Dataset: Tsunami Model Output/Hawaii/NEOWAVE Regional Tsunami Model: Hawaii: Molokai: Kaunakakai
Data format: netCDF
Data type: GRID
Naming Authority: org.pacioos
ID: neowave_kaunakakai
Documentation:
summary: Non-hydrostatic Evolution of Ocean WAVEs (NEOWAVE) regional tsunami model for Kaunakakai Harbor on the south coast of the island of Molokai in the state of Hawaii, categorized by earthquake magnitude and subduction zone. Includes nearshore hazard maps of surge, drawdown, and current for hypothetical advisory and warning-level tsunamis from potential sources at the Aleutian, Kuril-Kamchatka, and Peru-Chile subduction zones. Data are gridded at approximately 3-m resolution referenced to the WGS84 coordinate system and use a vertical datum of mean sea level (MSL). This shock-capturing, dispersive wave model computes tsunami generation, propagation, and inundation for complex flow patterns in shelf and reef environments. It has been validated with analytical, laboratory, and field benchmarks and is approved by the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program. These hazard maps cover tsunamis only; other potential hazards such as wind waves and swells would be additive to the surge, drawdown, and current described by these data.
rights: These model data were generated as part of an academic research project, and the principal investigator, Kwok Fai Cheung (cheung@hawaii.edu), asks to be informed of intent for scientific use and appropriate acknowledgment given in any publications arising therefrom. The data are provided free of charge, without warranty of any kind.
funding: The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS), funded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is a Regional Association within the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). PacIOOS is coordinated by the University of Hawaii School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST).
