THE
TSUNAMI SOCIETY AWARD
IN RECOGNITION
OF OUTSTANDING AND ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SCIENCE OF TSUNAMI
HAZARDS
The following are the
scientists who have received the Tsunami Society Award in recent
years.
AWARDED MAY
2006
Dr. Zygmunt Kowalik
Dr. Zygmunt Kowalik has been the world leader in numerical modeling
of tsunami waves for three decades. His books, papers and codes
are used around the world. He has been a leader in the development
of the WCATWC tsunami hazard prediction methodology. His techniques
are the ones being used to make predictions of the Gulf and Atlantic
Coast Tsunami threats.
Dr. Eddie Bernard
Dr. Eddie Bernard was the first scientist to numerically model
a Tsunami wave interacting with the Hawaiian island chain. He
was the director of PTWC in 1977-1980 where he initiated a major
upgrade of the tsunami warning system. He has been director of
PMEL since 1982 where he has supported tsunami research and was
the leader of the development of the DART tsunami gauge which
have been so successful that they are scheduled to be installed
in all the oceans of the world.
Mrs. Karen O'Loughlin
Mrs. Karen O'Loughlin compiled the tsunami data book on the Caribbean
tsunamis and the tsunami data bases for the four Oceans along
with Jim Lander, who received the Tsunami award in 1999. The
data bases are essential to the science of tsunami hazards.
Dr. Barbara Keating
Dr. Barbara Keating has been a world leader in the study of gas
hydrates as a possible trigger for underwater landslides and
tsunamis. She went to the Maldives after the Indian ocean Tsunami
and performed a survey of the tsunami damage. For the first time
a tsunami survey included a survey of the human terror and personal
loss and displacement of the victims rather than just the wave
heights and inundation limits.
AWARDED MAY
2002
Mr. Thomas J. Sokolowski
Mr. Thomas J. Sokolowski has contributed to the tsunami warning
science at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and the West Coast
and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center where he has been the director
for many years. He is a leader in the development and evaluation
of techniques for real-time prediction of tsunami amplitudes
outside the tsunami generating area and in the computed aided
tsunami hazard evaluation.
Dr. George Pararas-Carayannis
Dr. George Pararas-Carayannis was a co-founder and officer (Vice-President,
Secretary, Treasurer) of the Tsunami Society. He served as the
Tsunami Advisor for the State of Hawaii Civil Defense for over
20 years. While he was the Director of the International Tsunami
Information Center he achieved outstanding success in promoting
international cooperation in tsunami warning and disaster mitigation.
Recently he has built an award winning Tsunami web site and published
a book describing the tsunami threat to California entitled "The
Big One - The next Great California Earthquake."
AWARDED MAY
1999
Dr. Doak C. Cox
Dr. Doak C. Cox created Hawaii's first tsunami evacuation map
and dedicated himself to collecting historical data on the effects
of Hawaii tsunamis. His work provides the data base for evaluating
tsunami hazards and testing tsunami models.
Mr. George D. Curtis
Mr. George D. Curtis is the Tsunami Advisor to the Island of
Hawaii Civil Defense Agency and spent a decade developing the
present Hawaii tsunami evacuation maps.
Dr. Augustine Furumoto
Dr. Augustine Furumoto was the Hawaii State Tsunami Advisor for
many years. He developed a method for evaluating the tsunami
risk to Hawaii based on an earthquake's source.
Dr. Daniel A. Walker
Dr. Daniel A. Walker is the Oahu Civil Defense Tsunami Advisor.
He has spent his own money to develop tsunami hazard literature
and has taught thousands of children how to save their lives
in the event of a tsunami. He also developed and placed tsunami
inundation measurement devices across the state at his own expense.
Mr. James F. Lander
Mr. James F. Lander is retired from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration where he continues to collect and
publish tsunami data and to alert areas of the world, such as
the Caribbean, to the tsunami hazards they face.
THE
TSUNAMI SOCIETY AWARD
