This booklet is a glossary of terms and acronyms used in the tsunami literature. It describes the tsunami characteristics, general terms used in tsunami mitigation and generation as well as the terms in tsunami survey and measurement.
This glossary is published through the collaboration between Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission – UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) and International Tsunami Information Centre (ITIC).
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Hazards
Tsunami
Themes
Capacity development
Number of pages
24 p.
Publication year
2005