Description
The innovation in space technologies has generated a new method for observing and monitoring tsunamis from space. Most tsunami remote sensing studies focus on using classical image processing tools or conventional edge detection procedures. However, these methods do not use modern physics, applied mathematics, signal communication, remote sensing data and innovative space technologies. This book equips readers to understand how to monitor tsunamis from space with remote sensing technology art to create a better alarm warning system.
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Principles of Tsunami
Definition of Tsunami
Tsunami Terminology
Physical Characteristics of Tsunami
Tsunami Classifications
How do tsunamis differ from other water waves?
The Wave Train
The Shoaling Effect
Tsunami Generation Mechanisms
Causes of Tsunami
How do Earthquakes Generate Tsunami?
How do landslides, volcanic eruptions, and cosmic collisions generate tsunamis?
What happens when a tsunami encounters land?
Tsunami Generation Mechanisms
Historical Tsunami Records
Why Aren't Tsunami Seen at Sea or from the Air?
Combination of Tsunami, Tide, Sea Level, and Storm Surge
Tsunami of Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake 26 December 2004
Why Earthquakes and Tsunamis occur in the Sumatra Region
Rupture of 2004 Earthquake and Tsunami
How earthquakes occur in the Sumatra region?
Mechanisms of Sumatran Earthquake and Tsunami
Physical Characteristics of the 2004 Earthquake
2004 Tsunami Beaming
Energy of the Earthquake and its Effects
Propagation of 2004 Tsunami
Paths of Tsunami along Andaman Sea
Retreat and rise cycle
Novel Theories of Tsunami Generation Mechanisms
5000 Years of Tsunamis
Tsunami Recurrence
Can Tsunami Cause Marine Landslide?
Slow Slip and Tsunami
Low-Frequency Earthquake Event
New Tsunami Generation Mechanisms and Models
Molecular Hydrodynamic Tsunami Generation
Can Gravity Cause Tsunami?
Did Himalayan Mountain Cause 2004 Tsunami ?
Did Deep Heat Spawn the 2004 Tsunami?
Can Nuclear Bomb Create a Tsunami?
Can HAARP Bomb Create a Tsunami?
Modification of The Earth’s Rotation by 2004 Earthquakes
Earth Rotation
Forces affecting the Length of the Earth’s Day
2004 Tsunami’s Effects on Earth’s Rotation
Principles of Optical Remote Sensing For Tsunami Observation
Introduction to Remote Sensing
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Energy in Electromagnetic Waves
Photoelectric Effect
Young's Slits
Electromagnetic-Radiation-Matter Interactions
Interaction Processes on Remote Sensing
Blackbody Radiation
Spectral Signatures
Spatial Dimension
Potential of Optical Remote Sensing Satellite for Monitoring Tsunami
Introduction
Tsunami Observation from High Resolution Satellite Images
Tsunami Inundation Mapping Using Terra-ASTER Images
Tsunami Observation from Low Resolution Satellite Images
Modelling Shoreline Change Rates Due to the Tsunami Impact
Shoreline Definition Regarding Tsunami
Study Areas and Data Acquisitions
Automatic Detection of Shoreline Extraction
Tsunami Impacts on Shoreline Deformation
The Role of Vegetation Covers on Tsunami Wave Energy Reduction
Modelling of Tsunami Impacts on Physical Properties of Water Using Modis Data: A Study Case of Aceh, Indonesia
Introduction
Coastal Water of Aceh
MODIS Satellite Data
Impact of Tsunami on Coastal Physical Properties
Mechanism of Upwelling By Tsunami
Genetic Algorithm For Simulation of Tsunami Impacts on Water Mass Variations Using Modis Satellite Data
Water Mass Definition
Remote Sensing and Water Masses
Genetic Algorithm
Tsunami Causes Water Masses Redistribution
Can Water Masses Redistribution Affect Length of Day?
Three-Dimensional Tsunami Wave Simulation from Quickbird Satellite Data
Introduction
Theory of Wave Spectra in Optical Remote Sensing Data
QuickBird and Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Wave Spectra Estimation from QuickBird Satellite Data
Numerical model of Tsunami Run-up
Fuzzy B-spline Method for 3-D Run-up Simulation
Galerkin Finite Element
Four–Dimensional Hologram Interferometry of Tsunami Waves from Quickbird Satellite Data
Introduction
Physics of Hologram
How Holography Works?
Four-Dimensional
Mathematical Model for Retrieving 4-D Using Hologram Interferometry
4-D Hologram Visualization of QuickBird
4-D and Relativity
Principles of Synthetic Aperture Radar
Principles
Radio Detecting and Ranging
Synthetic Aperture Radar
Radar Resolution
Radar Range Equation
Radar Backscattering
SAR Imagine Sea Surface
Detection of Internal Wave from Synthetic Aperture Radar Post Tsunami
Internal Wave
Internal Wave Imaging in SAR
Algorithms
Tsunami Derived Internal Wave in SAR Data
Automatic Detection of Internal Waves
Internal Wave Variations with Physical Water Properties
Tsunami Deriving internal Wave from Optical Satellite Data
Altimeter Satellite Data Observed Tsunami Spreading
Microwave Altimeter
Principles of Altimeter
Altimetric Measurements Over the Ocean
Altimeter Sensors for 2004 Tsunami
Schrödinger Theory for Future Tsunami Forecasting in Malacca Straits, Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Nile River
Quantum for Wave Propagation
Schrödinger Equation for Tsunami Propagation
Different Study Cases
Tsunami From Point View of Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Viewpoints of GERD Impacts
