8:20 - Aloha Welcome - Dr. Gary Ostrander, UH Vice Chancellor for Research
US GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO 12/26/2004 TSUNAMI
Dr. Charles Mader, Chairman
8:30 US Response to the Sumatra Tsunami
Gerard Fryer Presents Eddie Bernard PowerPoint
8:50 US Military Response to the Sumatra Tsunami
Lt. Col. Kerry Nicholls
POWERPOINT on CD at /TSPPT/UAB
9:00 Strike-Slip Tsunami Sources
Bill Knight
9:15 Model Predictions of Gulf and Atlantic Coast Tsunami Impacts from a Distribution of Sources
Bill Knight
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 5, pages 304-312 (2006)
9:45 Access to Historical DART/BRP Data at NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
Kelly J. Stroker and Paula K. Dunbar
10:00 - 10:30 - Refreshment Break
10:30 NOAA's Historical Tsunami Database
Paula K. Dunbar, Lori Dengler and Kelly J. Stoker
10:45 Tsunami Warning in the Near Field: The Approach in Hawaii
Gerard J. Fryer and Barry Hirshorn
11:15 Upgrade of Tide Gauges for Tsunami Warnings
Bernard J. Kilonsky and Mark Merrifield
11:45 Monitoring Earthquakes and Tsunamis using the International Monitoring System
Vindell Hsu
12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH
THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI - I
Dr. Dale Dominey-Howes , Chairman
1:00 The Impacts of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Within the Maldive Islands
Charles E. Helsley, Barbara Keating, Dale Dominey-Howes, Zaha Weheed
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 23, No. 2, pages 18-70 (2005)
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM
1:30 Role of Trapped and Leaky Modes Around Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Tsunami of 26 December 2004
T. S. Murty, N. Nirupama, I. Nistor, A. D. Rao
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 3, pages 183-193 (2006)
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM
2:00 Field Survey of Tsunami Deposits, Erosion and Flow During the 26 December 2004 Tsunami in Indonesia
Bruce E. Jaffe, Jose C. Borrero, Gegar S. Prasetya, Lori Dengler, Guy Gelfenbaum, Rahman Hidayat, Brentwood Higman, Ettiene Kingsley, Lukiyanjto, Brian McAdoo, Andrew Moore, Robert Morton, Robert Peters, Peter Ruggiero, Vasily Titov, Widjo Kongko and Eko Yulianto
2:30 A Coupled Teleseismic Ocean General Circulation Model for Global Tsunami Warning,
Y. Tony Song
2:45 - 3:00 - Refreshment Break
TSUNAMI RISK MANAGEMENT
Dr. Robert Sewell, Chairman
3:00 Probabilistic Tsunami Risk Management Framework, Safety Policy and Applications
Robert T. Sewell
3:30 Implementation of a Tsunami Plan: The Los Angeles County Fire Department and Lessons Learned from the Sumatra Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina
Larry Collins and Angus Alexander
5:00 - Adjourn
NUMERICAL MODELING OF TSUNAMIS
Dr. Zygmunt Kowalik, Chairman
8:30 Tide-Tsunami Interactions
Zygmunt Kowalik, Tatiana Proshutinsky and Andrey Proshutinsky
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 4, pages 242-256 (2006)
9:00 Wave Dispersion Study in the Indian Ocean Tsunami, December 26, 2004
Juan J. Horrillo, Zygmunt Kowalik, Yoshinori Shigihara
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 25, No. 1, pages 42-62 (2006)
9:30 Confirmation and Calibration of Computer Models of the 1883 Tsunami Produced by Augustine Volcano, Alaska
James E. Beget
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 4, pages 257-266 (2006)
9:45 Finite Volume Methods and Adaptive Refinement for Global Propagation and Local Inundation
David L. George and Randall J. LeVeque
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 5, pages 319-328 (2006)
10:00 - 10:30 - Refreshment Break
10:30 Numerical Model for the Krakatoa Hydrovolcanic Explosion and Tsunami
Charles L. Mader and Michael L. Gittings
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 3, pages 174-182 (2006)
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM
11:00 SAGE Calculations of the Tsunami Threat from La Palma
Galen Gisler, Robert Weaver and Michael L. Gittings
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 4, pages 288-301 (2006)
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM
11:30 Modeling Tsunami Generation, Propagation and Run-up in the New Zealand Region
Roy A. Walters
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 5, pages 339-357 (2006)
12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH
TSUNAMI STUDIES
Dr. George Pararas-Carayannis - Chairman
1:00 The Potential of Tsunami Generation Along the Makran Subduction Zone in the Northern Arabian Sea - Case Study: The Earthquake of November 28, 1945
George Pararas-Carayannis
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 5, pages 358-384 (2006)
1:30 Well-Balanced Finite Volume Model for Long-Wave Runup,
Yong Wei and Kwok Fai Cheung
2:00 Introduction to a Tsunami Deposits Database
Barbara H. Keating, Charles E. Helsley and Matt Wanink
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM
2:15 Tsunami Propagation along Taggus Estuary - Lisbon, Portugal - Preliminary Results
Maria Anna V. Baptista, J. F. Luis, P. M. Soares, J. M. Miranda
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 5, pages 329-338 (2006)
2:45 - 3:00 - Refreshment Break
GENERAL SESSION
George Curtis - Chairman
3:00 Stripped Pahoehoe Lava-Flow Surfaces as Tsunami Deposit, Hawaii
Floyd W. McCoy and Belinda Heil
3:15 Potential Overlooked Analogues to the Indian Ocean Tsunami in the Western and Southwestern Pacific
Daniel A. Walker
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 3, pages 194-205 (2006)
3:45 Building a Disaster Risk Reduction Consortium at the University of Hawaii
John Robert Egan
4:00 Feasibility of Constructing a Paleo-Tsunami Record for the Island of Maui, Hawaii
Barbara Keating, Glenn Sheperd and Charles E. Helsley
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM
4:15 Paleotsunamis Come of Age?
