Analysis of observed and predicted tsunami travel times for the Pacific and Indian Oceans

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 301-324

  Wessel, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Statistics; Tsunami travel time prediction

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DETECTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; PREDICTION; TRAVEL TIME; TSUNAMI; WARNING SYSTEM; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 62849124986     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-008-0437-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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