Anatomy of Historical Tsunamis: Lessons Learned for Tsunami Warning

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2043-2063

  Igarashi, Y ^a,b   Kong, L ^a   Yamamoto, M ^c   McCreery, C S ^d  

^a International Tsunami Information Center   (United States)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNESCO IOC Tsunami Unit   (France)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

1946 Aleutian Islands tsunami; 1960 Chile tsunami; 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami; Mareogram; sea level; tsunami warning

Indexed keywords

2004 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; ANALYSIS TOOLS; CENTRAL CONTROL; COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; EARLY WARNING; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI; INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM; MAREOGRAM; MONITORING NETWORK; NEAR-REAL TIME; REALISTIC MODEL; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SOLUTION ACCURACY; TSUNAMI WARNING; TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEMS; TSUNAMI WAVES; TSUNAMIGENIC POTENTIAL; UNITED NATIONS; WARNING CENTERS;

ALARM SYSTEMS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA LEVEL; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TSUNAMIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TSUNAMI EVENT; UNITED NATIONS; WARNING SYSTEM;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80955160643     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-011-0287-1     Document Type: Review

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