Rewiring the Tsunami Early Warning System
Published: Jul 30, 2013
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on 11 March 2011 warned that a 3-m-plus tsunami would hit northeastern Japan. In fact, the wave that came ashore stood more than 10 m high—reaching 40 m in some places.
Abstract: The authors are scientist C, scientist F, scientist B and director, respectively, at Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad and secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences. srinivas@incois.gov.in
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