Long-term tsunami data archive supports tsunami forecast, warning, research, and mitigation

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 165, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 2275-2291

  Dunbar, Paula K ^a   Stroker, Kelly J ^a   Brocko, Vanita R ^b   Varner, Jesse D ^b   McLean, Susan J ^a   Taylor, Lisa A ^a   Eakins, Barry W ^b   Carignan, Kelly S ^b   Warnken, Robin R ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Coastal hazard; Damage photos; DART ; Data archive; DEM; Historical events; Tsunami; Water level data

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DAMAGE; DATABASE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FORECASTING METHOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; MITIGATION; MODEL VALIDATION; WARNING SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59549085082     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-008-0419-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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