Modeling of the 2011 Japan Tsunami: Lessons for Near-Field Forecast

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 170, Issue 6-8, 2013, Pages 1309-1331

  Wei, Yong ^a,b   Chamberlin, Christopher ^a,b   Titov, Vasily V ^b   Tang, Liujuan ^a,b   Bernard, Eddie N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

2011; inundation; Japan; near field; Tsunami; tsunami forecast; tsunami source

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; LANDFORMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SURVEYS; TSUNAMIS;

2011; INUNDATION; JAPAN; NEAR FIELDS; TSUNAMI FORECAST;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

FLOODING; FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; NOAA SATELLITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TSUNAMI EVENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 84882961171     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-012-0519-z     Document Type: Article

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