Characteristics of the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami waveform acquired around Japan by NOWPHAS equipment

Coastal Engineering Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Kawai, Hiroyasu ^a   Satoh, Makoto ^b   Kawaguchi, Koji ^a   Seki, Katsumi ^a  

^a PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport   (Japan)

Author keywords

2011 Tohoku Tsunami; bay resonance; GPS buoy; tide gauge; tsunami current

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; EARTHQUAKES; TIDE GAGES;

COASTAL TIDE GAUGES; EAST CHINA SEA; REAL-TIME KINEMATIC GPS; TIDE GAUGES; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; WATER DEPTH; WATER SURFACE; WAVE FORMS;

TSUNAMIS;

EID: 84884509635     PISSN: 21664250     EISSN: 17936292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0578563413500083     Document Type: Article

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