The Tsunami Disaster of 01 April 2007 in the Vicinity of Solomon Sea
Shunichi KOSHIMURA, Disaster Control Research Center, Tohoku University
Mail : koshimura
Useful Information
General
- CNN
- Reuters
Emergency Response
- ReliefWeb
- OCHA Situation Reports 2007
Seismology
- USGS
- Tsukuba University
Remote Sensing and GIS Based Information
- Disaster Charter
- UNOSAT
- JAXA (in Japanese)
Tsunami Observation
- WCATWC web site
Tsunami Modeling
- Dr. Vasily Titov, NOAA/PMEL - UW/JISAO
- Dr. Yuichiro Tanioka, Hokkaido University (in Japanese)
- International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE)
Maps
- University of Texas Libraries
Numerical Modeling of the Tsunami of 01 April 2007 in the Vicinity of Solomon Sea
DCRC, Tohoku University
Tsunami Model Description
- Geverning Equation : Non-linear Shallow Water Equations
- Numerical Scheme : Leap-frog Finite Difference Method (TUNAMI-CODE of Tohoku University)
- Spatial Grid Size : 1 min.
- Bathymetry Data : GEBCO
- Population Data : Landscan2003
Tsunami Source Model
Case 1
- Mo = 2.3 x 10**21 Nm
- Fault Length / Width : 180 km / 60 km
- Source Mechanism (Strike, Dip, Slip) = (300, 14, 82) Reference :Yagi(2007)
- Dislocation : 7.1 m
Seismic Deformation Model Result
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Case 1
Tsunami Model Movie(QuickTime Required)
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Case 1
Modeled Tsunami Height and Exposed Population
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Case 1
