The U.S. Tsunami Program: A Brief Overview

Folger, Peter

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Emergency management;    Tsunamis;    Earthquakes;   

RP-ID  :  R41686
RP-ID  :  R41686_2015Mar18

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Weather Service (NWS) manages two tsunami warning centers that monitor, detect, and issue warnings for tsunamis. This report discusses these centers, which monitor and evaluate data from seismic networks and determine if a tsunami is likely based on the location, magnitude, and depth of an earthquake.