Field measurements and numerical simulations of the 2004 tsunami impact on the south coast of Sri Lanka

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 12-13, 2009, Pages 960-973

  Wijetunge, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Field measurements; Indian Ocean tsunami; Inundation; Numerical modelling; Tsunami height

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC FEATURES; FIELD DATA; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI; INUNDATION; INUNDATION DISTANCE; MODEL RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SOURCE DIRECTIVITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMI INUNDATION;

BATHYMETRY; CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

TSUNAMIS;

DAMAGE; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; WATER LEVEL; WAVE HEIGHT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 68949181714     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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