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Displaying 15 of about 37 results… Wave height could still be hazardous to nearshore … is much less severe than the preliminary 30-foot-high wave assessment previously issued by an interdisciplinary team of scientists in 2020. The updated wave height estimates come after a months-long effort by …
… could make them worse. Just over 60 years ago, a giant wave washed over the narrow inlet of Lituya Bay, Alaska , … 160 metres and caused a run-up (the vertical height that a wave reaches up a slope) of 524 metres above sea level . For … the number and size of these events. Recent giant wave events Triggered by either an earthquake or higher than …
… was able to wreck such devastation. But a new analysis of wave data by researchers at Brunel University London has … 8.4 or 8.5 to trigger such a large tsunami – at peak the wave reached 11 metres. Secondly, the mechanism of the … “This is confusing as we’d have therefore expected a wave of only 1 or 2 metres from a Sulawesi-style earthquake.” …
… or even ice and snow. In this study, three nonlinear wave regimes are identified depending on the Froude … non-linear transition waves at small Froude number. The wave amplitude relative to the water depth increases with … or decreasing function of Froude number. Two of these wave regimes are rationalized by considering that the …
… landslide. Researchers come up with models to predict wave runup onto the shore following a landslide on an … challenging part is to account for the nonlinear nature of wave runup and rundown, as well as the complex shelf zone … on shallow-water equations to describe both surface wave generation and landslide movement. Despite a number of …
… potentially triggered by an earthquake, extreme rain, or heat wave, is plausible within the next year and likely within the … potentially triggered by an earthquake, extreme rain, or heat wave, is plausible within the next year and likely …
… countries of the Caribbean Sea will engage in the Caribe Wave 19 exercise to test the effectiveness the Tsunami and … for emergency management actors in the region. Caribe Wave 19 consists of a double scenario. First, the occurrence … countries of the Caribbean Sea will engage in the Caribe Wave 19 exercise to test the effectiveness the Tsunami and …
… By Hazel Ward With a wave runup of nearly 200 metres, the tsunami that ripped … late 20th century," he told AFP. The tsunami generated a wave runup, the maximum vertical extent of wave uprush on a beach, of 193 metres (633 feet). Glacial ice …
… Mount Anak Krakatau, combined with an unusually high tidal wave because of the full moon. [...] At midday on Sunday, the … Mount Anak Krakatau, combined with an unusually high tidal wave because of the full moon. [...] At midday on Sunday, the …
… could generate a tsunami with several meters of peak wave height reaching nearby communities in just 20 minutes.” … an earthquake, there are instruments that measure ocean wave heights, and tsunami warning centers are on alert after … from multiple seismic stations to look for a landslide wave signature. Finding a match, their system will estimate …
… water quality Active and passive sensing of ocean winds, wave fields and propagation Spaceborne observations of … water quality Active and passive sensing of ocean winds, wave fields and propagation Spaceborne observations of …
… initially very tall, but they dissipated quickly as the wave crossed the fjord. “The essentially undisturbed … length of a football field every second, so the tsunami wave arrived very fast — probably on the order of five … initially very tall, but they dissipated quickly as the wave crossed the fjord. “The essentially undisturbed …
… Palu Bay. This reconstruction showed that the first tidal wave struck just a few minutes after the shaking and that … Palu Bay. This reconstruction showed that the first tidal wave struck just a few minutes after the shaking and that …
… measurement systems had no chance of detecting the monster wave because it was not triggered by an earthquake at all, … sea, this generates a gigantic splash and thus a pressure wave that travels through the atmosphere at the speed of … measurement systems had no chance of detecting the monster wave because it was not triggered by an earthquake at all, …
… collapse directed southwestwards would trigger an initial wave 43 m in height that would reach the islands of Sertung, … collapse directed southwestwards would trigger an initial wave 43 m in height that would reach the islands of Sertung, …