A Program to Acquire Deep Ocean Tsunami Measurements in the North Pacific
Deep ocean tsunami measurements are needed to provide open ocean boundary conditions for testing numerical models in hindcast studies, and for improving our understanding of tsunami generation...
A Practical Method for Long Wave Propagation
The Propagation of the Leading Wave
Tsunami Hazards in Coastal Zones
Node Factor Variations and Joint Occurences
In constructing exceedance frequency distributions for extremal heights resulting from joint occurrences of tsunamis or storm surges and the astronomical tide, a period of time for the...
Spectral Wave Set-up and Run-up
Joint Occurrences in Coastal Flooding
Extreme levels of coastal flooding arising from the joint occurrence of a rare event such as a hurricane or a tsunami with the astronomical tide have a stochastic nature resulting from...
A Look at Coastal Engineering Study in Japan
A review is made of 112 papers presented at the National Conference on Coastal Engineering in Japan, 1976, which was the 23rd one annually held since 1954. Papers of interest are briefly...
Tsunamis and the San Francisco Bay Area
Tsunami Runup Predictions for the West Coast
Marine Geodesy — Precise Ocean Surveys
Various current and future problem areas of the ocean related to precise positioning are identified and described. These problem areas are highly diversified and include mapping the ocean...
Conditional Expected Tsunami Inundation for Hawaii
Values were reported for a priori estimates of expected tsunami inundation — conditioned by values for epicenter location and tsunami magnitude. Those values of conditional expected tsunami...
Tsunami-Responses of San Pedro Bay and Shelf, CA
The lowest modes of free oscillation of the continental shelf off San Pedro Bay, CA, are determined analytically from geometric models which approximate the shelf as the sector of a cone...
Tsunami-Responses of San Pedro Bay and Shelf, CA
Tsunami Refraction Diagrams by Digital Computer
Important wave parameters to be considered for tsunami model studies are wave height, period, and orientation. The first two of these parameters can be determined by marigraphic measurements...
Numerical Model for Tsunami Run-Up
The generation of tsunamis by earthquakes and their consequent run-up on sloping beaches poses engineering problems of site location and design criteria. A formulation is made of the hydrodynamic...
Laboratory Study for Design of Tsunami Barrier
Two-dimensional laboratory tests were conducted on rubble-mound barrier trunk sections to obtain design criteria for rehabilitation of the existing barrier and construction of a new one...
Structural Damage from Tsunami at Hilo, Hawaii
A team of engineers and scientists visited Hilo on the Island of Hawaii after the tsunami of 1960 to survey the damage. The principal items studied were the general wave characteristics...
Tide Gage Frequency Response
Theoretical calculations of the frequency response of a tide gage stilling well are made, and compared with recorded tsunami heights and periods. While the frequency response only affects...
Tsunami Surge Forces
The existence of surges, or bores, has frequently been observed at certain locations in connection with tsunamis. On several occasions, these bores have been very destructive. The front...
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