Other Tsunami Materials

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Clearinghouse Sites

Tsunami! (more info) : This site is done by the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Washington. It provides a wide array of information about tsunamis. Areas addressed include:

• The Physics of Tsunamis
• Tsunami Warning Systems
• Tsunami Hazard Mitigation

SpiNet (more info) : This site contains seismograms from school-based stations, articles and contributions from teachers who operate seismic stations in the classrooms, as well as links and other information.

Audio/Visual

Tsunami Computer Movies (more info) : This is a collection of tsunami animations by Dr. Charles L. Mader performed using the SWAN code described in the monograph "Numerical Modeling of Water Waves," published in 1988 by University of California Press. There are a sizeable number of movies available on this page ranging from models of the 1755 Lisbon Tsunami to the 1960 Chile Tsunami and its effects throughout the Pacific Ocean region. The animations have to be downloaded as a zip file and unpacked before they can be viewed.

Tsunami and Earthquake Simulation (more info) : Three Shockwave animations demonstrating how earthquakes, waves, and tsunamis are generated.

Outreach Activities

Surviving A Tsunami - Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan (more info) : This US Geological Survey circular was compiled in 1999. There are many still photos from the 1960 tsunami that hit Chile, Hawaii, and Japan. The object of the circular is to disseminate lessons learned for surviving an earthquake and tsunami. There is also a PDF of the report (15.7 Mb).

International Tsunami Information Center (more info) : This intergovernmental organization maintains and develops relationships with scientific research and academic organizations, civil defense agencies, and the general public in order to mitigate the hazards associated with tsunamis for all Pacific Ocean nations. They also maintain the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (more info) .

Reliefweb (more info) : This site provides disaster information to and about charities working around the world. They provide a large amount of data on deaths, injuries, damage, etc. all correlated on maps of affected areas.

Research and Data

Dr. Steven Ward, University of California - Santa Cruz (more info) : Dr. Ward has an extensive site of information on tsunamis. There are simulations and papers. Some highlights include:

• Ward and Day, 2001, Cumbre Vieja Volcano - Potential collapse and tsunami at La Palma, Canary Islands, Geophysical Review Letters, v 26, p 3141-3144.
• Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology: Tsunamis
• Tsunami Simulation Movies for different kinds of generation: impact, landslide, earthquake and volcano.

International Tsunami Symposium (more info) : This site contains papers and abstracts from the International Tsunami Symposium 2001 and the U.S. National Tsunami Mitigation Program Review, held in Seattle, Washington, on 7-10 August 2001.

PMEL Tsunami Research Program (more info) : Ths program seeks to mitigate tsunami hazards to Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Research and development activities focus on an integrated approach to improving tsunami warning and mitigation.

National Earthquake Information Center (more info) : The mission NEIC is to rapidly determine location and size of all destructive earthquakes worldwide and to immediately disseminate this information to concerned national and international agencies, scientists, and the general public.

Tsunami Research Center (more info) at USC: This group is involved with all aspects of tsunami research; field surveys, numerical and analytical modeling, as well as hazard mitigation and planning.

Clearinghouse Sites | Audio/Visual | Class Pages and Educational Materials | Outreach Activities | Research and Data