Tsunami Information: Some Links
 

General  | Data & Reports | Satellite Data | Photographs & Videos | Journals & Computer Models | Warning Systems

General Information

1.         http://www.prh.noaa.gov/itic/library/library.htm

International Tsunami Information Centre – Tsunami Library comprises of both current and historical materials to assist in the understanding of tsunamis. The FAQ section in this website lists whole range of simple tsunamis descriptions. 

2.         http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/tsunami.htm

Electronic brochure from National Weather Service for the purpose to increase awareness and knowledge of tsunamis.

3.         http://www.tsunami.org

Pacific Tsunami Museum consists of well documented information regarding the tsunami in Pacific. Glossary of tsunami terms in this website lists simple definition related to tsunami. 

4.         http://geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/general/physics/physics.html

The physics and mechanisms of tsunami generation and propagation explained by Department of Earth and Space Sciences of the University of Washington. 

5.         http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/2005/

Tsunami Research Centre of University of Southern California actively involved with all aspects of tsunami research including tsunami in the Indian Ocean. 

6.         http://temp.water.usgs.gov/tsunami/basics.html

Very simple and good visualisation of tsunami generation and propagation from United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) 

7.         http://www.science.org.au/nova/045/045key.htm

General tsunami information published by Australian Academy of Science.

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Data & Reports

1.       http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/sumatra20041226.html

NOOA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) compilation of web-link report, data and information on the Indonesia earthquake and tsunami. 

2.       http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/

USGS (United States Geological Survey’s) preliminary earthquake report of the 26/12/04 Indonesia earthquake and tsunami. 

3.       http://www-sci.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/osap/projects/tsunami/tsunamiasia_e.htm

Tsunamis and Tsunami Research website from OSAP (Ocean Science and Productivity) in Canada. The page focuses on the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean event. Tide gauge records from British Columbia, Atlantic Ocean and South Africa were shown for the Sumatra tsunami. Tsunami model and results were published on this website as well. 

4.       http://www-sci.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/osap/projects/tsunami/sumatraimages/Jason 1 detects the Dec 26 2004 tsunami.pdf (PDF Format).  

5.       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

Comprehensive report on 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake from Wikipedia 

6.       http://www.drs.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/sumatra/index-e.html

Japanese research group website on Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

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Satellite Data

1.         http://www.orbimage.com/news/featuredimage.html

Satellite images of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) and Madras (India) collected by ORBIMAGE’s OrbView-3 satellite shows inland flooding and major structural damage caused by the giant wave. 

2.         http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMPIB8873E_Protecting_0.html

Satellite images of Asian disaster captured by ESA (European Space Agency) 

3.         http://www.disasterscharter.org/graphics/dis/CALLID_077/regional_map100dpi.jpg (Regional Map of Tsunami-Affected Areas)

http://www.disasterscharter.org/disasters/CALLID_079_e.html (Indonesia and Thailand)

http://www.disasterscharter.org/disasters/CALLID_078_e.html (Sri Lanka)

http://www.disasterscharter.org/disasters/CALLID_077_e.html (Maldives)

Satellite images collected by International Charter show the Indian Ocean tsunami wave destructions on various countries.

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Photographs & Videos

1.         ftp://ftp.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/sumatra/indo1.qt (Preliminary Prediction)

ftp://ftp.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/sumatra/indo2.mov (Prediction)

ftp://ftp.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/sumatra/indo2004.mov (Complete Prediction)

Tsunami propagation predictions by the NOOA. Very good visualisation (Quicktime Movies) of the 26/12/04 Indonesia earthquake and tsunami wave propagation in the Indian Ocean. 

2.         http://www.asiantsunamivideos.com/

A series of tsunami video clips collected by the webmaster. 

3.         http://www.waveofdestruction.org/videos/

Photos and digital videos from the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami 

4.         http://datawhat.blogspot.com/2004/12/waterworld_28.html

Asia’s Deadly Tsunami - Full coverage of digital media related to the Indian Ocean Tsunami. 

5.         http://jlgolson.blogspot.com/2004/12/tsunami-video.html 

6.         http://www.disasterscharter.org/disasters/CALLID_079_e.html

Post-disaster imagery, damage assessment maps, video sequences from International Charter.

7. Navy releases Tsunami images: The Royal Navy Produces images of the ocean floor  at  the epicentre of December's huge Asian quake.

      http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/4247409.stm

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Journals, Papers & Computer Models
 

1.         Technical explanation of the highly dispersive waves of the Indian Ocean tsunami by Evgueni Kulikov (Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences):

http://www-sci.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/osap/projects/tsunami/sumatraimages/EK10Jan2005lb.pdf (PDF Format) 

2.         The International Journal of the Tsunami Society (Published Electronically)

http://epubs.lanl.gov/tsunami/ (PDF Format) 

3.         Two Decades of Global Tsunamis (1982-2002), James F. Lander, Lowell S. Whiteside, and Patricia A. Lockridge

http://www-sci.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/osap/projects/tsunami/js/decades.pdf (PDF Format) 

4.         Descriptive model of the Papua New Guinea Tsunami (July 17, 1998)

http://temp.water.usgs.gov/tsunami/PNG.html

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Warning Systems
 

1.         Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) in Ewa Beach, Hawaii provides warnings for teletsunamis to most countries in the Pacific Basin as well as to Hawaii and other US interests in the Pacific outside of Alaska and the US West Coast.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/ 

2.         West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre (WCATWC) in Alaska detects, locates, sizes, and analyses earthquakes and tsunamis throughout the Pacific basin.

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/ 

3.         Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) monitors earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic activities around Japan and issues information on the monitoring results to appropriate emergency management officials.

http://www.jma.go.jp/JMA_HP/jma/jma-eng/activities/seismo.html 

4.         International Tsunami Information Centre (ITIC) maintains and develops relationships with scientific research and academic organisation, civil defence agencies, and the general public in order to carry out its mission to mitigate the hazards associated with tsunamis by improving tsunami preparedness for all Pacific Ocean nations.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/itic/ 

5.         Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Tsunami Warning Centre (YSTWC) in Russia provide tsunami warning service for any tsunami impacting Russia national interests

       http://www.science.sakhalin.ru/Tsunami/

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