Academic Training: Predicting Natural Catastrophes

2005-2006 ACADEMIC TRAINING PROGRAMME
LECTURE SERIES
12, 13, 14, 15, 16 December
from 11:00 to 12:00 - Main Auditorium, bldg. 500

Predicting Natural Catastrophes
E. OKAL / Northwestern University, Evanston, USA

1. Tsunamis -- Introduction
Definition of phenomenon - basic properties of the waves
Propagation and dispersion
Interaction with coasts - Geological and societal effects Origin of tsunamis - natural sources Scientific activities in connection with tsunamis. Ideas about simulations

2. Tsunami generation
The earthquake source - conventional theory The earthquake source - normal mode theory The landslide source Near-field observation - The Plafker index Far-field observation - Directivity

3. Tsunami warning
General ideas - History of efforts
Mantle magnitudes and TREMOR algorithms
The challenge of 'tsunami earthquakes'
Energy-moment ratios and slow earthquakes Implementation and the components of warning centers

4. Tsunami surveys
Principles and methodologies
Fifteen years of field surveys and related milestones.
Reconstructing historical tsunamis: eyewitnesses and geological evidence

5. Lessons from the 2004 Indonesian tsunami
Lessons in seismology
Lessons in Geology
The new technologies
Lessons in civil engineering and civil defense
Lessons in education

ENSEIGNEMENT ACADEMIQUE
ACADEMIC TRAINING
Françoise Benz 73127
academic.training@cern.ch

by Françoise Benz