Method of calculating tsunami travel times in the Andaman Sea region

Natural Hazards

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-106

  Kietpawpan, Monte ^a   Visuthismajarn, Parichart ^a   Tanavud, Charlchai ^a   Robson, Mark G ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry error; ETOPO2v2; ETOPO5; System dynamics; Tsunami evacuation time; Tsunami travel time

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MODELING; SOLITARY WAVE; TRAVEL TIME; TSUNAMI; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANDAMAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PHUKET [SOUTHERN REGION]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

EID: 44449148942     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9183-5     Document Type: Article

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