NH13A:
Advances in Tsunami Hazard Mitigation and Response III Posters

Monday, 15 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Chairs:  Paul Whitmore, NOAA Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States and Rick I Wilson, California Geological Survey Sacramento, Department of Conservation, Sacramento, 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, Sacramento, 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:

 
Empirical Fragility Analysis of Buildings and Boats Damaged By the 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami and Their Practical Application
Anawat Suppasri1, Ingrid Charvet2,3, Natt Leelawat4, Yo Fukutani1,5, Abdul Muhari1, Tsuyoshi Futami6 and Fumihiko Imamura1, (1)International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (2)Earthquake and People Interaction Centre, University College London, London, United Kingdom, (3)Risk Management Solutions, London, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, (5)Tokio Marine & Nichido Risk Consulting Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, (6)Willis Re Japan K.K., Tokyo, Japan
 
Tsunami Simulator Integrating the Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics Method and the Nonlinear Shallow Water Wave Model with High Performance Computer
Tamon Suwa1, Fumihiko Imamura2, Daisuke Sugawara2, Keita Ogasawara1, Masahiro Watanabe1 and Takao Hirahara1, (1)FUJITSU Limited, Kawasaki, Japan, (2)Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
 
Real-time Tsunami Inundation Prediction Using High Performance Computers
Yusuke Oishi1, Fumihiko Imamura2 and Daisuke Sugawara2, (1)Fujitsu Laboratories LTD., Kawasaki, Japan, (2)Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
 
Development of Parallel Code for the Alaska Tsunami Forecast Model
Bohyun Bahng1, William R Knight1 and Paul Whitmore2, (1)NOAA / NWS / National Tsunami Warning Center, Palmer, AK, United States, (2)NOAA Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States
 
Numerical Modeling of Six Historical Transoceanic Tsunami Events Using a Robust Finite Volume Method on GPUs
Rozita Jalali Farahani1, Shuangcai Li1, Fahad Mohammed2, Sarah Astill3, Chesley R Williams2, Renee Lee2, Paul S Wilson3 and B Srinvias3, (1)Risk Management Solutions, Inc., Model Development, Newark, CA, United States, (2)Risk Management Solutions, Inc., Newark, CA, United States, (3)Risk Management Solutions, London, United Kingdom
 
Inundation Mapping and Hazard Assessment of Tectonic and Landslide Tsunamis in Southeast Alaska
Elena Suleimani1, Dmitry Nicolsky1 and Rich D Koehler III2, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)State of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, United States
 
Unrevealing the History of Earthquakes and Tsunamis of the Mexican Subduction Zone
M. Teresa Ramirez-Herrera1, Maria del Rocio Castillo-Aja2, Selene Cruz2, Néstor Corona3, Violeta Rangel Velarde4 and Marcelo Lagos5, (1)Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geografía, D.F., Mexico, (2)Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Posgrado en Geografía, Mexico City, Mexico, (3)El Colegio de Michoacán,, Centro de Estudios en Geografía Humana,, La Piedad, Michoacán, Mexico, (4)UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO, Posgrado en Geografía, Morelia, MEXICO, Mexico, (5)Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
 
A rapid estimation of tsunami run-up based on finite fault models
Jaime Campos1, Mauricio Antonio Fuentes2, Gavin P Hayes3, Sergio E Barrientos1 and Sebastian Riquelme1, (1)University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, (2)Departamento de Geofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, United States
 
Statistical Emulation, Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification of Tsunami Models: the Example of Tsunamis Generated by Earthquakes at the Cascadia Subduction Zone
Andria Sarri1, Serge Guillas1, Simon John Day1 and Frederic Dias2, (1)University College London, London, United Kingdom, (2)University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
 
No-source tsunami forecasting for Alaska communities
Dmitry Nicolsky1, Elena Tolkova2 and Elena Suleimani1, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)NorthWest Research Associates Redmond, Redmond, WA, United States
 
Development of real-time mobile-buoy observation system for tsunami and crustal movement
Narumi Takahashi1, Yasuhisa Ishihara1, Tatsuya Fukuda1, Jun'ichiro Tahara1, Hiroshi Ochi1, Takami Mori1, Mitsuyasu Deguchi1, Motoyuki Kido2, Yusaku Ohta3, Ryota Hino2, Katsuhiko Mutoh4, Gosei Hashimoto4, Osamu Motohashi4 and Yoshiyuki Kaneda5, (1)JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan, (2)Tohoku University, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Sendai, Japan, (3)Tohoku University, Graduate School of Science, Sendai, Japan, (4)Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency - JAXA, Tsukuba, Japan, (5)Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
 
