Direct energy estimation of the 2011 Japan tsunami using deep-ocean pressure measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Tang, Liujuan ^a,b   Titov, Vasily V ^b   Bernard, Eddie N ^b   Wei, Yong ^a,b   Chamberlin, Christopher D ^a,b   Newman, Jean C ^a,b   Mofjeld, Harold O ^b   Arcas, Diego ^a,b   Eble, Marie C ^b   Moore, Christopher ^b   Uslu, Burak ^a,b   Pells, Clint ^a,b   Spillane, Michael ^a,b   Wright, Lindsey ^a,b   Gica, Edison ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FORECASTING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DIRECT MEASURES; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE; ENERGY ESTIMATION; ENERGY FLUXES; FORECAST ERRORS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LONG DURATION; NUMERICAL DISSIPATION; PROPAGATION MODELING; REAL TIME; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC RADIATION; SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOURCE FUNCTIONS; SOURCE LOCATION; TIDE STATIONS; TOTAL ENERGY; TSUNAMETERS; TSUNAMI FORECAST; TSUNAMI WAVES; WIDE AREA;

TSUNAMIS;

AMPLIFICATION; DATA SET; DEEP SEA; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY FLUX; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE FIELD; SEAFLOOR; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TRAVEL TIME; TSUNAMI; WAVE PROPAGATION;

JAPAN;

EID: 84864858884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007635     Document Type: Article

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