Research plan and timetable

  • Task 1. Investigating the causative forces and pre-cursor environmental conditions conductive to meteotsunami formations
    • Action 1.1. Catalogue on historical U.S. meteotsunamis (0-2 months)
    • Action 1.2. Analysis of weather and ocean conditions during historical meteotsunamis (months 0-7)
    • Action 1.3. Reproduction of meteotsunami events by atmospheric and ocean numerical models (months 3-8)
    • Action 1.4. Explanation of meteotsunami generation and dynamics (months 6-10)
  • Task 2. Defining the observational systems, communications, and processing systems necessary to forecast meteotsunamis
    • Action 2.1. Definition of overall standards for real-time detection of a meteotsunami (months 7-11)
    • Action 2.2. Catalogue of existing meteo and ocean platforms and observing systems, and communication routes capable for detecting a meteotsunami (months 10-15)
    • Action 2.3. Assessment of U.S. observational meteo and ocean network versus the standards (months 14-17)
  • Task 3. Developing a protocol for issuing meteotsunami warnings
    • Action 3.1. Classification of meteotsunami risk areas along the U.S. coast (months 10-13)
    • Action 3.2. Identification of environmental variables necessary to raise a meteotsunami alarm (months 13-15)
    • Action 3.3. Develop a meteotsunami decision matrix and protocols for U.S. coast (months 14-19)
    • Action 3.4.Testing the meteotsunami warning system on historical events (months 19-21)
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