A tsunami forecast model for Midway Atoll / Edison Gica.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Gica, Edison, author.

Contributor:

NOAA Center for Tsunami Research, issuing body.

Series:

NOAA OAR special report

PMEL tsunami forecast series ; v. 7.

Contribution (Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (U.S.)) ; no. 3374.

Contribution (University of Washington. Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean) ; no. 2081.

PMEL tsunami forecast series ; vol. 7

Contribution no.3374 from NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

Contribution no.2081 from Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tsunamis--Midway Islands--Forecasting.

Tsunamis.

Tsunamis--Midway Islands--Forecasting--Mathematical models.

Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System--Midway Islands.

Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System.

Natural disaster warning systems--Midway Islands.

Natural disaster warning systems.

Tsunamis--Forecasting.

Midway Islands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 119 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.

Place of Publication:

[Seattle, Wash.] : United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, NOAA Center for Tsunami Research (NCTR), Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 2015.

Summary:

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has developed a tsunami forecast model for Midway Atoll as part of an effort to provide tsunami forecasts for U.S. coastal communities. Development, validation, and stability testing of the tsunami forecast model has been conducted to ensure that it is stable and robust. The Midway Atoll tsunami forecast model employs the Method of Splitting Tsunami (MOST) numerical code and has been validated with historical and synthetically generated tsunami events. A total of 16 historical events and 42 synthetic (Mw 9.4, 7.5, and 6.2) events from different source regions were used for validation and stability testing. Results show good agreement between observed and modeled data. The Midway Atoll forecast model has been developed to simulate 4 hours of tsunami wave characteristics in approximately 16.4 minutes of CPU time. [doi:10.7289/V5RJ4GCP (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5RJ4GCP)]

Notes:

"January 2015."

Doi:10.7289/V5RJ4GCP (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5RJ4GCP)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-16).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (PMEL, viewed on January 30, 2015).

OCLC:

901575401

Publisher Number:

doi:10.7289/V5RJ4GCP