Oral
Symbol H (Human Geosciences)
» H-DS Disaster geosciences
[H-DS19] Tsunami and Tsunami Forecast
Wed. May 25, 2016 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
201A (2F)
Convener:*Yuichi Namegaya(Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology, Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Kentaro Imai(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Chair:Hiroaki Tsushima(Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency), Takuto Maeda(Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo)
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.