The 26 December 2004 tsunami source estimated from satellite radar altimetry and seismic waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Song, Y Tony ^a   Ji, Chen ^b   Fu, L L ^a   Zlotnicki, Victor ^a   Shum, C K ^c   Yi, Yuchan ^c   Hjorleifsdottir, Vala ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; TSUNAMIS;

DIGITAL SEISMOMETRY; EARTHQUAKE FAULT PARAMETERS; OCEAN-GENERAL-CIRCULATION-MODEL (OGCM); SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE RADAR ALTIMETRY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC WAVEFORM INVERSION; TSUNAMI STRENGTH;

SEISMOLOGY;

SOURCE PARAMETERS; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TSUNAMI;

EID: 28944443124     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023683     Document Type: Article

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