A New Tool for Inundation Modeling: Community Modeling Interface for Tsunamis (ComMIT)

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2121-2131

  Titov, V V ^a   Moore, C W ^b   Greenslade, D J M ^c   Pattiaratchi, C ^d   Badal, R ^e   Synolakis, C E ^f,g   Kanoglu U ^h  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e France Centre   (Mauritius)

^f University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^g Hellenic Center of Marine Research   (Greece)

^h MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ComMIT; graphical interface; inundation modeling; OPeNDAP; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COMMIT; COMMUNITY MODEL; EASE OF USE; GRAPHICAL INTERFACE; INDIAN OCEAN; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INUNDATION MODELING; MODELING TOOL; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; OPENDAP; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

TSUNAMIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BATHYMETRY; DATABASE; FORECASTING METHOD; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; NOAA SATELLITE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TSUNAMI; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 80155162458     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-011-0292-4     Document Type: Article

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