Project Grant 2438778

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $495,218 to the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) to develop and apply computer models to assess glacier outburst flood hazards across northwest North America. The key focus is studying the Aak'w T????k (Mendenhall) Glacier in Juneau, Alaska, which poses an annual flood risk to the city. The research will use field and remote sensing data to inform physically-based models of glacier evolution and outburst floods. This will enable creating a large-scale flood hazard model to improve glacial flood forecasting across the region. The project will collaborate closely with federal and state agency partners to ensure the resulting tools are useful for forecasting floods, assessing emerging hazards, and communicating information to local communities. The award has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2029.