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Solomon Islands Tsunami, February 6, 2013
Model and Data Comparison Plots

Solomon Islands Event Page | Local Impacts | Model and Data Comparison Plots

Model and DART® buoy data / tide gauge data comparison

Comparison of the February 6, 2013 Solomon Islands tsunami recorded at sea-level gauges with model forecasts.

• Tide Gauges
  • Adak, AK
  • Apra Harbor, Guam
  • Atka, AK
  • Crescent City, CA
  • Honolulu, HI
  • Kahului, HI
  • Kawaihae, HI
  • King Cove, AK
  • Kodiak Island, AK
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Sand Island, Midway
  • Monterey, CA
  • Nawiliwili, HI
  • Neah Bay, WA
  • Newport, OR
  • Nikolski, AK
  • Pago Pago, American Samoa
  • Port Alexander, AK
  • Port Angeles, WA
  • Point Reyes, CA
  • Port San Luis, CA
  • San Diego, CA
  • Sand Point, AK
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Seward, AK
  • Sitka, AK
  • Santa Monica, CA
  • Toke Point, WA
  • Wake Island
  • Yakutat, AK

Disclaimer: The forecasts on these pages show the results of ongoing research to enhance tsunami science and to improve NOAA operational tsunami forecasts. These products were developed during or shortly after the tsunami event, are intended for research use, and are not an official forecast. They should not be used as the basis of any public or private policy decisions. Please contact NCTR to find if there are more detailed follow-on analysis results.

References:

Tang, L., V.V. Titov, E. Bernard, Y. Wei, C. Chamberlin, J.C. Newman, H. Mofjeld, D. Arcas, M. Eble, C. Moore, B. Uslu, C. Pells, M.C. Spillane, L.M. Wright, and E. Gica (2012): Direct energy estimation of the 2011 Japan tsunami using deep-ocean pressure measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 117, C08008, doi: 10.1029/2011JC007635.

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.

Wei, Y., E. Bernard, L. Tang, R. Weiss, V. Titov, C. Moore, M. Spillane, M. Hopkins, and U. Kânoğlu (2008): Real-time experimental forecast of the Peruvian tsunami of August 2007 for U.S. coastlines. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L04609, doi: 10.1029/2007GL032250. [PDF Version]

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