Tsunami And Storm Surge Modeling In Bay Of Bengal

Destruction due to 26 December 2004 Andaman tsunami has become a major concern to the communities around the world. Several efforts have been undertaken to minimize the potential impacts of future tsunamis. In this thesis, a theoretical investigation of tsunami propagation properties and characte...

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Main Author:	Cham, Kah Loon
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2007
Subjects:	TA1-2040 Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/55537/1/00001676009.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.555372022-11-08T01:04:55Z Tsunami And Storm Surge Modeling In Bay Of Bengal 2007-11 Cham, Kah Loon TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Destruction due to 26 December 2004 Andaman tsunami has become a major concern to the communities around the world. Several efforts have been undertaken to minimize the potential impacts of future tsunamis. In this thesis, a theoretical investigation of tsunami propagation properties and characteristics, with particular reference to the 26 December 2004 Andaman tsunami will be presented to highlight the potential risks and vulnerability of the countries around the Bay of Bengal, with the assistance of a tsunami simulation model TUNA-M2. This thesis will also discuss ocean circulation and storm surge modeling in the Bay of Bengal. TUNA-M2 is then modified to TUNA-SU by incorporating four additional terms: wind forcing, sea level pressure (SLP) gradient, Carialis force and horizontal eddy viscosity. For ocean circulation study, TUNA-SU incorporates long-term averaged winds of the southwest and northeast monsoon to simulate the ocean circulations in the Bay of Bengal. The simulated current circulations by means of TUNA-SU are compared to the observed current patterns. For storm surge study, TUNA-SU incorporates a parametric wind field model, the Modified Rankine Vortex model to simulate the surge levels along the affected coastal areas in Myanmar for the event of 1992 Sandoway cyclone. The simulated surge levels are compared to the reported surge heights. It is hoped that this thesis will contribute towards further research on tsunami, storm surge and ocean circulation modeling in the future. 2007-11 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/55537/ http://eprints.usm.my/55537/1/00001676009.pdf application/pdf en public masters Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Awam
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description	Destruction due to 26 December 2004 Andaman tsunami has become a major concern to the communities around the world. Several efforts have been undertaken to minimize the potential impacts of future tsunamis. In this thesis, a theoretical investigation of tsunami propagation properties and characteristics, with particular reference to the 26 December 2004 Andaman tsunami will be presented to highlight the potential risks and vulnerability of the countries around the Bay of Bengal, with the assistance of a tsunami simulation model TUNA-M2. This thesis will also discuss ocean circulation and storm surge modeling in the Bay of Bengal. TUNA-M2 is then modified to TUNA-SU by incorporating four additional terms: wind forcing, sea level pressure (SLP) gradient, Carialis force and horizontal eddy viscosity. For ocean circulation study, TUNA-SU incorporates long-term averaged winds of the southwest and northeast monsoon to simulate the ocean circulations in the Bay of Bengal. The simulated current circulations by means of TUNA-SU are compared to the observed current patterns. For storm surge study, TUNA-SU incorporates a parametric wind field model, the Modified Rankine Vortex model to simulate the surge levels along the affected coastal areas in Myanmar for the event of 1992 Sandoway cyclone. The simulated surge levels are compared to the reported surge heights. It is hoped that this thesis will contribute towards further research on tsunami, storm surge and ocean circulation modeling in the future.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Cham, Kah Loon
author_facet	Cham, Kah Loon
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title	Tsunami And Storm Surge Modeling In Bay Of Bengal
title_short	Tsunami And Storm Surge Modeling In Bay Of Bengal
title_full	Tsunami And Storm Surge Modeling In Bay Of Bengal
title_fullStr	Tsunami And Storm Surge Modeling In Bay Of Bengal
title_full_unstemmed	Tsunami And Storm Surge Modeling In Bay Of Bengal
title_sort	tsunami and storm surge modeling in bay of bengal
granting_institution	Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Awam
publishDate	2007
url	http://eprints.usm.my/55537/1/00001676009.pdf
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