Les tsunamis et la recherche sur les tsunamis

Ce site web présente des informations générales au sujet des tsunamis et de la recherche sur les tsunamis qu s'effectue à l'ISM/CGP.** 

La première partie de ce site présente la physique fondamentale concernant les tsunamis, les grands tsunamis historiques, l'origine des tsunamis locaux - la zone de subduction de Cascadia - en Colombie-Britannique et des liens utiles qui vous permettront d'obtenir de plus amples informations au sujet des tsunamis incluant comment vous protéger lors d'un tsunami. La deuxième partie présente le modèle de tsunami et affiche les animations des résultats du modèle.

Points saillants

• Le tsunami dans l'océan Indien, le 26 décembre, 2004
• Variations du niveau de la mer liées à l'ouragan Katrina, Octobre 2005 (pdf)

Publications récentes

Rabinovich, A. B., P. L. Woodworth and V. V. Titov. 2011. Deep-sea observations and modeling of the 2004 Sumatra tsunami in Drake Passage. Geophys. Res. Lett. 38:L16604. doi:10.1029/2011GL048305.

Thomson, R., I. Fine, A. Rabinovich, S. Mihály, E. Davis, M. Heesemann and M. Krassovski. 2011. Observation of the 2009 Samoa tsunami by the NEPTUNE-Canada cabled observatory: Test data for an operational regional tsunami forecast model. Geophys. Res. Lett. 38:L11701. doi:10.1029/2011GL046728.

Rabinovich, A., Stroker, K., Thomson, R. and E. Davis. 2011. DARTs and CORK in Cascadia Basin: High-resolution observations of the 2004 Sumatra tsunami in the northeast Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett. 38:L08607. doi:10.1029/2011GL047026. 

Satake, K., Rabinovich, A., Kânoğlu, U. and S. Tinti. 2011. Introduction to “Tsunamis in the World Ocean: Past, Present, and Future. Volume II”. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 1-5. doi:10.1007/s00024-011-0278-2

Satake, K., Rabinovich, A., Kânoğlu, U. and S. Tinti. 2011. Introduction to “Tsunamis in the World Ocean: Past, Present, and Future. Volume I”. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 168(6-7):963-968. doi:10.1007/s00024-011-0304-4.

Rabinovich, A.B, Candella, R.N. and R.E. Thomson. 2011. Energy Decay of the 2004 Sumatra Tsunami in the World Ocean. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 168:1919-1950. doi:10.1007/s00024-011-0279-1.

Rabinovich, A.B., Vilibić, I. and S. Tinti. 2009. Meteorological tsunamis: Atmospherically induced destructive ocean waves in the tsunami frequency band. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C. 34(17-18):891-893.

Thomson, R. E., Rabinovich, A.B, Fine, I.V., Sinnott, D.C., McCarthy, A., Sutherland, N.A.S., and L.K. Neil. 2009. Meteorological tsunamis on the coasts of British Columbia and Washington. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. 34:938–955.

Rabinovich, A.B. 2009. Seiches and harbour oscillations. In: Handbook of Coastal and Ocean Engineering.   Y.C. Kim [Ed.].  Chapter 9. World Scientific Publ. Singapore. 193-236.

Laverov, N.P., L.I. Lobkovsky, B.W. Levin, A.B. Rabinovich, E.A. Kulikov, I.V. Fine and R.E. Thomson. 2009. The Kuril Tsunamis of November 15, 2006, and January 13, 2007: Two Trans-Pacific Events. Doklady Earth Sciences. 426(4): 658–664.

Stephenson, F.E. and Rabinovich, A.B. 2009. Tsunamis on the Pacific Coast of Canada recorded in 1994–2007. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 166(1-2):177-210.

Lobkovsky, L.I., A.B. Rabinovich, E.A. Kulikov, A.I. Ivashchenko, I.V. Fine, R.E. Thomson, T.N. Ivelskaya and G.S. Bogdanov. 2009. The Kuril Earthquakes and Tsunamis of November 15, 2006, and January 13, 2007: Observations, Analysis, and Numerical Modeling. Oceanology. 49(2):166–181.

Fine, I., J.Y. Cherniawsky, A.B. Rabinovich and F. Stephenson. 2009. Numerical Modeling and Observations of Tsunami Waves in Alberni Inlet and Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Pure Appl. Geophys. 165:1019-2044. doi:10.1007/s00024-008-0414-9.

