NOAA Center for Tsunami Research
2006
Maximum Velocity Zones at Seaside, Oregon based on Far-field Sources
1
raster digital data
Menlo Park, California
U.S. Geological Survey
https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/catalog.shtml
Florence L. Wong
Angie J. Venturato
Eric L. Geist
2006
Seaside, Oregon Tsunami Pilot Study -- Modernization of FEMA Flood Hazard Maps: GIS Data
vector digital data
U.S. Geological Survey Data Series
236
Menlo Park, California
U.S. Geological Survey
https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/
This data set consists of ASCII raster grids representing tsunami maximum V zones of the Seaside-Gearhart, Oregon region based on Models 1-14 as defined in Tsunami Pilot Working Study Group (2006). Models 1-14 results are based on far-field tsunamigenic earthquakes along the Alaska-Aleutian, Kuril-Kamchatka, and Chilean subduction zones. Maximum V zones are calculated by (u^2+v^2)/(gh) where u is velocity in the x-direction, v is velocity in the y-direction, g is gravity, and h is depth.
This data set is one of a collection of spatially referenced digital files
in a geographic information system related to the Seaside, Oregon, Tsunami
Pilot Study.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Federal Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
guidelines do not currently exist for conducting and incorporating tsunami
hazard assessments that reflect the substantial advances in tsunami research
achieved in the last two decades (Tsunami Pilot Study Working Group, 2006).
Therefore, as part of the FEMA Modernization Program, a Tsunami Pilot Study
was carried out in the Seaside/Gearhart, Oregon, area to provide information
from which tsunami mapping guidelines could be developed. This area was
chosen because it is typical of coastal communities in the section of the
Pacific Coast from Cape Mendocino to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. There was
also considerable interest shown by state agencies and local stakeholders in
mapping the tsunami threat to this region. The study was an interagency
effort by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, the University of Southern California, and
the Middle East Technical University. We present the GIS data from that
report in this publication.
These data are intended for science researchers, students, policy makers,
and the general public. The data can be used with geographic information
systems (GIS) software to display geologic and oceanographic information.
2006
publication date
As needed
-123.970000
-123.900000
46.060000
45.960000
none
far-field tsunamigenic earthquake source
Method of Splitting Tsunami model
maximum velocity zone
maximum V zone
Geographic Names Information System
Alaska-Aleutian
Pacific Basin
Seaside, Oregon
Gearhart, Oregon
Oregon
USA
Kuril-Kamchatka
Chile
None.
These data were created for the sole purpose of the Seaside, Oregon, Tsunami
Pilot Study. It is not meant for navigational means. The National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration makes no expressed or implied warranty
regarding the accuracy of these data.
The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no
responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these
data on any other system.
Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only
and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
NOAA Center for Tsunami Research
mailing address
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
Washington
98115
USA
206-526-6556
Angie.J.Venturato@noaa.gov
https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/metadata/farfield_maxvzones.jpg
Maximum tsunami wave velocity zones based on far-field earthquake sources
JPEG
Titov et al. (1999 and 2005)
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Tsunami Pilot Study Working Group
2006
Seaside, Oregon Tsunami Pilot Study -- Modernization of FEMA Flood Hazard Maps
1
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
2006-1234
Menlo Park, California
U.S. Geological Survey
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1234/
NOAA Center for Tsunami Research
2006
Far-field Sources for the Seaside, Oregon Tsunami Pilot Study
Seattle, Washington
U.S. Geological Survey
The data set was converted from a netCDF files and checked for logical consistency.
Complete.
Titov, V.V., F.I. Gonzalez, E.N. Bernard, M.E. Eble, H.O. Mofjeld, J.C. Newman, and A.J. Venturato
2005
Real-time tsunami forecasting: Challenges and solutions
http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/
online
1999
publication date
FACTS_runs
tsunami maximum wave heights from inundation model runs as stored in the NOAA Center for Tsunami Research online model application known as FACTS
refer to cross references
FACTS_runs
2004
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ss02mvz
ss03mvz
ss04mvz
ss05mvz
ss06mvz
ss07mvz
ss08mvz
ss09mvz
ss10mvz
ss11mvz
ss12mvz
ss13mvz
ss14mvz
Raster
Grid Cell
360
252
1
0.000227
0.000227
Decimal degrees
North American Datum of 1983
Geodetic Reference System 80
6378137.000000
298.257222
Mean high water
1
meters
Explicit depth coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
U.S. Geological Survey
mailing address
USGS Information Services Box 25286
Denver
Colorado
80225-0286
USA
1-888-275-8747
infoservices@usgs.gov
U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 236
The act of distribution shall not constitute any warranty expressed or implied
by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of these data, and no
responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these
data on any other system.
ARCE
9.1
ArcGIS shapefile
no compression applied
0.374
https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/
None.
20060726
200607
NOAA Center for Tsunami Research
Angie J. Venturato
mailing address
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
Washington
98115
USA
206-526-6556
Angie.J.Venturato@noaa.gov
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
local time
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ESRI Metadata Profile