Tsunami Publications

NCEI offers publications containing scientific data, records, images, and information on historic and recent tsunami events. These publications and other references are used to compile the Global Historical Tsunami Database.

• Timeline Visualization Uncovers Gaps in Archived Tsunami Water Level Data (2021), Frontiers in Climate, 3: 732174, doi:10.3389/fclim.2021.732174 (Sweeney, A.)

• The Impact of Post-tsunami Surveys on the NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database (2019), Pure and Applied Geophysics, 176: 2809, doi:10.1007/s00024-019-02191-7 (Arcos, N., P. Dunbar, K. Stroker, and L. Kong)

• Twenty-Five Years (1992–2016) of Global Tsunamis: Statistical and Analytical Overview (2019), Pure and Applied Geophysics, 176: 2795, doi:10.1007/s00024-019-02113-7 (Gusiakov, V.K., Dunbar, P.K. & Arcos, N.)

• The legacy of the 1992 Nicaragua tsunami (2017), Eos, 98, 30 August, doi:10.1029/2017EO080845 (Arcos, N., P. Dunbar, K. Stroker, and L. Kong)

• Challenges in Defining Tsunami Wave Heights (2017), Pure and Applied Geophysics, 174 (8), p. 3043–3063, doi:10.1007/s00024-017-1614-y (Paula Dunbar, George Mungov, Aaron Sweeney, Kelly Stroker, Nicolas Arcos)

• United States and Territories National Tsunami Hazard Assessment Historical Record and Sources for Waves – Update (2015)

• International Tsunami Survey Team (ITST) Post-Tsunami Survey Field Guide, second edition (2014), Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, IOC Manuals and Guides, 37, Full text PDF

• A protocol for coordinating post-tsunami field reconnaissance efforts in the USA (2014), Natural Hazards, doi:10.1007/s11069-014-1418-7 (Rick Wilson, Nathan Wood, Laura Kong, Mike Shulters, Kevin Richards, Paula Dunbar, Gen Tamura, Ed Young)

• DART® Tsunameter Retrospective and Real-Time Data: A Reflection on 10 Years of Processing in Support of Tsunami Research and Operations (2012), Pure and Applied Geophysics, doi:10.1007/s00024-012-0477-5 (George Mungov, Marie Eblé and Richard Bouchard)

• Tohoku earthquake and tsunami data available from NOAA/NGDC (2011), Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, Vol. 2 (4), p. 305-323, doi:10.1080/19475705.2011.632443 (Paula Dunbar, Heather McCullough, George Mungov, Jesse Varner, and Kelly Stroker)

• Do the 2010 Haiti and Chile earthquakes and tsunamis indicate increasing trends? (2010), Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, Vol. 1 (2), p. 95-114, doi:10.1080/19475705.2010.487322, (Paula Dunbar, Kelly Stroker, Heather McCullough)

• Global tsunami deposits database (2010), Natural Hazards, doi:10.1007/s11069-011-9713-z, (Paula Dunbar, Heather McCullough)

• Integrated tsunami data for better hazard assessments (2009), EOS Trans. AGU, Vol. 90, No. 22, doi:10.1029/2009EO220001

• Estimating probable maximum loss from a Cascadia tsunami (2009), Natural Hazards, doi:10.1007/s11069-009-9409-9 (Dale Dominey-Howes, Paula Dunbar, Jesse Varner, Maria Papathoma-Kohle)

• Tsunami Data Management: An Initial Report on the Management of Environmental Data Required to Minimize the Impact of Tsunamis in the United States (2008), NOAA Data Management Committee Special Report

• Long-Term Tsunami Data Archive Supports Tsunami Forecast, Warning, Research and Mitigation (2008), in Tsunami Science Four Years After the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Part I Modeling and Hazard Assessment, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 165 (Paula Dunbar, Kelly J. Stroker, Vinita R. Brocko, Jesse D. Varner, Susan J. McLean, Lisa A. Taylor, Barry W. Eakins, Kelly S. Carignan and Robin R. Warnken)

• U.S. States and Territories National Tsunami Hazard Assessment: Historic Record and Sources for Waves (2008) (Paula K. Dunbar (NGDC) and Craig S. Weaver (USGS), 59 pages)

• Two Decades of Global Tsunamis 1982-2002 (2003), Science of Tsunami Hazards (James F. Lander, Lowell S. Whiteside, and Patricia A. Lockridge)

• A Brief History of Tsunamis in the Caribbean Sea (2002), Science of Tsunami Hazards (James F. Lander, Lowell S. Whiteside, and Patricia A. Lockridge)

• Tsunamis and Tsunami-Like Waves of the Eastern United States (2002), Science of Tsunami Hazards (Patricia A. Lockridge, Lowell S. Whiteside, and James F. Lander)

• The Tsunami History of Guam: 1849-1993 (2002), Science of Tsunami Hazards (James F. Lander and Lowell S. Whiteside)

• Tsunamis Affecting Alaska, 1737-1996 (1996) (J. Lander, 195 pages, 55 illustrations, 15 tables, and 42 marigrams)

• Report of the International Tsunami Measurements Workshop (1995) (James F. Lander and Harry Yeh, eds., 102 pages) contains scientific papers presented at the 1995 workshop)

• Tsunamis Affecting the West Coast of the United States, 1806-1992 (1993) (J. Lander, P. Lockridge, and M. Kozuch, 242 pages of text, 36 illustrations, 12 tables, and 130 marigrams)

• Catalog of Tsunamis on the Western Coast of Mexico, 1732-1992 (1993) (A. Sanchez and S. Farreras, 79 pages of text, 26 tables, 5 figures, and 67 marigrams)

• Catalog of Tsunamis in the Pacific, 1969-1982 (1992) (S.L. Soloviev, Ch.N. Go, and Kh.S. Kim, 207 pages, 88 figures, 46 tables)

• Proceedings, 2nd UJNR Tsunami Workshop (1991) (A. Brennan and J. Lander, eds., 260 pages): contains papers and abstracts presented at the 1990 UJNR meeting. UNJR is the Japan Natural Resources Development Program in the United States.

• United States Tsunamis 1690-1988 (1989) (J. Lander and P. Lockridge, 265 pages of text, 66 illustrations, and 11 tables)

• Catalog of Submarine Volcanoes and Hydrological Phenomena Associated with Volcanic Events 1900-1959 (1986) (P. Hedervari, 45 pages)

• Tsunamis in Peru-Chile. 1562-1985 (1985) (9.3Mb PDF by P. Lockridge, 95 pages)

• Catalog of Submarine Volcanoes and Hydrological Phenomena Associated with Volcanic Events 1500 BC - December 31, 1899 (1984) (P. Hedervari, 86 pages)