Candella, R. N., Rabinovich, A. B. and R. E. Thomson. 2008. The 2004 Sumatra tsunami as recorded on the Atlantic coast of South America. Advances in Geosciences. 14:117–128.

Lobkovskii, L.I., E.A. Kulikov, A.B. Rabinovich, A.I. Ivashchenko, I.V. Fain, T.N. Ivel’skaya.  2008. Earthquakes and Tsunamis (November 15, 2006, and January 13, 2007) in the Central Kuril Islands Region: A Justified Prediction. Doklady Earth Sciences. 419(2):320–324.

Rabinovich, Alexander B., Richard E. Thomson, Vasily V. Titov, Fred E. Stephenson and Garry C. Rogers. 2008. Locally Generated Tsunamis Recorded on the Coast of British Columbia. Atmosphere-Ocean. 46(3):343–360. doi:10.3137/ao.460304.

Rabinovich, A. B., Lobkovsky, L. I., Fine, I. V., Thomson,R. E., Ivelskaya, T. N. and E. A. Kulikov. 2008. Near-source observations and modeling of the Kuril Islands tsunamis of 15 November 2006 and 13 January 2007. Advances in Geosciences. 14:105–116.

Vilibic, I., S. Monserrat, A. Rabinovich and H. Mihanovic. 2008. Numerical Modelling of the Destructive Meteo tsunami of 15 June, 2006 on the Coast of the Balearic Islands. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 165:2169–2195.

Bornhold, B. D.,  Harper, J.R., McLaren, D. and R. E. Thomson. 2007. Destruction of the Pre-contact First Nations Village of Kwalate by a Rock Avalanche-generated tsunami. Atmosphere-Ocean. 45(2):123-128. doi:10.3137/ao.450205.

Cherniawsky, J.Y., Titov, V.V., Wang, K. and J.-Y. Li. 2007. Numerical simulations of tsunami waves and currents for southern Vancouver Island from a Cascadia megathrust earthquake. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 164(2-3):465-492.

J. Gower.  2007. The 26 December 2004 tsunami measured by satellite altimetry. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 28(13):2897-2913. doi:10.1080/01431160601094484.

Rabinovich, A.B. and R.E. Thomson. 2007. The 26 December 2004 Sumatra tsunami: Analysis of tide gauge data from the World Ocean. Part 1. Indian Ocean and South Africa. Pure Appl. Geophys. 164(2-3):261-308.

Thomson, R. E., A. B. Rabinovich and M. V. Krassovski. 2007. Double jeopardy: Concurrent arrival of the 2004 Sumatra tsunami and storm-generated waves on the Atlantic coast of the United States and Canada. Geophys. Res. Lett. 34:L15607. doi:10.1029/2007GL030685.

Gower, J. and F. González. 2006. U.S. Warning System Detected the Sumatra Tsunami. Eos Trans. AGU. 87(10):105:108.

Joseph, A., Odametey, J.T., Nkebi, E.K., Pereira, A., Prabhudesai, R.G., Mehra1, P., Rabinovich, A.B., Kumar, V.,  Prabhudesai, S. and P Woodworth. 2006. The 26 December 2004 Sumatra tsunami recorded on the coast of West Africa. African Journal of Marine Science. 28(3&4):705–712.

Monserrat, S.,  Vilibić, I. and A.B. Rabinovich. 2006. Meteotsunamis: atmospherically induced destructive ocean waves in the tsunami frequency band. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 6:1035-1051.

Rabinovich, A.B., Stephenson, F.E. and R.E. Thomson. 2006. The California Tsunami of 15 June 2005 along the Coast of North America. Atmosphere-Ocean. 44(4):415–427.

Rabinovich, A.B., Thomson, R.E. and F.E. Stephenson. 2006. The Sumatra tsunami of 26 December 2004 as observed in the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans. Surv. Geophys. 27:647–677. doi:10.1007/s10712-006-9000-9.

Fine, I. V., A.B. Rabinovich, B. D. Bornhold, R.E. Thomson and E.A. Kulikov. 2005. The Grand Banks landslide-generated tsunami of November 18, 1929: Preliminary analysis and numerical modeling. Marine Geology. 215:45-57.

Fine, I.V., Rabinovich, A. B. and R.E. Thomson. 2005.The dual source region for the 2004 Sumatra tsunami. Geophysical Research Letters. 32. L16602. doi:10.102g/2005GL023521.

Gower, J. F. 2005. Jason 1 detects December 26, 2004 tsunami. Eos. 86(4):37-38.

