NH11C:
Advances in Tsunami Hazard Mitigation and Response I

Session ID#: 2643

Monday, 15 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Salon 7 (Marriott Marquis)
Chairs:  Paul Whitmore, NOAA Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States and Kevin Miller, California Emergency Management Agency, Pasadena, CA, United States
Primary Convener:  Paul Whitmore, Alaska Tsunami Warning Ctr, Palmer, AK, United States
Co-conveners:  Rick I Wilson, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA, United States, Kevin Miller, California Office of Emergency Services, Governor's Office, San Francisco, CA, United States and Aimee M Devaris, NOAA Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Paul Whitmore, NOAA Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • S - Seismology
Index Terms:

4304 Oceanic [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4339 Disaster mitigation [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4342 Emergency management [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4564 Tsunamis and storm surges [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
Virtual Option?: Yes

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

NH11C-01
Public Policy Issues Associated with Tsunami Hazard Mitigation, Response and Recovery: Transferable Lessons from Recent Global Disasters (26561)
Laurie Johnson, Self Employed, Washington, DC, United States
NH11C-02
Analysis of Tsunami Evacuation Issues Using Agent Based Modeling. A Case Study of the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami in Yuriage, Natori. (21955)
Erick Mas1, Hiroki Takagi1, Bruno Adriano2, Satomi Hayashi1 and Shunichi Koshimura2, (1)Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (2)Tohoku University, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Sendai, Japan
NH11C-03
Assessment of Nearshore Hazard due to Tsunami-Induced Currents (Invited) (6104)
Patrick J Lynett1, Aykut Ayca1, Jose C Borrero2, Martin Eskijian3, Kevin Miller4 and Rick I Wilson5, (1)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)eCoast Ltd., Raglan, New Zealand, (3)California State Lands Commission, Long Beach, CA, United States, (4)California Office of Emergency Services, Governor's Office, San Francisco, CA, United States, (5)California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA, United States
NH11C-04
The FASTER Approach: A New Tool for Calculating Real-Time Tsunami Flood Hazards (27125)
Rick I Wilson1, Austin Cross2, Logan Johnson2, Kevin Miller3, Troy Nicolini4 and Paul Whitmore5, (1)California Geological Survey Sacramento, Department of Conservation, Sacramento, CA, United States, (2)NOAA National Weather Service - Weather Forecast Office - Monterey, Monterey, CA, United States, (3)California Office of Emergency Services, Governor's Office, San Francisco, CA, United States, (4)NOAA - NWS Eureka Forecast Office, Eureka, CA, United States, (5)NOAA Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States
NH11C-05
THE PUERTO RICO COMPONENT OF THE NATIONAL TSUNAMI HAZARD AND MITIGATION PROGRAM (PR-NTHMP) (23370)
Victor A Huerfano Moreno, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Seismic Network, Mayaguez, PR, United States, Carolina M. Hincapie -Cardenas, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR, United States and PR TsunamiReady team
NH11C-06
Earth Girl 2: Learning and Perfecting Tsunami Preparedness with a Casual Strategy Game (9137)
Isaac Kerlow1, Benoit Taisne2, Adam D Switzer3, Aron J Meltzner3, Judith Hubbard4, Kerry Sieh3 and Earth Girl 2 Team, (1)Earth Observatory of Singapore, Executive Creative Director, Singapore, Singapore, (2)Nanyang Technological University, Asian School of the Environment, Singapore, Singapore, (3)Nanyang Technological University, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, (4)Earth Observatory of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
NH11C-07
The First Real-Time Tsunami Animation (31162)
Nathan C Becker1, Dailin Wang2, Charles McCreery1, Stuart Weinstein1 and Bill Ward3, (1)NOAA/National Weather Service, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Honolulu, HI, United States, (2)NOAA/NWS/Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)NOAA/National Weather Service, Radar Operations Center, Norman, United States
NH11C-08
Evidence-Based Support for the Characteristics of Tsunami Warning Messages for Local, Regional and Distant Sources (31323)
Chris E. Gregg1,2, David Moore Johnston2,3, John Howard Sorensen4, Barbara Vogt Sorensen5 and Paul Whitmore6, (1)East Tennessee State University, Department of Geosciences, Johnson City, TN, United States, (2)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Geology and Geophysics, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Wellington, New Zealand, (4)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Retired, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (5)Hazards, Inc, Knoxville, TN, United States, (6)NOAA National Tsunami Warning Center, Palmer, AK, United States
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