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PMEL Tsunami Forecast Series: Vol. 3 A Tsunami Forecast Model for San Francisco, California
Burak Uslu Diego Arcas Vasily V. Titov Angie J. Venturato
San Francisco
San Francisco
NOAA Center for Tsunami Research (NCTR) Paci c Marine Environmental Laboratory Front cover image: Overview of NOAA tsunami forecast system. Top frame illustrates components of the tsunami forecast using the 15 November 2006 Kuril Islands tsunami as an example: DART systems (black triangles), pre- computed tsunami source function database (unfilled black rectangles) and high-resolution forecast models in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans (red squares). Colors show computed maximum tsunami amplitudes of the off- shore forecast. Black contour lines indicate tsunami travel times in hours. Lower panels show the forecast process sequence left to right: tsunami de- tection with the DART system (third generation DART ETD is shown); model propagation forecast based on DART observations; coastal forecast with high- resolution tsunami inundation model.
PDF versions of the PMEL Tsunami Forecast Series reports are available at http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/forecast_reports NOAA OAR Special Report
PMEL Tsunami Forecast Series: Vol. 3 A Tsunami Forecast Model for San Francisco, California
Burak Uslu1,2,DiegoArcas1,2,VasilyV.Titov2,andAngieJ.Venturato1,2
1Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO), University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), Seattle, WA
March 2010
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