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The Global Reach of the 26 December 2004 Sumatra Tsunami

V. Titov,¹ A. B. Rabinovich,^2,3 H. O. Mofjeld,¹ R. E. Thomson,² and F. I. González¹

¹NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington
²Institute of Ocean Sciences, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
³P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Science, 309(5743), 2045–2048, 2005.
Copyright ©2005 by The American Association for the Advancement of Science. Further electronic distribution is not allowed.

Abstract

Numerical model simulations, combined with tide-gauge and satellite altimetry data, reveal that wave amplitudes, directionality, and global propagation patterns of the 26 December 2004 Sumatra tsunami were primarily determined by the orientation and intensity of the offshore seismic line source and subsequently by the trapping effect of mid-ocean ridge topographic waveguides.

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The Global Reach of the 26 December 2004 Sumatra Tsunami

V. Titov,1 A. B. Rabinovich,2,3 H. O. Mofjeld,1 R. E. Thomson,2 and F. I. González1

1NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington 2Institute of Ocean Sciences, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada 3P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Science, 309(5743), 2045–2048, 2005. Copyright ©2005 by The American Association for the Advancement of Science. Further electronic distribution is not allowed.

Abstract

V. Titov,¹ A. B. Rabinovich,^2,3 H. O. Mofjeld,¹ R. E. Thomson,² and F. I. González¹

¹NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington
²Institute of Ocean Sciences, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
³P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Science, 309(5743), 2045–2048, 2005.
Copyright ©2005 by The American Association for the Advancement of Science. Further electronic distribution is not allowed.