Observed and Modeled Currents from the Tohoku-oki, Japan and other Recent Tsunamis in Northern California

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 171, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3385-3403

  Admire, Amanda R ^a   Dengler, Lori A ^a   Crawford, Gregory B ^b   Uslu, Burak U ^c   Borrero, Jose C ^d,e   Greer, S Dougal ^e   Wilson, Rick I ^f  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Southern California   (United States)

^e eCoast Ltd   (New Zealand)

^f CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

2010 Chile tsunami; 2011 Japan tsunami; ADCP; Natural hazards; Tsunami current; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; DOPPLER EFFECT; EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TIDE GAGES; VELOCITY; WATER LEVELS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ADCP; CHILE EARTHQUAKES; CURRENT AMPLIFICATION; METHOD OF SPLITTING; NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICES; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; NATURAL HAZARD;

TSUNAMIS;

CHILE EARTHQUAKE 2010; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; MODEL VALIDATION; NATURAL HAZARD; NOAA SATELLITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TSUNAMI;

CALIFORNIA; HONSHU; HUMBOLDT BAY; JAPAN; TOHOKU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898841194     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-014-0797-8     Document Type: Article

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