GPS water level measurements for Indonesia's Tsunami Early Warning System
On Boxing Day 2004, a severe tsunami was generated by a strong earthquake in Northern Sumatra causing a large number of casualties. At this time, neither an offshore buoy network was in place to measure tsunami waves, nor a system to disseminate tsunami warnings to local governmental entities. Since...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2011-03-01
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| Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/11/741/2011/nhess-11-741-2011.pdf |