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- Title
- Tsunami Inundation Model Study of Eureka and Crescent City, California.
- File
- PB95198388.pdf
- Author(s)
- Bernard, E.; Mader, C.; Curtis, G.; Satake, K.
- Source
- November 1994, 82 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- NOAA-TM-ERL-PMEL-103
- Abstract
- The propagation of a tsunami from its source to a coastal area and the resultant flooding can be mathematically depicted with reasonable accuracy by sets of coupled, partial-differential equations. Analytical solutions of these equations are usually unattainable except in certain simplified cases. However, solutions can be closely approximated, even in very difficult cases, by means of a number of techniques well suited to use by computers. These solution schemes, referred to as numerical models, can provide great insight into the nature of the process under study. Two such numerical models, one a regional propagation model and the other an inundation model, have been applied to the problem of examining the impact that a large, locally generated tsunami could have on California.
- Keywords
- West Coast Region (United States); Marine geology; Regional analysis; Coasts; Tsunami; Emergency planning; California; Mathematical models; Flooding; Water waves; Hazards; Crescent City (California); Eureka (California); Tsunami inundation model; Earthquakes