The July 15, 2009 Fiordland, New Zealand Tsunami: Real-Time Assessment

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1963-1972

  Uslu, B ^a,b   Power, W ^c   Greenslade, D ^d   Eble M ^a   Titov, V ^a  

^a National Oceanic/Atmospheric Admin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

2009; Fiordland; natural hazards; New Zealand; real time; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

2009; FIORDLAND; NATURAL HAZARD; NEW ZEALAND; REAL-TIME;

EARTHQUAKES; RATING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TSUNAMIS;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FORECASTING METHOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REAL TIME; TSUNAMI EVENT;

AUSTRALIA; FIORDLAND; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; TASMAN SEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958863901     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-011-0281-7     Document Type: Article

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