NH11C:
Advances in Tsunami Hazard Mitigation and Response I

Monday, 15 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Paul Whitmore, NOAA Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States and Kevin Miller, California Emergency Management Agency, Pasadena, CA, United States
Primary Conveners:  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 Liaisons:  Paul Whitmore, NOAA Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
NH11C-01
 
Public Policy Issues Associated with Tsunami Hazard Mitigation, Response and Recovery: Transferable Lessons from Recent Global Disasters
Laurie Johnson, Self Employed, Washington, DC, United States
8:15 AM
NH11C-02
 
Analysis of Tsunami Evacuation Issues Using Agent Based Modeling. A Case Study of the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami in Yuriage, Natori.
Erick Mas, Hiroki Takagi, Bruno Adriano, Satomi Hayashi and Shunichi Koshimura, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
8:30 AM
NH11C-03
 
Assessment of Nearshore Hazard due to Tsunami-Induced Currents
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
8:45 AM
NH11C-04
 
The FASTER Approach: A New Tool for Calculating Real-Time Tsunami Flood Hazards
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
9:00 AM
NH11C-05
 
THE PUERTO RICO COMPONENT OF THE NATIONAL TSUNAMI HAZARD AND MITIGATION PROGRAM (PR-NTHMP)
Victor A Huerfano Moreno and Carolina M. Hincapie -Cardenas, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR, United States
9:15 AM
NH11C-06
 
Earth Girl 2: Learning and Perfecting Tsunami Preparedness with a Casual Strategy Game
Isaac Kerlow, Benoit Taisne, Adam Switzer, Aron J Meltzner, Judith Hubbard and Kerry Sieh, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
9:30 AM
NH11C-07
 
The First Real-Time Tsunami Animation
Nathan C Becker1, Dailin Wang1, Charles McCreery1, Stuart Weinstein1 and Bill Ward2, (1)NOAA/National Weather Service, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Honolulu, HI, United States, (2)NOAA/National Weather Service, Pacific Region Headquarters, Honolulu, HI, United States
9:45 AM
NH11C-08
 
Evidence-Based Support for the Characteristics of Tsunami Warning Messages for Local, Regional and Distant Sources
Chris E. Gregg1,2, David Moore Johnston2,3, John Howard Sorensen4, Barbara Vogt Sorensen4 and Paul Whitmore5, (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)Hazards, Inc, Knoxville, TN, United States, (5)NOAA National Tsunami Warning Center, Palmer, AK, United States
 
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