NOAA Tsunami Websites

NOAA Tsunami Websites

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

http://www.noaa.gov

NOAA News Stories

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2362.htm Impact on Marine Ecosystems

http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag153.htm DART Received High Marks

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2004/s2358.htm NOAA and the Tsunami

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2365.htm Tsunami Height from Space

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2369.htm Improved Tsunami Detection

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2003/s2136.htm DART Right on Target

General NOAA Tsunami Page

http://www.noaa.gov/tsunamis.html

West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

(responsible for coastal waters from Alaska to California, including Washington

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/

Tsunami Brochures

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/tsunamiready/brochure.htm

Tsunami Warning Book for Children – 1964 Alaskan Earthquake and Tsunami (elementary)

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/book01.htm

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

(responsible for all American interests in the Pacific, including Hawaii)

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/

NOAA and Tsunamis

http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/grounders/tsunamis.html

Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART)

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/Dart/

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory – Tsunami Research Program

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/

National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program – Links for Kids (K-12)

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami-hazard/kids.html

TIME (Tsunami Inundation Mapping Efforts) Simulation Models

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/time/

International Tsunami Information Center

(responsible for the other 25 member nations in the Pacific Ocean Basin)

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/itic/

International Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific

Classroom Tsunami Activities (K-12)

http://ioc.unesco.org/itsu/categories.php?category_no=27

National Geophysical Data Center (Slides and Publications)

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/tsu.shtml

Tsunami Event Database (Interactive Data Modeling, grades 9-12)

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/tsevsrch_idb.shtml

Tsunami Interactive Map (Modeling Natural Hazards, grades 6-12)

http://map.ngdc.noaa.gov/website/seg/hazards/viewer.htm

Are You Prepared for Tsunamis? Kid’s Natural Hazard Quiz

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/quiz/jsp/quiz/kq.jsp?htype=Tsunamis

Brochure – Tsunami The Great Waves

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/tsunami.htm

TsunamiReady Designation Given to First Native American Community

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/com/nwsfocus/fs060302.htm

All-Hazards NOAA Weather Radio

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/

Tsunami Detection Buoys (located in North Pacific Ocean) Real- time Data for Graphing)

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dart.shtml

Protecting our Ports and Harbors – Pacific Northwest Earthquake History

http://www.csc.noaa.gov/products/tsunamis/htm/cascadia/e_hist.htm

Andreanov Event Affecting U.S. West Coast (Animation – Click on tsunami.mov)

http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/OceanHall

Ocean Fury: Tsunamis in Alaska Video/DVD

http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/Pubs_Videos/pubs/M-25.html