Offshore forecasting of Hawaiian tsunamis generated in Alaskan-Aleutian subduction zone / Vasily V. Titov [and others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Titov, Vasily V.

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (U.S.)

Series:

NOAA technical memorandum ERL PMEL ; 114.

Contribution (Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (U.S.)) ; no. 2049.

NOAA technical memorandum ERL PMEL ; 114

Contribution no. 2049 from NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tsunamis--Hawaii--Forecasting.

Tsunamis.

Tsunamis--Hawaii--Simulation methods.

Earthquakes--Alaska.

Earthquakes.

Subduction zones--Alaska.

Subduction zones.

Tsunamis--Forecasting.

Tsunamis--Simulation methods.

Alaska.

Hawaii.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 22 pages)

Place of Publication:

Seattle, WA : Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, [1999]

Summary:

"This report describes an R & D activity conducted during FY 1998 to develop tsunami forecasting tools for the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC). The activity included analytical and numerical sensitivity studies of tsunami wave characteristics offshore of Hawaii, for ranges of earthquake source parameters in the Alaska-Aleutian Subduction Zone (AASZ); this region is a major source of destructive tsunamis that strike Hawaii. A set of tsunami numerical simulation scenarios was designed to be the basis for the sensitivity analysis, using the 1996 Andreanov Island earth quake/tsunami as a reference. The analysis shows that the first waves are relatively insensitive to the details of the earthquake fault plane parameters. Simulation results for unit sources have been stored as an online database with a WWW interface. A database user can quickly obtain a model prediction of the offshore tsunami wave heights at selected locations for a wide variety of AASZ earthquake scenarios. This database provides a useful offshore tsunami forecasting tool for hazard mitigation managers."--Page 1

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed February 4, 2009).

"January 1999."

Includes bibliographical references (page 20).

Other Format:

Offshore forecasting of Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone tsunamis in Hawaii

OCLC:

301754105