Comparison of the 2010 Chile and 2011 Japan Tsunamis in the Far Field

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 170, Issue 6-8, 2013, Pages 1249-1274

  Borrero, Jose C ^a,b   Greer, S Dougal ^a  

^a ECoast Ltd   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

California; harbor resonance; long waves; New Zealand; ports; spectral analysis; tide gauge; time series analysis; Tsunami; wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

PORTS AND HARBORS; SEA LEVEL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIDE GAGES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; HARBOR RESONANCE; LONG WAVES; NEW ZEALAND; PORTS; TIDE GAUGES;

TSUNAMIS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HARBOR; PORT; RESONANCE; SEA LEVEL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TIDE GAUGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TSUNAMI; WATER LEVEL; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; HONSHU; JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND; TOHOKU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880518344     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-012-0559-4     Document Type: Article

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