Kulikov, E.A.,  Medvedev, P.P. and S. Lappo. 2005. Satellite Recording of the Indian Ocean Tsunami on December 26, 2004. Doklady Earth Sciences. 401A(3): 444–448.

Kulikov, E. A., Rabinovich, A. B. and R.E. Thomson. 2005. Estimation of Tsunami Risk for the Coasts of Peru and Northern Chile. Natural Hazards. 35:185–209.

Kulikov, E. A., Rabinovich, A.B. and R.E. Thomson. 2005. On Long-Term Tsunami Forecasting. Oceanology. 45(4):488–499. (Translated from Okeanologiya. 45(4):518–530).

Titov, V., Rabinovich, A. B., Mofjeld, H.O., R.E. Thomson and Frank I. González. 2005. The Global Reach of the 26 December 2004 Sumatra Tsunami. Science. 309. 2045-2048.

Rabinovich, A.B. and F.E. Stephenson. 2004. Longwave Measurements for the Coast of British Columbia and Improvements to the Tsunami Warning Capability. Natural Hazards. 32:313–343.

Liu, P. L.-F., Monserrat, S., Marcos, M. and A.B. Rabinovich. 2003. Coupling between two inlets: Observation and modeling. J. Geophys. Res. 108(C3):3069. doi:10.1029/2002JC001478. (Correction)

Fine, I.V., Rabinovich, A.B., Thomson, R.E. and E.A. Kulikov. 2003. Numerical Modeling of Tsunami Generation by Submarine and Subaerial Landslides. In:  Ahmet C. et al. [Eds.].  NATO Science Series, Underwater Ground Failures On Tsunami Generation, Modeling, Risk and Mitigation. Kluwer. 69-88.

Rabinovich, A.B., Thomson, R.E., Bornhold, B.B., Fine, I.V. and E.A. Kulikov. 2003. Numerical modelling of tsunamis generated by hypothetical landslides in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. Pure appl. Geophy. 160:1273-1313. 

Thomson, R.E., A.B. Rabinovich, E.A. Kulikov, I.V. Fine and B.B. Bornhold. 2001. On numerical simulation of the landslide-generated tsunami of November 3, 1994 in Skagway Harbor, Alaska. In: G.T. Hebenstrait [ Ed.]. Tsunami Research at the End of a Critical Decade, Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. 18:243-282. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 304 p. 

Rabinovich, A.B., Thomson, R.E., Kulikov, E.A., Bornhold, B.D., and I.V. Fine. 1999. The landslide-generated tsunami of November 3, 1994 in Skagway Harbor, Alaska: A case study. Geophysical Research Letters. 26(19):3009-3012.

Monserrat, S., Rabinovich, A.B.and B. Casas. 1998. On the reconstruction of the transfer function for atmospherically generated seiches. Geophysical Research Letters. 25(12):2197-2200.

Rabinovich A.B. and S. Monserrat. 1998. Generation of meteorological tsunamis (large amplitude seiches) near the Balearic and Kuril Islands. Natural Hazards. 18(1):27-55.

Rabinovich, A. B. 1997. Spectral analysis of tsunami waves: Separation of source and topography effects. J. Geophys. Res. 102(C6):12,663–12,676.

Kulikov, E.A., A.B. Rabinovich, R.E. Thomson and B.B. Bornhold. 1996. The landslide tsunami of November 3, 1994, Skagway Harbor, Alaska. J. Geophys. Res. 101:6609-6615.

Rabinovich, A.B. and S. Monserrat. 1996. Meteorological tsunamis near the Balearic and Kuril Islands :Descriptive and statistical analysis. Natural Hazards. 13(1):55-90.

Personnel impliqué dans la recherche sur les tsunamis à  l'ISM/CGP et à d'autres organismes 

• Bodo de Lange Boom, Institut des sciences de la mer 
• Peter Chandler, Institut des sciences de la mer 
• Josef Cherniawsky, Institut des sciences de la mer 
• Bill Crawford, Institut des sciences de la mer 
• Jim Gower, Institut des sciences de la mer 
• Eugenie Kulikov, Institut des sciences de la mer 
• Alexander Rabinovich, Institut des sciences de la mer 
• Fred Stephenson, Institut des sciences de la mer 
• Richard Thomson, Institut des sciences de la mer 
• Vasily Titov, PMEL, NOAA, Seattle
• Kelin Wang, Centre géoscientifique du Pacifique