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F.I. Gonzalez, E.N. Bernard, H.B. Milburn, S. Stalin, V.V. Titov, H.O. Mofjeld, M.C. Eble, J.C. Newman, R.A. Kamphaus, E.F. Burger NOAA / Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
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![](Images/_box.gif) A deep ocean network, combined with a numerical model database, will improve the speed and accuracy of short-term tsunami forecasting
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Earthquake! Tsunami? |
Time = 0 |
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Destructive tsunamis originate primarily in subduction zones around the Pacific Rim. |
![](Images/_box.gif) Not every earthquake generates a tsunami. |
Model simulations combined with real-time tsunami measurements will help assess the hazard. |
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![tsunami @ 2 hrs](Images/i_tsunami_2hr.jpg) |
A simulated tsunami generated by a large subduction earthquake (Mw = 8.5) in Alaska-Aleutian Subduction Zone. |
![tsunami @ 4 hrs](Images/i_tsunami_4hr.jpg) |
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Data Network |
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![DART buoy](Images/i_dart_buoy.jpg) |
Deep-ocean Assesment and Reporting of Tsunamis System |
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Quality Control Web Page
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Surface Buoy and BPR Deployment |
![BPR deployment](Images/i_bpr_deploy.jpg) |
Simulated Tsunami and DART Reporting Modes |
![DART reporting modes](Images/i_dart_modes.jpg) |
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Model & Data Assimilation |
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![MOST locations](Images/i_most_loc.jpg) |
Tsunami Propagation Database Interface |
Output: Time Series
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Output: Maximum Wave Heights
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Site-Specific Tsunami Inundation Modeling |
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Tsunami Forecast Guidance |
Time = 1 hour |
Hawaii Civil Defense must decide whether to call a tsunami evacuation within an hour of a Pacific earthquake.
The integrated DART/model database system will provide more rapid and accurate guidance to emergency managers.
Schedule:
An operational network of six DART stations will be deployed over the next two years.
The data-assimilation scheme and database for Hawaii are presently under development, to be completed by 2003.
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Tsunami Warning Center |
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Support provided by NOAA, the U.S. National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program and NASA/DoD Solid Earth and Natural Hazards Program
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