Numerical simulation of the 2011 Tohoku tsunami: Comparison with field observations and sensitivity to model parameters

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 6-13

  Grilli, Stephan T ^a   Harris, Jeffrey C ^a   Bakhsh, Tayebeh Tajalli ^a   Kirby, James T ^b   Shi, Fengyan ^b   Masterlark, Timothy L ^c   Kyriakopoulos, Christodoulos ^d  

^a The University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boussinesq model; Tsunami propagation modeling; Tsunami source modeling; Wave dispersion effects

Indexed keywords

3D FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; BOTTOM BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUSSINESQ; BOUSSINESQ MODEL; CARTESIANS; DEEP WATER; ELASTIC DISLOCATION; EURASIAN PLATES; FAR-FIELD; FAULT MODEL; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FOREARC; FULLY NONLINEAR; GPS DATA; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL PHYSICS; NEAR FIELDS; NEAR-FIELD; NEARSHORES; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PACIFIC PLATES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PROPAGATION MODELING; PROPAGATION MODELS; SEISMIC INVERSION; SOURCE MODELING; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SPHERICAL COORDINATES; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; TSUNAMI GENERATION; TSUNAMI INUNDATION; TSUNAMI SIMULATION; VOLCANIC ARC; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE MODELS;

BUOYS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); GEODETIC SATELLITES; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; TSUNAMIS;

SOURCE SEPARATION;

EID: 84866133859     PISSN: 10986189     EISSN: 15551792     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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