Numerical modeling of subaerial and submarine landslide-generated tsunami waves—recent advances and future challenges

S Yavari-Ramshe, B Ataie-Ashtiani - Landslides, 2016 - Springer
Landslide-generated waves (LGWs) are among natural hazards that have stimulated
attentions and concerns of engineers and researchers during the past decades. At the same …

Boussinesq models and their application to coastal processes across a wide range of scales

JT Kirby - Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
In this paper, the development of a class of depth-integrated, phase-resolving models for
surface wave propagation, known as Boussinesq-type models (BTMs), is reviewed. This …

Dispersion of tsunamis: does it really matter?

S Glimsdal, GK Pedersen, CB Harbitz… - Natural Hazards and …, 2013 - nhess.copernicus.org
This article focuses on the effect of dispersion in the field of tsunami modeling. Frequency
dispersion in the linear long-wave limit is first briefly discussed from a theoretical point of …

Parallel implementation of dispersive tsunami wave modeling with a nesting algorithm for the 2011 Tohoku tsunami

T Baba, N Takahashi, Y Kaneda, K Ando… - Pure and Applied …, 2015 - Springer
Because of improvements in offshore tsunami observation technology, dispersion
phenomena during tsunami propagation have often been observed in recent tsunamis, for …

Numerical modeling of tsunami waves generated by the flank collapse of the Cumbre Vieja Volcano (La Palma, Canary Islands): Tsunami source and near field effects

SM Abadie, JC Harris, ST Grilli… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, we study waves generated by the potential collapse of the west flank of the
Cumbre Vieja Volcano (CVV; La Palma, Canary Island, Spain) through numerical …

Dispersive tsunami waves in the ocean: Model equations and sensitivity to dispersion and Coriolis effects

JT Kirby, F Shi, B Tehranirad, JC Harris, ST Grilli - Ocean Modelling, 2013 - Elsevier
We derive fully nonlinear, weakly dispersive model equations for propagation of surface
gravity waves in a shallow, homogeneous ocean of variable depth on the surface of a …

Modeling of the 2011 Japan tsunami: Lessons for near-field forecast

Y Wei, C Chamberlin, VV Titov, L Tang… - Pure and Applied …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract During the devastating 11 March 2011 Japanese tsunami, data from two tsunami
detectors were used to determine the tsunami source within 1.5 h of earthquake origin time …

The tsunami phenomenon

BR Röbke, A Vött - Progress in Oceanography, 2017 - Elsevier
With human activity increasingly concentrating on coasts, tsunamis (from Japanese tsu=
harbour, nami= wave) are a major natural hazard to today's society. Stimulated by disastrous …

New computational methods in tsunami science

J Behrens, F Dias - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Tsunamis are rare events with severe consequences. This generates a high demand on
accurate simulation results for planning and risk assessment purposes because of the low …

Assessment of tsunami hazard to the US Atlantic margin

US ten Brink, JD Chaytor, EL Geist, DS Brothers… - Marine Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
Tsunami hazard is a very low-probability, but potentially high-risk natural hazard, posing
unique challenges to scientists and policy makers trying to mitigate its impacts. These …