Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016

Session information

Oral

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

[H-DS19] Tsunami and Tsunami Forecast

Wed. May 25, 2016 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM 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:Satoshi Nakada(Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University), Takashi Yanuma(PASCO Corporation)

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.