THIRD TSUNAMI SYMPOSIUM
May 23-25, 2006
East-West Center, University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS
Tuesday Morning,
May 23, 2006
8:20
- Aloha Welcome - Dr. Gary Ostrander, UH Vice Chancellor for
Research
US GOVERNMENT
RESPONSE TO 12/26/2004 TSUNAMI
Dr. Charles Mader, Chairman
8:30
US
Response to the Sumatra Tsunami
Gerard Fryer Presents Eddie Bernard (PowerPoint )
8:50
US Military Response to the Sumatra Tsunami
Lt. Col. Kerry Nicholls, (POWERPOINT on CD at /TSPPT/UAB)
9:00
Strike-Slip
Tsunami Sources Bill Knight
9:15
Model
Predictions of Gulf and Atlantic Coast Tsunami Impacts from a
Distribution of Sources
Bill Knight (Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24,
No. 5, pages 304-312 (2006))
9:45
Access
to Historical DART/BRP Data at NOAA's National Geophysical Data
Center (NGDC)
Kelly J. Stroker and Paula K. Dunbar
10:00 - 10:30
- Refreshment Break
10:30
NOAA's
Historical Tsunami Database
Paula K. Dunbar, Lori Dengler and
Kelly J. Stoker
10:45
Tsunami
Warning in the Near Field: The Approach in Hawaii
Gerard J. Fryer
and Barry Hirshorn
11:15
Upgrade
of Tide Gauges for Tsunami Warnings
Bernard J. Kilonsky and Mark
Merrifield
11:45
Monitoring
Earthquakes and Tsunamis using the International Monitoring System
Vindell Hsu
12:00 - 1:00
LUNCH
Tuesday Afternoon,
May 23, 2006
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THE INDIAN
OCEAN TSUNAMI - I
Dr. Dale Dominey-Howes, Chairman
1:00
The
Impacts of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Within the Maldive Islands
Charles E. Helsley, Barbara Keating, Dale Dominey-Howes, Zaha
Weheed
(Science of Tsunami
Hazards, Vol. 23, No. 2, pages 18-70 (2005) POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM)
1:30
Role
of Trapped and Leaky Modes Around Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Tsunami of 26 December 2004
T. S. Murty, N. Nirupama, I. Nistor,
A. D. Rao
(Science of Tsunami
Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 3, pages 183-193 (2006) POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM)
2:00
Field
Survey of Tsunami Deposits, Erosion and Flow During the 26 December
2004 Tsunami in Indonesia
Bruce E. Jaffe, Jose C. Borrero, Gegar
S. Prasetya, Lori Dengler, Guy Gelfenbaum, Rahman Hidayat, Brentwood
Higman, Ettiene Kingsley, Lukiyanjto, Brian McAdoo, Andrew Moore,
Robert Morton, Robert Peters, Peter Ruggiero, Vasily Titov, Widjo
Kongko and Eko Yulianto
2:30
A
Coupled Teleseismic Ocean General Circulation Model for Global
Tsunami Warning
Y. Tony Song
2:45 - 3:00
- Refreshment Break
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TSUNAMI
RISK MANAGEMENT
Dr. Robert Sewell, Chairman
3:00
Probabilistic
Tsunami Risk Management Framework, Safety Policy and Applications
Robert T. Sewell
3:30
Implementation
of a Tsunami Plan: The Los Angeles County Fire Department and
Lessons Learned from the Sumatra Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina
Larry Collins and Angus Alexander
5:00
- Adjourn
Wednesday
Morning, May 24, 2006
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NUMERICAL MODELING OF TSUNAMIS
Dr. Zygmunt Kowalik, Chairman
8:30
Tide-Tsunami
Interactions
Zygmunt Kowalik, Tatiana Proshutinsky and Andrey
Proshutinsky (Science
of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 4, pages 242-256 (2006))
9:00
Wave
Dispersion Study in the Indian Ocean Tsunami, December 26, 2004
Juan J. Horrillo, Zygmunt Kowalik, Yoshinori Shigihara (Science of Tsunami Hazards,
Vol. 25, No. 1, pages 42-62 (2006))
9:30
Confirmation
and Calibration of Computer Models of the 1883 Tsunami Produced
by Augustine Volcano, Alaska
James E. Beget (Science of Tsunami Hazards,
Vol. 24, No. 4, pages 257-266 (2006))
9:45
Finite
Volume Methods and Adaptive Refinement for Global Propagation
and Local Inundation
David L. George and Randall J. LeVeque (Science of Tsunami Hazards,
Vol. 24, No. 5, pages 319-328 (2006))
10:00
- 10:30 - Refreshment Break
10:30
Numerical
Model for the Krakatoa Hydrovolcanic Explosion and Tsunami
Charles L. Mader and Michael L. Gittings
(Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 3, pages 174-182 (2006)
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM)
11:00
SAGE
Calculations of the Tsunami Threat from La Palma
Galen Gisler, Robert Weaver and Michael L. Gittings
(Science of Tsunami
Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 4, pages 288-301 (2006) POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM )
11:30
Modeling
Tsunami Generation, Propagation and Run-up in the New Zealand
Region
Roy A. Walters (Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 5, pages 339-357 (2006))
12:00 - 1:00
LUNCH
Wednesday
Afternoon, May 24, 2006
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TSUNAMI STUDIES
Dr. George Pararas-Carayannis - Chairman
1:00
The
Potential of Tsunami Generation Along the Makran Subduction Zone
in the Northern Arabian Sea - Case Study: The Earthquake of November
28, 1945
George Pararas-Carayannis (Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24,
No. 5, pages 358-384 (2006))
1:30
Well-Balanced
Finite Volume Model for Long-Wave Runup
Yong Wei and Kwok Fai
Cheung
2:00
Introduction
to a Tsunami Deposits Database
Barbara H. Keating, Charles E.
