study Impact of Sea Level Rise and Flooding at Wake Island Airfield
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
The new study will anticipate future sea level rise and flooding at Wake Island Airfield in the Micronesia Region of the Pacific Ocean.
Key Points:
- The new study will anticipate future sea level rise and flooding at Wake Island Airfield in the Micronesia Region of the Pacific Ocean.
- With these data, the Air Force will be able to prepare for and mitigate anticipated consequences of severe weather events.
- Examples include hardening certain facilities at the airfield, or relocating facilities that are projected to be at risk from storm surge and flooding.
- As part of the Wake Island project, Jupiter will develop a coupled hydrodynamic model to predict flooding from tropical storm surge and wave runup at Wake Island Airfield.