Tide gauge observations of the Indian Ocean tsunami, December 26, 2004

Type Article
Date 2005-05
Language English
Author(s) Merrifield Ma1, Firing Yl1, Aarup T2, Agricole W3, Brundrit G4, Chang-Seng D3, Farre R5, Kilonsky B1, Knight W6, Kong L7, Magori C8, Manurung P9, McCreery C10, Mitchell W11, Pillay S3, Schindele F12, Shillington F4, Testut L13, Wijeratne Ems14, Caldwell P15, Jardin J1, Nakahara S1, Porter Fy1, Turetsky N1
Affiliation(s) 1 : Univ Hawaii Manoa, Dept Oceanog, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA.
2 : UNESCO, Intergovt Oceanog Commiss, F-75015 Paris, France.
3 : Seychelles Meteorol Serv, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles.
4 : Univ Cape Town, Dept Oceanog, ZA-7701 Rondebosch, South Africa.
5 : S African Navy Hydrog Off, ZA-7966 Tokai, South Africa.
6 : NOAA, W Coast Alaska Tsunami Warning Ctr, Palmer, AK 99645 USA.
7 : UNESCO, IOC, Int Tsunami Informat Ctr, Honolulu, HI 96813 USA.
8 : Kenya Marine & Fisheries Inst, Mombasa, Kenya.
9 : Natl Coordinating Agcy Survey & Mapping BAKOSURTA, Ctr Geodesy & Geodynam, Grav & Tide Div, Bogor 16911, Indonesia.
10 : NOAA, Pacific Tsunami Warning Ctr, Honolulu, HI 96813 USA.
11 : Bur Meteorol, Natl Tide Ctr, Kent Town, SA 5067, Australia.
12 : CEA, Dept Anal Surveillance Environm, F-91680 Bruyeres Le Chatel, France.
13 : Lab Etud Geophys & Oceanog Spatiales, F-31400 Toulouse, France.
14 : Natl Aquat Resources Res & Dev Agcy, Div Oceanog, Colombo 15, Sri Lanka.
15 : NOAA, Natl Coastal Data Dev Ctr, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA.
Source Geophysical Research Letters (0094-8276) (Amer Geophysical Union), 2005-05 , Vol. 32 , N. 9 / L09603 , P. 1-4
DOI 10.1029/2005GL022610
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Abstract The magnitude 9.0 earthquake centered off the west coast of northern Sumatra (3.307 ° N, 95.947 ° E) on December 26, 2004 at 00: 59 UTC ( United States Geological Survey (USGS) ( 2005), USGS Earthquake Hazards Program-Latest Earthquakes, Earthquake Hazards Program, http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/ usslav/, 2005) generated a series of tsunami waves that devastated coastal areas throughout the Indian Ocean. Tide gauges operated on behalf of national and international organizations recorded the wave form at a number of island and continental locations. This report summarizes the tide gauge observations of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean ( available as of January 2005) and provides a recommendation for the use of the basin-wide tide gauge network for future warnings.
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Merrifield Ma, Firing Yl, Aarup T, Agricole W, Brundrit G, Chang-Seng D, Farre R, Kilonsky B, Knight W, Kong L, Magori C, Manurung P, McCreery C, Mitchell W, Pillay S, Schindele F, Shillington F, Testut L, Wijeratne Ems, Caldwell P, Jardin J, Nakahara S, Porter Fy, Turetsky N (2005). Tide gauge observations of the Indian Ocean tsunami, December 26, 2004. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(9 / L09603), 1-4. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL022610 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00232/34356/