Model and DART® buoy data / tide gage data comparison: composite plots by region
Comparison of the February 27, 2010 Chilean tsunami recorded at sea-level gages along U.S. coastlines with forecasts obtained from high-resolution forecast model runs. The forecast models were run in real time before the tsunami reached the locations shown. The model data for Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast show 9 minute early arrival (0.8-1% error accumulated during the propagation simulation). The plots show model data for those locations shifted 9 minutes later for the comparison purposes. (see References, below)
Forecast results comparison with sea level data composite plots (available individually from map above):
Disclaimer: These modeling results are based on a preliminary tsunami source definition and preliminary bathymetric and topographic data that is not fully verified and has known inaccuracies. Therefore the model results are subject to revision.
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References:
Tang, L., V. V. Titov, and C. D. Chamberlin (2009), Development, testing, and applications of site-specific tsunami inundation models for real-time forecasting, J. Geophys. Res., 114, C12025, doi:10.1029/2009JC005476. [PDF version]
Titov, V.V. (2009): Tsunami forecasting. Chapter 12 in The Sea, Volume 15: Tsunamis, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England, 371–400.
* Disclaimer: These modeling results are based on a preliminary tsunami source definition and preliminary bathymetric and topographic data that is not fully verified and has known inaccuracies. Therefore the model results are subject to revision.
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