James Goff and Roy A. Walters
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM
4:45 - Adjourn
6:00 - Treetops LUAU - Tsunami Society Awards,
AROUND THE WORLD IN 200 MILLION CELLS
Dr. Zygmunt Kowalik, After Dinner Speaker
INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI - II
Dr. Dan Walker, Chairman
8:30 The 26th December, 2004 Tsunami - Run-up and Inundation and Their Relationship with Geomorphology in Tamil, Nadu, India
V. Ram Mohan, D. Gnanavel, J. Sriganesh, J. Kulasekaran, S. Srinivasalu
9:00 Science and Fokelore Teaching from the November 18, 1929 "Grand Banks" Earthquake and Tsunami: "Like a River Returning"
Alan Ruffman
Tsunami Hazards in the Arctic Regions of North America, Greenland and the Norwegian Sea
Alan Ruffman and Tad Murty
Documentation of the Farfield Parameters of the November 1, 1755, "Lisbon" Tsunami along the Shores of the Western Atlantic Ocean
Allan Ruffman
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 23, No. 3, pages 52-59 (2005)
10:00 - 10:30 - Refreshment Break
10:30 Effects of the December 2004 Tsunami and Disaster Management in Southern Thailand
Chanchai Thanawood, Chao Yongchalermchai and Omthip Densrisereekul
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 3, pages 206-217 (2006)
11:00 Edge Waves at Phi-Phi Island During the December 26, 2004 South Asian Tsunami
K. T. Chau, O. W. H. Wai, R. H. C. Wong and H. Y. Lin
11:30 What is the Probability Function for Large Tsunami Waves?
Harold G. Loomis
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 3, pages 218-224 (2006)
Momentum as a Useful Tsunami Descriptor
Harold G. Loomis
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 5, pages 313-318 (2006)
12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH
Thursday Afternoon, May 25, 2006
EXPERIMENTAL TSUNAMI MODELING
Dr. Herman Fritz, Chairman
1:00 Physical Modeling of Landslide Tsunamis - A Novel Generator
Hermann M. Fritz
1:30 Modeling of Tsunami Generation from Underwater Landslides
Langford P. Sue, Roger I. Nokes, and Roy A. Walters
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 3, pages 267-287 (2006)
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM
2:00 Field Surveys of 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami from Sumatra to East Africa
Hermann M. Fritz, Jose C. Borrero, Costas E. Synolakis and Emile A. Okal
2:30 Natural Disasters: Need for an Academic Curriculum
Kamlesh Gupta
Report
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM
2:45 - 3:00 - Refreshment Break
3:00 - TSUNAMI SOCIETY MEETING
1. Election of Officers
2. Treasurers Report
3. Tsunami Society Field Trip
Tsunami Society Field Trip - Friday, May 26 Field Trip Leaders - Dr. Charles Helsley, Dr. Barbara Keating, Dr. Dan Walker
4. 2006 Status of Tsunami Science Research and Future Directions
Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 5, pages 385-395 (2006)
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM
POSTER PRESENTATIONS - May 23-25, 2006
Tsunami Public Awareness and Its Role in Risk Education,
Dale Dominey-Howes and Deanne Bird
A Fully Validated Tsunami Vulnerability Assessment Model (the "PTVAM" Model),
Dale Dominey-Howes and Maria Papthoma
Tsunami and Paleotsunami Depositional Signatures and their Potential Value in Understanding the Late-Holocene Tsunami Record,
Dale Dominey-Howes
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