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Autore: | Preparedness Committee on the Review of the Tsunami Warning and Forecast System and Overview of the Nation's Tsunami |
Titolo: | Tsunami Warning and Preparedness [[electronic resource] ] : An Assessment of the U.S. Tsunami Program and the Nation's Preparedness Efforts |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, : National Academies Press, 2014 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina: | 551.4637 |
Soggetto topico: | Natural disaster warning systems - United States - Evaluation |
Tsunamis - Evaluation - Safety measures - United States | |
Tsunamis - Forecasting - Evaluation - United States | |
Natural disaster warning systems - Evaluation - United States | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | CouncilNational Research |
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"" | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Tsunami Warning and Preparedness |
ISBN: | 1-283-01904-3 |
9786613019042 | |
0-309-13754-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910456876403321 |
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