Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014

Session information

Oral

Symbol H (Human Geosciences) » H-DS Disaster geosciences

[H-DS27_1PM1] Tsunami and its Forecast

Thu. May 1, 2014 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM 418 (4F)

Convener:*Yutaka Hayashi(Meteorological Research Institute), Erick Mas(International Research Institute of Disaster Science), Toshitaka Baba(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Chair:Yutaka Hayashi(Meteorological Research Institute)

This session discusses issues related to improving real-time and long-term prediction accuracy of tsunami, which include such as a better understanding of tsunami dynamics, new real-time tsunami observing systems deployed in the open ocean and coastal waters, methodologies of more rapid and accurate prediction during tsunami emergencies, more extensive and accurate inundation maps, and long-term tsunami potential forecast.