Session outline

Human Geosciences(H) Session Sub Category Disaster geosciences(DS) Session ID H-DS27 Title Tsunami and its Forecast Short title Tsunami and its Forecast Convener Name Yutaka Hayashi Affiliation Meteorological Research Institute Co-convener 1. Name Erick Mas Affiliation International Research Institute of Disaster Science Co-convener 2. Name Toshitaka Baba Affiliation Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology International Symposium No request Language Japanese Scope This session discusses issues related to improving real-time and long-term prediction accuracy of tsunami, which include such as a better understanding of tsunami dynamics, new real-time tsunami observing systems deployed in the open ocean and coastal waters, methodologies of more rapid and accurate prediction during tsunami emergencies, more extensive and accurate inundation maps, and long-term tsunami potential forecast. Type of presentation Oral and Poster presentation Invited papers