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Numerical tsunami modeling and the bottom relief

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The effect of the quality of bathymetric data on the accuracy of tsunami-wave field calculation is considered. A review of the history of the numerical tsunami modeling development is presented. Particular emphasis is made on the World Ocean bottom models. It is shown that the modern digital bathymetry maps, for example, GEBCO, do not adequately simulate the sea bottom in numerical models of wave propagation, leading to considerable errors in estimating the maximum tsunami run-ups on the coast.

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  1. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nakhimovskii pr. 36, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    E. A. Kulikov, A. A. Ivanova & B. V. Baranov

  2. Institute of Computational Technologies, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Lavrent’eva 6, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    V. K. Gusiakov

  3. Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Lavrent’eva 6, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    V. K. Gusiakov

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Original Russian Text © E.A. Kulikov, V.K. Gusiakov, A.A. Ivanova, B.V. Baranov, 2016, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Seriya 3: Fizika, Astronomiya, 2016, No. 5, pp. 14–32.

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Kulikov, E.A., Gusiakov, V.K., Ivanova, A.A. et al. Numerical tsunami modeling and the bottom relief. Moscow Univ. Phys. 71, 527–536 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S002713491605012X

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