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Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 10, 1085-1100, 2010
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A new multi-sensor approach to simulation assisted tsunami early warning

J. Behrens1,*, A. Androsov1, A. Y. Babeyko2, S. Harig1, F. Klaschka1, and L. Mentrup1,**
1Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
2GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
*now at: University of Hamburg, KlimaCampus, Hamburg, Germany
**now at: GCN Consulting GmbH, Bregenz, Austria

Abstract. A new tsunami forecasting method for near-field tsunami warning is presented. This method is applied in the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System, as part of the Indonesian Tsunami Warning Center in Jakarta, Indonesia. The method employs a rigorous approach to minimize uncertainty in the assessment of tsunami hazard in the near-field. Multiple independent sensors are evaluated simultaneously in order to achieve an accurate estimation of coastal arrival times and wave heights within very short time after a submarine earthquake event. The method is validated employing a synthetic (simulated) tsunami event, and in hindcasting the minor tsunami following the Padang 30 September 2009 earthquake.

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Citation: Behrens, J., Androsov, A., Babeyko, A. Y., Harig, S., Klaschka, F., and Mentrup, L.: A new multi-sensor approach to simulation assisted tsunami early warning, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 10, 1085-1100, doi:10.5194/nhess-10-1085-2010, 2010.   Bibtex   EndNote   Reference Manager    XML
 

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