WC/ATWC Projects and Publications Page

Instrumentation

Whitmore, P. M., Ferris, J. C., Weinstein, S. A., 2007. Seismic Data Monitoring at U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract S33C-01.

Burgy, M., Bolton, D. K., 2006. New Coastal Tsunami Gauges: Application at Augustine Volcano, Cook Inlet, Alaska, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V51C-1693.

Whitmore, P., Urban, G., Medbery, A., Turner, B., and Sokolowski, T., 2002. Temperature stability of four seismic vault designs

 

Automatic Earthquake Processing

Huang, P. Y., Whitmore, P. M., Nyland, D., and Medbery, A., 2007. West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Global Earthquake Detection System, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S53A-1025.

Whitmore, P. M. and Sokolowski, T. J., 2002. Automatic earthquake processing developments at the U.S. West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, in Recent Research Developments in Seismology, Transworld Research Network, Kerala, India, 1-13.

Sokolowski, T.J., 2002. Automatic earthquake processing developments at the U.S. West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center abs., 2002 Geological Society of America – Cordilleran Section annual meeting, http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002CD/finalprogram/abstract_34863.htm.

Zitek, W. O., Medbery, A. H., and Sokolowski, T. J., 1990, Concurrent seismic data acquisition and processing using a single IBM PS/2 computer, NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS AR-41, 22 pp.

Sokolowski, T. J., Whitmore, P. M., and Jorgensen, W. J., 1990. The ATWC’s automatic and interactive computer processing system, NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS AR-39, 23 pp.

Sokolowski, T. J., Whitmore, P. M., and Jorgensen, W. J., 1990. Alaska Tsunami Warning Center’s automatic and interactive computer processing system, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 134, 163-174.

Sokoloski, T. J., Whitmore, P. M., Jorgensen, W. J., and Medbery, A. H., 1990. Expert system in tsunami hazard mitigation, NOAA Technical Memorandum, NWS AR-42, 11 pp.

Sokolowski, T. J., 1985. Mini and micro computer applications at the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, in Proceedings of the International Tsunami Symposium, IUGG, 1985, eds. T.S. Murty and W. J. Rapatz, 174-181.

Sokolowski, T. J., Fuller, G. R., Blackford, M. E., and Jorgensen, W. J., 1983. The Alaska Tsunami Warning Center’s automatic earthquake processing system, in Proceedings of the International Tsunami Symposium, FRG, August, 1983, ed. E. N. Bernard, 131-148.

 

WC/ATWC Operations

Whitmore, P. M., Huang, P. Y., Crowley, H., Ferris, J., Hale, D., Knight, W., Medbery, A., Nyland, D., Preller, C., Turner, B., Urban, G., 2007. Real-time Tsunami Warning Operations at the NOAA West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U54A-06.

Whitmore, P. M., Ferris, J. C., Weinstein, S. A., 2007. Tsunami Warning Services for the Caribbean Region, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract S52A-05.

Whitmore, P., Neal, C., Nyland, D., Murray, T., Power, J., 2006. Tsunami Warning Protocol for Eruptions of Augustine Volcano, Cook Inlet, Alaska, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V51C-1694.

Medbery, A.H., Urban, G. W., Whitmore, P.M., and Sokolowski, T. J., 2002. Remote Operations of the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 20, 216-221.

Sokolowski, T. J., 2001. The U.S. West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, in Proceedings of the International Tsunami Symposium 2001 Seattle, Washington August 7-10, 2001, eds. Bernard, E.N., and Gonzalez, F. I., Contribution # 9999 from NOAA/PMEL, National Technical Information Service, Springfield VA, 317-325.

Urban, G. W., Medbery, A.H., and Sokolowski, T. J., 2001. Using a satellite telephone to retrieve tsunami data from tide sites in the Pacific basin, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 19, 71-76.

Whitmore, P. M., 1998. Procedures and responsibilities of the U.S. West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, in Proceedings of International Workshop on Tsunami Disaster Mitigation 19-22 January 1988 Tokyo, Japan, Japan Meteorological Agency, Science and Technology Agency, 140-146.

Sokolowski, T. J., 1991. Improvements in the tsunami warning center in Alaska, Earthquake Spectra, 7, 461-481.

Sokolowski, T. J., 1990. The Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS AR-38, 27 pp.

Sokolowski, T. J., 1985. The Alaska Tsunami Warning Center’s responsibilities and operations, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 3, 23-33.

Carte, G. W., 1984. A tsunami preparedness assessment for Alaska, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 2, 119-124.

 

Tsunami Modeling

Knight, W., Crowley, H., Ferris, J., Hale, D., Urban, G., Whitmore, P., 2007. West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Forecast Model Project and Associated Sea Level Data Analysis Tools, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S53A-1026.

