Tsunami warning and preparedness : an assessment of the U.S. tsunami program and the nation's preparedness efforts / / Committee on the Review of the Tsunami Warning and Forecast System and Overview of the Nation's Tsunami Preparedness, Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

• Pubblicazione: Washington : , : National Academies Press, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 pages)
• Disciplina: 551.4637
• Soggetto topico: Tsunamis - Evaluation - Safety measures - United States; Tsunamis - Forecasting - Evaluation - United States; Natural disaster warning systems - Evaluation - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Aligning Priorities with Societal Risks from Tsunamis""; ""3 Education and Preparedness of Individuals, Communities, and Decision Makers""; ""4 Tsunami Detection and Forecasting""; ""5 Long-Term Reliability and Sustainability of Warning Center Operations""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Examples of Tsunami Sources That Threaten the United States""; ""Appendix B: Review of the Tsunami Warning and Forecast System and Overview of the Nation's Tsunami Preparedness"" ; ""Appendix C: Relative Hazards of Near- and Far-field Tsunami Sources""; ""Appendix D: Available Tsunami Evacuation Maps""; ""Appendix E: Examples of Tsunami Education Efforts""; ""Appendix F: June 14, 2005: A Case Study in Tsunami Warning and Response""; ""Appendix G: Magnitudes from C. Richter to Mwp and the W phase""; ""Appendix H: Tsunami Earthquakes""; ""Appendix I: Samoa Tsunami""; ""Appendix J: Response to the Chilean-Earthquake Generated Tsunami: The Hawaii Case Study""; ""Appendix K: Acronyms""; ""Appendix L: Committee and Staff Biographies""
• Sommario/riassunto: This report "explores the advances made in tsunami detection and preparedness and identifies the challenges that still remain. It describes areas of research and development that would improve tsunami education, preparation, and detection ..." --Description from Internet version
• Titolo autorizzato: Tsunami warning and preparedness
• ISBN: 0-309-20989-7; 1-283-01904-3; 9786613019042; 0-309-13754-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781299903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II