Experts Meeting Workshop on Tsunami Modeling and Mitigation

01 - 03 December 2014,

Cartagena de Indias, ,
Colombia



Agenda



1 Session I: Natural Phenomenas, Tsunami precursors in the Caribbean Region, Historical seismicity and Tsunami catalogs
1.1 Caribbean Historical Seismicity, Seismo-­Tectonics and Geodynamics
1.2 Historical Catalogs of Tsunami Events in the Caribbean Region
1.3 Submarine Landslides
1.4 Caribbean Paleotsunamis
2 Session II: Numerical Modeling of Tsunamis
2.1 Wave Mechanics: Linearity and non-­linearity of waves
2.2 Methodologies and test cases for the validation of tsunami numerical models
2.3 Numerical methods applied to tsunami forecasting: COmMIT and T-web
2.4 Discussion: Advances in tsunami modeling
3 Session III: Tsunami Hazard Assessment: Methods and Techniques
3.1 Deterministic and Probabilistic Tsunami Hazad Assessment
3.2 Tsunami Numerical Simulations: HySEA -­ A GPU approach to tsunami modeling and case studies for: LANTEX14, Northeastern Caribbean and Alborán Sea
3.3 Tsunami Numerical Simulation: Techniques and Case Studies in the Caribbean Region: French West Indies
3.4 Vulnerability and Risk in Northern Hispaniola -­focus on Cap Haitien and Puerto Plata
4 Session IV: Mitigating the Effects of Tsunamis
4.1 Barrier Islands
4.2 Coral Reefs, Mangroves and Coastal Structures
4.3 Discussion: Lessons Learned, Caribbean Tsunamis, Sumatra 2004, Haiti & Chile 2010, Japan 2011
5 Session V: Tools to Forecast Tsunami Effects
5.1 Tsunami Hazard Assessment
5.2 Development of Tsunami Inundation and Evacuation Maps: Case studies in Puerto Rico, The Virgin Islands and the Dominican Republic
5.3 Developing Strategies to generate Tsunami Inundation and Evacuation Maps in Pacific Nations
5.4 Developing a Tsunami Scenario Database
5.5 Tsunami Preparedeness through LANTEX and CARIBEWAVE exercises