The International Workshop

on Fundamentals of Coastal Effects of Tsunamis

December 26-28, 2006

Hilo Hawaiian Hotel

Sponsored by National Science Foundation

CMS-0321889

Dr. Cliff Astill: March 4, 1936 – Dec. 23, 2004

List of Tsunami Surveys Supported by Cliff

• Nicaragua Earthquake and Tsunami, September 1992

• Flores-Island (Indonesia) Earthquake and Tsunami, December 1992

• Okushiri-Island (Japan) Tsunami, July 1993

• The East Java Tsunami (Indonesia), June 1994

• South-Kuril-Island (Russia/Japan) Earthquake and Tsunami, October

1994

• Mindoro (Philippines) Tsunami, November 1994

• Skagway (Alaska) Landslide Tsunami, November 1994

• Chimbite (Peru) Tsunami, February 1996

• Irian Jaya (Indonesia) Tsunami, February 1996

• Aitape (Papua New Guinea) Tsunami, July 1998.

• Vanuatu Tsunami, November 1999

• Southern Peru Tsunami, June 2001

List of Workshops Supported by CliffHydrodynamic Model Developments:

– International Workshop on Long-Wave Run-up, Catalina Island, CA, August 1990

– Second International Workshop on Long-Wave Runup Models, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA, September 1995

– The Third International Workshop on Long-Wave Runup Models, Catalina Island, CA, June 2004.

Development of Hazards Mitigation Tools:

– Workshop on the Development of a Tsunami Scenario Simulation Program, Seattle, WA, September 2002

– Workshop for an Integrated Tsunami Scenario Simulation, Corvallis, OR, August 2003& San Francisco, CA, October 2004

Tsunami Field Survey and Data Management:

– Tsunami Measurement Workshop, Estes Park, CO, June 1995

– International Workshop on Bathymetry and Coastal Topography Data Management, Seattle, WA,March 1998 & Birmingham, UK, July 1999.

Tsunami Sources:

– Workshop on Seafloor Deformation Models, Santa Monica, CA, May 1997

– Workshop on the Prediction of Underwater Landslide and Slump Occurrence and Tsunami Hazards, Los Angeles, CA, March 2000.

Development of NEES:

– Workshop for Tsunami Research Facilities, Baltimore, May 1998

– Ad-Hoc Planning Working Group for the NSF Major Research Equipment Program: National Earthquake Engineering Simulations, 1997-1999

– Workshop on Research with NEES Tsunami Facility, Corvallis, OR, March 2001

The Indian Ocean Tsunami: December 26, 2004Banda Aceh: photo by Borerro

Nagappattinam: photo by Katada

Nicobar Island: photo by JP Singh

Abe, Ikuo Tohoku University

Bourgeois, Jody University of Washington

Breidenthal, Bob University of Washington

Crawford, George State of Washington

Curtis, George University of Hawaii

Dodd, Nick University of Nottingham

Francis, Matthew URS Corporation

Fredsøe, Jørgen Technical University of Denmark

Frandsen, Jannette University of Hawaii

Fritz, Hermann Georgia Tech

Fujima, Koji National Defense Academy, Japan

Higman, Bretwood University of Washington

Horikawa, Kiyoshi University of Tokyo

Imamura, Fumihiko Tohoku University

Jaffe, Bruce U.S. Geological Survey

LeVeque, Randy University of Washington

Li, Wenwen Oregon State University

Liu, Philip Cornell University

Mish, Kim University of Oklahoma

Mok, Kai Meng University of Macau

Murty, Tad University of Ottawa

Oumeraci, Hocine Technical University Braunschweig

Page, William Pacific Gas & Electric

Pancake, Cherri Oregon State University

Peterson, Curt Portland State University

Riggs, Ron University of Hawaii

Sato, Shinji University of Tokyo

Sekiguchi, Hideo Kyoto University

Shoemaker, Christine Cornell University

Shuto, Nobuo Nihon University

Sou, In Mei Oregon State University

Sundar, V. IIT, Madras

Teng, Michelle University of Hawaii

Tonkin, Susan Moffat & Nichols

Wiegel, Bob University of California, Berkeley

Yasuda, Mari Tohoku University

Yeh, Harry Oregon State University

Yim, Solomon Oregon State University

Young, Julie Princeton University

Zhou, Hongqiang (John) University of Hawaii

A List of Participants

8:15 - 8:50 Registration and breakfast

8:50 - 9:00 Welcome and Introduction (Yeh & Curtis)

9:00 - 9:15 Input from Prof. Wiegel (presented by Yeh)

9:10 - 9:45 The 1960 Chilean tsunami (Horikawa)

9:45 - 10:00 coffee/tea

10:00 - 11:30 Tsunami, disasters and countermeasures (Shuto) & discussion

11:30 - 12:20 Lunch

12:20 - 12:45 Transit to Tsunami Museum

12:45 - 2:00 Museum visit and presentation (Curtis)

2:00 - 4:00 Tsunami Trail excursion, ending with coffee/tea at hotel

4:00 - 5:45 Group discussion 1: General Topics - rational evacuation plans

(Walsh); tsunami warning & lessons learned (Crawford); real

time observation (Imamura); tsunami protection by sand dunes

(Sato) and others chaired by Michelle Teng

5:45 - 6:30 Free time

6:30 - 8:00 Dinner at Queen's Court

8:00 - 9:00 Uncertainty methods for buoy and bathymetry data (Shoemaker)

Day 1 (Tuesday, December 26)