DART® Tsunameter Retrospective and Real-Time Data: A Reflection on 10 Years of Processing in Support of Tsunami Research and Operations

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 170, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 1369-1384

  Mungov, George ^a,b   Eblé, Marie ^c   Bouchard, Richard ^d  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NOAA National Data Buoy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

bottom pressure recorder; BPR; DART; deep ocean assessment and reporting of tsunami; tsunameter; Tsunami; tsunami measurements

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM PRESSURE RECORDERS; BPR; DART; ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES; NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTERS; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; TSUNAMETERS;

DATA PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL LABORATORIES; RESEARCH;

TSUNAMIS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BOTTOM PRESSURE; DATA PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TSUNAMI EVENT; WARNING SYSTEM;

EID: 84880546346     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-012-0477-5     Document Type: Article

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