Helsley and Matt Wanink (POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM)
2:15
Tsunami
Propagation along Taggus Estuary - Lisbon, Portugal - Preliminary
Results
Maria Anna V. Baptista, J. F. Luis, P. M. Soares, J. M. Miranda (Science
of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 5, pages 329-338 (2006))
2:45 - 3:00
- Refreshment Break
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GENERAL
SESSION
George Curtis - Chairman
3:00
Stripped
Pahoehoe Lava-Flow Surfaces as Tsunami Deposit, Hawaii
Floyd
W. McCoy and Belinda Heil
3:15
Potential
Overlooked Analogues to the Indian Ocean Tsunami in the Western
and Southwestern Pacific
Daniel A. Walker (Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24,
No. 3, pages 194-205 (2006))
3:45
Building
a Disaster Risk Reduction Consortium at the University of Hawaii
John Robert Egan
4:00
Feasibility
of Constructing a Paleo-Tsunami Record for the Island of Maui,
Hawaii
Barbara Keating, Glenn Sheperd and Charles E. Helsley
(POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM)
4:15
Paleotsunamis
Come of Age?
James Goff and Roy A. Walters
(POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM)
4:45 - Adjourn
6:00
- Treetops LUAU - Tsunami Society Awards,
AROUND
THE WORLD IN 200 MILLION CELLS
Dr. Zygmunt Kowalik, After Dinner Speaker
Thursday Morning,
May 25, 2006
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INDIAN OCEAN
TSUNAMI - II
Dr. Dan Walker, Chairman
8:30
The
26th December, 2004 Tsunami - Run-up and Inundation and Their
Relationship with Geomorphology in Tamil, Nadu, India
V. Ram Mohan, D. Gnanavel, J. Sriganesh, J. Kulasekaran, S. Srinivasalu
9:00
Science
and Fokelore Teaching from the November 18, 1929 "Grand
Banks" Earthquake and Tsunami: "Like a River Returning"
Alan Ruffman
Tsunami
Hazards in the Arctic Regions of North America, Greenland and
the Norwegian Sea
Alan Ruffman and Tad Murty
Documentation
of the Farfield Parameters of the November 1, 1755, "Lisbon"
Tsunami along the Shores of the Western Atlantic Ocean
Allan Ruffman
(Science of Tsunami
Hazards, Vol. 23, No. 3, pages 52-59 (2005))
10:00 - 10:30
- Refreshment Break
10:30
Effects
of the December 2004 Tsunami and Disaster Management in Southern
Thailand
Chanchai Thanawood, Chao Yongchalermchai and Omthip Densrisereekul
(Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 3, pages 206-217 (2006))
11:00
Edge Waves at Phi-Phi Island During the December
26, 2004 South Asian Tsunami
K. T. Chau, O. W. H. Wai, R. H. C. Wong and H. Y. Lin
11:30
What
is the Probability Function for Large Tsunami Waves?
Harold G. Loomis
)Science of Tsunami
Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 3, pages 218-224 (2006))
Momentum
as a Useful Tsunami Descriptor
Harold G. Loomis
(Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 5, pages 313-318 (2006))
12:00 - 1:00
LUNCH
Thursday Afternoon,
May 25, 2006
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EXPERIMENTAL
TSUNAMI MODELING
Dr. Herman Fritz, Chairman
1:00
Physical
Modeling of Landslide Tsunamis - A Novel Generator
Hermann M. Fritz
1:30
Modeling
of Tsunami Generation from Underwater Landslides
Langford P. Sue, Roger I. Nokes, and Roy A. Walters
(Science of Tsunami
Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 3, pages 267-287 (2006) POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM)
2:00
Field
Surveys of 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami from Sumatra to East Africa
Hermann M. Fritz, Jose C. Borrero, Costas E. Synolakis and Emile
A. Okal
2:30
Natural
Disasters: Need for an Academic Curriculum
Kamlesh Gupta
(Report POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM)
2:45 - 3:00
- Refreshment Break
3:00
- TSUNAMI SOCIETY MEETING
1. Election of Officers
2. Treasurers Report
3. Tsunami Society Field Trip
Tsunami
Society Field Trip - Friday, May 26 Field Trip Leaders - Dr.
Charles Helsley, Dr. Barbara Keating, Dr. Dan Walker
4. 2006 Status
of Tsunami Science Research and Future Directions
Science
of Tsunami Hazards, Vol. 24, No. 5, pages 385-395 (2006)
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SYMPOSIUM CD-ROM
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POSTER
PRESENTATIONS - May 23-25, 2006
Tsunami
Public Awareness and Its Role in Risk Education,
Dale Dominey-Howes and Deanne Bird
A
Fully Validated Tsunami Vulnerability Assessment Model (the "PTVAM"
Model),
Dale Dominey-Howes and Maria Papthoma
Tsunami
and Paleotsunami Depositional Signatures and their Potential
Value in Understanding the Late-Holocene Tsunami Record
Dale Dominey-Howes
