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Tsunami
      Titles Descriptions
  1. Natural Disaster Reference Database
  2. Science of Tsunami Hazards
  3. Tsunami Field Survey Photographs
  4. Tsunami Information Resource
  5. Tsunami Program

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Natural Disaster Reference Database
A bibliographic database on research, programs, and results which relate to the use of satellite remote sensing for disaster mitigation. A compilation of abstracted articles published since 1981 in relevant areas including: fires, eruptions, earthquakes, landslides, flooding, hurricanes, tsunami, avalanches
     Author: NASA and Goddard Space Flight Center
     Subjects: disasters, earthquake hazard analysis, hurricanes, remote sensing, satellites, tsunami
     DeweyClass: 363.34
     Resource type: article abstracts, bibliography
Science of Tsunami Hazards
International peer reviewed journal of the Tsunami Society intended to increase and disseminate knowledge about tsunamis and their hazards. Offers tables of contents and abstracts for issues from 1992 onwards.
     Author: Tsunami Society
     Subjects: tsunami
     DeweyClass: 551.47024
     Resource type: journal
Tsunami Field Survey Photographs
Photographs, maps and information on tsunamis in recent years, including Papua New Guinea 1998.
     Author: University of Southern California
     Subjects: papua new guinea, tsunami
     DeweyClass: 551.47024
     Resource type: documents, images
Tsunami Information Resource
General information about tsunamis, which are large water waves typically generated by seismic activity. Offers information about the mechanisms of tsunami generation and propagation, the impact of tsunamis on humankind and the tsunami warning system.
     Author: University of Washington Geophysics Program
     Subjects: tsunami
     DeweyClass: 551.47024
     Resource type: documents
Tsunami Program
Programme seeking to mitigate tsunami hazards, with research and development activities focusing on improved tsunami inundation maps, other hazard assessment tools, and advanced technology to increase the speed and accuracy of tsunami forecasts and warnings. Offers information on field observations, database development and tsunami modelling.
     Author: Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
     Subjects: tsunami
     DeweyClass: 551.47024
     Resource type: documents