Crowley, H. A., Knight, W., Whitmore, P., 2007. Computation and Application of Tsunami Travel Times, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 39, #6, p. 156.

Kowalik, Z., Knight, W., Logan, T., and Whitmore, P., 2007. Tsunami of 26 December 2004, Numerical Modeling and Energy Considerations, PAGEOPH, 164, 379-393.

Knight, W., 2006. Model Predictions of Gulf and Southern Atlantic Coast Tsunami Impacts from a Distribution of Sources, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 24, 304-312.

Kowalik, Z., Knight, W., Logan, T., and Whitmore, P. 2005. Numerical Modeling of the Global Tsunami: Indonesian Tsunami of 26 December 2004 , Science of Tsunami Hazards, 23, 40-56.

Merrifield, M.A., Firing, Y.L., Aarup, T., Agricole, W., Brundrit, G., Chang-Seng, D., Farre, R., Kilonsky, B., Knight, W., Kong, L., Magori, C., Manurung, P., McCreery, C., Mitchell, W., Pillay, S., Schindele, F., Shillington, F., Testut, L., Wijeratne, E.M.S., Caldwell, P., Jardin, J., Nakahara, S., Porter, F.Y., Turetsky, N., 2005. Tide gauge observations of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, December 26, 2004, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L09603, doi:10.1029/2005GL022610.

Kowalik, Z., Horrillo, J., Knight, W., Whitmore, P., Logan, T., Edberg, R., 2005. Global Model of Indian Ocean Tsunami, Challenges in Science and Engineering - 2005 Annual, 13, 2-13.

Kowalik, Z., Horrillo, J., Knight, W., Kornkven, E., 2004. Next Generation Computer Models, Challenges in Science and Engineering - 2004 Annual, 12, 1-2.

Whitmore, P. M., 2003. Tsunami Amplitude Prediction During Events: a Test Based on Previous Tsunamis, in Science of Tsunami Hazards, 21, 135-143.

Mofjeld, H. O., Whitmore, P. M., Eble, M. C., Gonzalez, F. I., and Newman, J. C., 2001. Seismic-wave contributions to bottom pressure fluctuations in the North Pacific – Implications for the DART tsunami array, in Proceedings of the International Tsunami Symposium 2001 Seattle, Washington August 7-10, 2001, eds. Bernard, E.N., and Gonzalez, F. I., Contribution # 9999 from NOAA/PMEL, National Technical Information Service, Springfield VA, 317-325.

Whitmore, P. M., and Sokolowski, T. J., 1996. Predicting tsunami amplitudes along the North American coast from tsunamis generated in the northwest Pacific Ocean during tsunami warnings, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 14, 147-166.

Whitmore, P. M., 1994. Expected tsunami amplitudes off the Tillamook County, Oregon, coast following a major Cascadia subduction zone earthquake, Oregon Geology, 56, 62-64.

Sokolowski, T. J. and Whitmore, P. M., 1994. Regional Tsunami Potential, in Earthquake Alaska - Are We Prepared? , eds. Combellick, R A., Head, R., and Updike, R. G., USGS Open File Report 94-218.

Whitmore, P. M., 1993. Expected Tsunami Amplitudes and Currents along the North American coast for Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes, Natural Hazards, 8, 59-73.

Kowalik, Z. and Whitmore, P. M., 1991. An investigation of two tsunamis recorded at Adak, Alaska, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 9, 67-83.

 

Earthquake Magnitude Studies

Whitmore, P. M., Tsuboi, S., Hirshorn, B., and Sokolowski, T. J., 2002. Magnitude-dependent correction for Mwp, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 20, 187-192.

Tsuboi, S., Whitmore, P. M., and Sokolowski, T. J., 1999. Application of Mwp to deep and teleseismic earthquakes, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 89, 1345-1351.

Whitmore, P. M. and Sokolowski, T. J., 1987. Rapid Sizing of potentially tsunamigenic earthquakes in Alaska, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 5, 67-76.

Whitmore, P. M. and Sokolowski, T. J., 1987. Rapid Sizing of potentially tsunamigenic earthquakes in Alaska, in Proceedings of the international tsunami symposium Vancouver, British Columbia, 1987, ed. E. N. Bernard, Contribution # 1041 from NOAA/PMEL, National Technical Information Service, Springfield VA, 291-301.

Sindorf, J. G. and Fisher, W. W., 1974. Acceleration and magnitude, Earthquake Notes, 45, 31-36

Sindorf, J. G., 1972. Determining magnitude values from the Lg phase from short period vertical seismographs, Earthquake Notes, 43, 5-8.