Tsunami warnings: Understanding in Hawai'i

Natural Hazards

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-87

  Gregg, Chris E ^a,b   Houghton, Bruce F ^b   Paton, Douglas ^c   Johnston, David M ^d   Swanson, Donald A ^e   Yanagi, Brian S ^f  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f International Tsunami Information Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alerts; Hawai'i; Natural warning signs; Sirens; Tsunamis; Warning system

Indexed keywords

HAZARD MANAGEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; TSUNAMI; WARNING SYSTEM;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; HILO; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

SIREN; SIRENIDAE;

EID: 33947676918     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-0005-y     Document Type: Article

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