A methodology for near-field tsunami inundation forecasting: Application to the 2011 Tohoku tsunami

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 8186-8206

  Gusman, Aditya Riadi ^a   Tanioka, Yuichiro ^a   Macinnes, Breanyn T ^b   Tsushima, Hiroaki ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

near field tsunami; precomputed tsunami database; tsunami early warning; tsunami inundation forecast; tsunami simulation; tsunami waveforms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FORECASTING METHOD; METHODOLOGY; SEISMIC SOURCE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TSUNAMI EVENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; MIYAGI; MIYAKO ISLAND; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; SAKISHIMA ISLANDS; SANRIKU; SENDAI; TOHOKU;

EID: 84919684323     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB010958     Document Type: Article

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