Community Model Interface for Tsunami (ComMIT) Training Workshop

20 - 23 September 2016,

Puerto Rico Seismic Network
Call Box 900

Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00681
United States

Annotated Agenda

1 Opening
2 Orientation and Overview of the Course
3 Lecture: Tsunami Science, Modeling and Hazard Assessment - I
4 Lecture: Tsunami Science, Modeling and Hazard Assessment - II
5 Lecture: Earthquake source seismology
6 Lecture: Tsunami Hazard Assessment and modeling in Puerto Rico
7 Lecture: Caribbean Tsunami Sources for Hazard Assessment
8 Hands-on: Installation of ComMIT and run a test model
9 Lecture: Tsunami Modeling using ComMIT
10 Lecture: Bathymetric grids: grid sizing, instabilities, and model parameters
11 Hands-on: Hazard Assessment Exercise
12 Lecture: TWeb: Presentation and Introduction
13 Hands-on: Participant Inundation Study
14 Participant Inundation Study presentations
15 Feedback Forms, Presentation of Certificates
16 Wrap up and Conclusions