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TASK
V. Develop a Caribbean Historical Tsunami Data Base.
Figure 7
A comprehensive earthquake
and tsunami database, Historical Tsunami Database for the Atlantic (see
Figure 7), has been developed containing the written history of earthquakes
and tsunamis that have occurred in the Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean
Sea. The database includes all of the earthquake information available,
while the tsunami information is based on the comprehensive compilation
by Lander et al. (2002).
This database contains a
PC-based Graphical User Interface for ease of visualization. The whole
package is contained on CD, but it can also be run on-line at http://omzg.sscc.ru/tsulab/.
Figure 8 shows a plot of the tsunami runup data available for the whole
Atlantic Ocean in the package. A bar is shown at each location where runups
have been measured and the bar height is proportional to the runup elevation.
The same information can also be listed as a table for printing. Figure
9 shows a plot of the location where earthquake information is available.
Figure 8
Figure 9
References
Lander, J. F., L. S. Whiteside
and P. A. Lockridge, 2002. A brief history of tsunamis in
the Caribbean. Science of
Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 20, No. 2:57-94.
Personnel Involved:
Dr.
Vachieslav Gusiakov - Siberian Division Russian Academy of Sciences
- Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics -
Tsunami Laboratory
Prof.
Aurelio Mercado – Department of Marine Sciences – RUM/UPR
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