Development of MOST for Real-Time Tsunami Forecasting
JOURNAL OF WATERWAY PORT COASTAL AND OCEAN ENGINEERING, vol.142, no.6, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 142 Issue: 6
- Publication Date: 2016
- Doi Number: 10.1061/(asce)ww.1943-5460.0000357
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF WATERWAY PORT COASTAL AND OCEAN ENGINEERING
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Keywords: Tsunami, Long wave, Tsunami numerical model, Method of splitting tsunami (MOST), Community modeling interface for tsunamis (ComMIT), Forecasting, Early warning
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No
Abstract
The development, testing, and implementation of a real-time tsunami forecast model, the method of splitting tsunami (MOST), is described. MOST is now used as an operational forecast model for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Tsunami Warning System, and as a tsunami hazard assessment tool in the United States and in many countries around the world. Every step in the development of MOST marked new scientific challenges, improvements of technological and computational capabilities, and new demands of the engineering and hazard mitigation communities for applied and benchmark modeling tools for tsunami hazard assessment.