post-earthquake-shoreline: The post-earthquake shoreline that corresponds to MHHW after modeled coseismic ground changes due to earthquakes.
Nicolsky, D.J., Suleimani, E.N., Freymueller, J.T., and Koehler, R.D., 2017, Potential maximum permanent flooding maps for Unalaska and Akutan, Alaska: Report of Investigation RI 2015-5A, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States.Online Links:
This is a raster data set.
Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.00001. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.00001. Latitude and longitude values are specified in decimal degrees.
The horizontal datum used is World Geodetic System of 1984.
The ellipsoid used is WGS 84.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257223563000025.
This report was funded by a National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program grant to the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the University of Alaska Fairbanks from the Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This does not constitute an endorsement by NOAA. Numerical calculations for this work were supported by High Performance Computing (HPC) resources at the Research Computing Systems unit at the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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Results presented here are intended to provide guidance to local emergency management agencies in tsunami inundation assessment, evacuation planning, and public education to mitigate future tsunami hazards.
Nicolsky, D.J., Suleimani, E.N., Freymueller, J.T., and Koehler, R.D., 2015, Tsunami inundation maps of Fox Islands communities, including Dutch Harbor and Akutan, Alaska: Report of Investigation RI 2015-5, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States.Online Links:
The maps showing the results of our modeling have been completed using the best information available and are believed to be accurate, however, their preparation required many assumptions. Actual conditions during a seismic event may vary from those considered, so the accuracy cannot be guaranteed. The limits of permanent flooding shown should be used only as a guideline for emergency planning and response action. Actual areas that may be permanently flooded will depend on specifics of the earth deformations, on-land construction, site-specific soil properties, and tide level, and they may differ from areas shown on the map. The information on this map is intended to provide a basis for state and local agencies to plan emergency evacuation and tsunami response actions in the event of a major tsunamigenic earthquake. These results are not intended for land-use regulation or building-code development. This DGGS Report of Investigations is a final report of scientific research. Several scientists familiar with the subject matter provided technical reviews. Uncertainties associated with the depiction or interpretation of various features are discussed in the associated manuscript.
Assumptions and uncertainties in the originating DEM, position of the MHHW shoreline, earthquake model, and other contributing factors influence the modeled shoreline position. Actual areas that may be permanently flooded will depend on specifics of the earth deformations, on-land construction, site-specific soil properties, and tide level, and they may differ from areas shown on the map. See accompanying report for additional discussion.
The hydrodynamic model used to calculate propagation and runup of tsunami waves is a nonlinear, flux-formulated, shallow-water model that has passed the validation and verification tests required for models used in the production of tsunami inundation maps. The uncertainties in tsunami modeling include bottom friction, presence or absence of buildings and vegetation in DEMs, the time delay between the observed and computed tsunami arrivals discussed above, the lack of horizontal deformation in the displacement models, and assumption of instantaneous displacement. The tsunami scenarios that we calculate in this report are considered to be sufficient to capture the worst-case tsunami event, but there are still an infinite number of possible slip distributions. Further details about the limitations of the employed modeling approach are described in earlier reports by Suleimani and others and Nicolsky and others, as well as in the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program guidelines. The accuracy of the later waves is limited by the accuracies of the bathymetry and coastline that are outside the extent of the high-resolution DEM but still impact the modeling. See accompanying report for more detail.
The results of our modeling have been completed using the best information available and are believed to be accurate; however, their preparation required many assumptions and actual conditions during a tsunami event may vary from those considered.
Model validation for this report included comparison of the modeled results to observations that were recorded during historic events.
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