Pedestrian Evacuation Analysis for Tsunami Hazards
Jeanne M Jones1, Peter Ng1 and Nathan J Wood2, (1)USGS, Western Geographic Science Center, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Portland, OR, United States
 
ASTARTE: Assessment Strategy and Risk Reduction for Tsunamis in Europe
Maria Ana Baptista, Instituto Port Mar e Atmosfera, Lisbon, Portugal, Ahmet C Yalciner, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey and Miquel Canals, Universitat de Barcelona, GRC Geociencies Marines, Barcelona, Spain
 
Measuring Possible Tsunami Currents from the April 1, 2014 Mw 8.2 Chile Earthquake in Crescent City, California
Amanda R Admire1, Gregory B Crawford2 and Lorinda A Dengler1, (1)Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, United States, (2)University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada
 
REASSESSMENT OF TSUNAMI HAZARD IN THE CITY OF IQUIQUE, CHILE, AFTER THE PISAGUA EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 2014 In the present contribution, we will reassess the tsunami hazard for the North of Chile taking into account the occurrence of the recent events, focusing on the potential tsunami impact that a worse case scenario could produce in the city of Iquique.
Rodrigo Cienfuegos1,2, Leandro Suarez1,2, Rafael Aránguiz1,3, Gabriel Gonzalez4, Juan F. González-Carrasco1,5, Patricio Andres Catalan1,6, juan Carlos Dominguez1 and Takashi Tomita7, (1)CIGIDEN, Santiago, Chile, (2)Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, (3)Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Department of Civil Engineering, Concepción, Chile, (4)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (5)Universidad Católica del Norte, Department of Geological Sciences, Antofagasta, Chile, (6)Federico Santa María Technical University, Departamento de Obras Civiles, Valparaiso, Chile, (7)Port and Airport Research Institute, Kanagawa, Japan
 
Tsunami Wave Estimation Using GPS-TEC Back Projection
Takeo Ito, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
 
Significant Tsunami Events
Paula Kay Dunbar1, Maria Furtney2, Susan J McLean1 and Aaron DePaul Sweeney2, (1)NOAA EGC3 MGG, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Quantifying 10 years of Improvements in Earthquake and Tsunami Monitoring in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions
Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade, National Weather Service NOAA, Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program, Mayaguez, PR, United States, Victor A Huerfano Moreno, Puerto Rico Seismic Network, Dept. Geology - UPRM, Mayaguez, PR, United States, Daniel E McNamara, USGS National Earthquake Information Center Golden, Golden, CO, United States and Jean Marie Saurel, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Observatoire Volcanologique et Sismologique de Martinique, Paris, France
 
Assessment of the Initial Response from Tsunami Monitoring Services Provided to the Northeastern Caribbean
Lillian Soto-Cordero, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United States and Anne Meltzer, Lehigh University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bethlehem, PA, United States
 
Tsunami Preparedness: Building On Past Efforts to Reach More People… California and Beyond!
Kevin Miller1, Jeri Siegel2, Cynthia L Pridmore3, Mark L Benthien4, Rick I Wilson3, Kate Long5 and Stephanie Ross6, (1)California Office of Emergency Services, Governor's Office, San Francisco, CA, United States, (2)California Office of Emergency Services, Governor's Office, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States, (3)California Geological Survey Sacramento, Department of Conservation, Sacramento, CA, United States, (4)Southern California Earthquake Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (5)California Office of Emergency Services, Governor's Office, Pasadena, CA, United States, (6)USGS, Menlo Park, CA, United States
 
Annual Live Code Tsunami Warning System tests improve EAS services in Alaska
Cindi C Preller1, Sam Albanese2, Michael Grueber3, Jeffrey M Osiensky1 and Joel Caldwell Curtis4, (1)National Weather Service Alaska Region ESSD, Anchorage, AK, United States, (2)National Weather Service WFO Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States, (3)National Weather Service Alaska Region SIB, Anchorage, AK, United States, (4)National Weather Service WFO Juneau, Juneau, AK, United States
 
Smart Oceans BC: Supporting Coastal and Ocean Natural Hazards Mitigation for British Columbia
Kate Moran1,2, Tania Lado Insua2, Benoit Pirenne2, Maia Hoeberechts1,2 and Scott McLean2, (1)University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, (2)Ocean Networks Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada
 
Recent advancements towards the re-establishment of optical telecommunications sites in response to catastrophic tsunami events
Ruben Soares Luis, Masaki Shiraiwa, Sugang Xu, Yoshinari Awaji and Naoya Wada, NICT National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
 
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