The December 26, 2004 Tsunami

Tsunami Symposium Information

THE THIRD TSUNAMI SYMPOSIUM

Honolulu, Hawaii, May 23-26, 2006

ABSTRACTS



Physical Modeling of Landslide Tsunamis - A Novel Generator
Hermann M. Fritz


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


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


Numerical Model for the Krakatoa Hydrovolcanic Explosion and Tsunami
Charles L. Mader and Michael L. Gittings


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


Modeling the Asian Tsunami Evolution and Propagation with a New Generation Mechanism and a Non-Linear Dispersive Wave Model
P. C. Rivera


Introduction to a Tsunami Deposits Database
Barbara H. Keating, Charles E. Helsley and Matt Wanink



The Impacts of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Within the Maldive Islands
Charles E. Helsley, Barbara Keating, Dale Dominey-Howes, Zaha Weheed


Classification of Tsunami Hazard Along the Southern Coast of India: An Initiative to Safeguard the Coastal Environment from a Similar Debacle
N. Chandrasekar, S. Saravanan, J. Loveson Immanuel M. Rajamanickam,


Modeling of Tsunami Generation from Underwater Landslides
Langford P. Sue, Roger I. Nokes, and Roy A. Walters


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


TSUNET: A Coastal Network for Sea Level Monitoring and Tsunami Alarm System in Southern Italy
S. Tinti, L. Graziani, A. Maramai, A. Armigliato, A. Manucci, S. Gallazzi, G. Pagnoni, R. Tonini, F. Zaniboni


Strike-Slip Tsunami Sources
Bill Knight


Model Predictions of Gulf and Atlantic Coast Tsunami Impacts from a Distribution of Sources
Bill Knight


Modeling Tsunami Generation, Propagation and Runup in the New Zealand Region
Roy A. Walters


Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 and Bay of Bengal Environment with Special Referrence to Planktonic Copepods
Rosamma Stephen, K. J. Jayalakshmi, P. H. Habeeb Rahman, Josia Jacob, P. K. Karuppusamy, P. Venugopal, and C. T. Achutankutty


Tsunami Propagation along Taggus Estuary - Lisbon, Portugal - Preliminary Results
Maria Anna V. Baptista, J. F. Luis, P. M. Soares, J. M. Miranda


Tsunami on 26 December 2004: Spatial Distribution of Tsunami Height and the Extent of Inundation in Sri Lanka
Janaka J. Wijetunge


The Effect of Tsunami-2004 in the Andaman Waters with Special Reference to Environmental and Biological Parameters
C. B. Lalithambika Devi, Honey U. K. Pillai, C. M. Lalurj, K. R. Muraleedharan, Josia Jacob, Rejomon George, A. Biju, M. P. Prabhakaran, C. K. Shiju, S. U. Panamunnayil


Access to Historical DART/BRP Data at Noaa's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
Kelly J. Stroker and Paula K. Dunbar


Finite Volume Methods and Adaptive Refinement for Global Propagation and Local Inundation
David L. George and Randall J. LeVeque


Effects of the December 2004 Tsunami and Disaster Management in Southern Thailand
Chanchai Thanawood, Chao Yongchalermchai and Omthip Densrisereekul


The December 26, 2004 Sumatra Earthquake: Tsunami and Earthquake Effects in Northwestern Sumatra Island
G. M. Besana, M. Ando, F. Kimata and M. Umitsu


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


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


USGS EROS 2004 Tsunami Hazards Data Distrubution System
Brenda Jones and Ron Risty


NOAA's Historical Tsunami Database
Paula K. Dunbar, Lori Dengler and Kelly J. Stoker


The Upgrade and Expansion of the National Ocean Services' National Water Level Obsrvation Network as a Multi-Hazard Platform
Scott A. Duncan


Stripped Pahoehoe Lava-Flow Surfaces as Tsunami Deposit, Hawaii
Floyd W. McCoy and Belinda Heil


SAGE Calculations of the Tsunami Threat from La Palma
Galen Gisler, Robert Weaver and Michael L. Gittings


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


The 1700 Cascadia Tsunami and Associated Historical Benchmarks in Hawaii and Oregon
Richard W. Rogers


Natural Disasters: Need for an Academic Curriculum
Kamlesh Gupta


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
Alan Ruffman


Potential Overlooked Analogues to the Indian Ocean Tsunami in the Western and Southwestern Pacific
Daniel A. Walker


Building a Disaster Risk Reduction Consortium at the University of Hawaii
John Robert Egan


Feasibility of Constructing a Paleo-Tsunami Record for the Island of Maui, Hawaii
Barbara Keating, Glenn Sheperd and Charles E. Helsley


Tsunami Warning in the Near Field: The Approach in Hawaii
Gerard J. Fryer and Barry Hirshorn


Tide-Tsunami Interactions
Zygmunt Kowalik, Tatiana Proshutinsky and Andrey Proshutinsky


Wave Dispersion Study in the Indian Ocean Tsunami, December 26, 2004
Juan J. Horrillo, Zygmunt Kowalik, Yoshinori Shigihara


Paleotsunamis Come of Age?
James Goff and Roy A. Walters


Confirmation and Calibration of Computer Models of the 1883 Tsunami Produced by Augustine Volcano, Alaska
James E. Beget


Upgrade of Tide Gauges for Tsunami Warnings
Bernard J. Kilonsky and Mark Merrifield


Probabilistic Tsunami Risk Management Framework, Safety Policy and Applications
Robert T. Sewell


Monitoring Earthquakes and Tsunamis using the International Monitoring System
Vindell Hsu


What is the Probability Function for Large Tsunami Waves?
Harold G. Loomis


Momentum as a Useful Tsunami Descriptor
Harold G. Loomis


Well Balanced Finite Volume Model for Long Wave Runup
Yong Wei and Kwok Fai Cheung


A Coupled Teleseismic Ocean General Circulation Model for Global Tsunami Tsunami Warning
Y. Tony Song


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



Building Sustainable Recovery and Development Initiatives: A Critical Overview of indian and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
Havidan Rodriguez, Abbiah Subramanian, Tricia Wachtendorf, James Kendra and Joseph Trainor



2006 Status of Tsunami Science Research Activities and Future Directions of Research
Barbara H. Keating



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