Tsunami Society
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The Tsunami Society, also known as the International Tsunami Society, is a professional society for the research of and dissemination of knowledge about tsunami
s. The society was founded in Honolulu, Hawaii
in 1982. The International Tsunami Society sponsors professional level meetings with local government officials to promote public safety awareness, disaster preparedness and the implementation of early warning systems. Every two years, the society holds its International Scientific Symposium. Tsunami researchers and scientists from all over the world attend sessions at the symposia.
The society publishes an open access, international journal known as Science of Tsunami Hazards , which is available to the scientific community free of charge. Papers submitted to the journal receive peer review by an editorial board of senior scholars. The journal archives include data, research results and references on tsunamis. All past issues of the journal for the past three decades are archived at the society’s website, the U.S. Library of Congress and at a mirror site at the U. S. Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico. Recently, the society’s journal Science of Tsunami Hazards was included in the prestigious international academic journal database DOAJ maintained by the University of Lund in Sweden with the support of the European Union. To facilitate cross-referencing and searching, all past journals are being archived into this Open Access database by author, title, abstract and keywords. In addition, Science of Tsunami Hazards is being archived at the National Library, The Hague, Netherlands. SPARC Europe Europe and DOAJ have entered an agreement about introducing a certification scheme for Open Access journals - the SPARC Europe Seal for Open Access Journals. Science of Tsunami Hazards is eligible, for this certification as well as for the SPARC Europe Award for outstanding achievements in scholarly communications.
Tsunami
A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake...
s. The society was founded in Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...
in 1982. The International Tsunami Society sponsors professional level meetings with local government officials to promote public safety awareness, disaster preparedness and the implementation of early warning systems. Every two years, the society holds its International Scientific Symposium. Tsunami researchers and scientists from all over the world attend sessions at the symposia.
The society publishes an open access, international journal known as Science of Tsunami Hazards , which is available to the scientific community free of charge. Papers submitted to the journal receive peer review by an editorial board of senior scholars. The journal archives include data, research results and references on tsunamis. All past issues of the journal for the past three decades are archived at the society’s website, the U.S. Library of Congress and at a mirror site at the U. S. Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico. Recently, the society’s journal Science of Tsunami Hazards was included in the prestigious international academic journal database DOAJ maintained by the University of Lund in Sweden with the support of the European Union. To facilitate cross-referencing and searching, all past journals are being archived into this Open Access database by author, title, abstract and keywords. In addition, Science of Tsunami Hazards is being archived at the National Library, The Hague, Netherlands. SPARC Europe Europe and DOAJ have entered an agreement about introducing a certification scheme for Open Access journals - the SPARC Europe Seal for Open Access Journals. Science of Tsunami Hazards is eligible, for this certification as well as for the SPARC Europe Award for outstanding achievements in scholarly communications.
Further reading
- Directory of Open Access Journals: search Science of Tsunami Hazards:"http://www.doaj.org .
- International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). 2010. 4th International Tsunami Symposium 25-29 Jul2010. "Website: http://www.unisdr.org/english/events/v.php?id=10771 .
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) subdivision of United Nations Scientific Educational Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Position Paper Tsunami Society, "What is a Mega-Tsunami and Can It Happen Today? Website: http://ioc3.unesco.org/itic/printer.php?id=203 .
- Marchuk, Andrei: Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics Siberian Division Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia. TSUNAMI WAVE PROPAGATION ALONG WAVEGUIDES. Science of Tsunami Hazards ISSN 8755-6839 (2009) vol.28(5).
- Pain, Michael: Australian Spaceguard Survey. Tsunami from Asteroid/Comet Impacts. "Website: http://users.tpg.com.au/users/tps-seti/spacegd7.html#pub_note - see Tsunami Society Symposium May 25–29, 1999 in Honolulu.
- Prevention Web: Serving the Information Needs of the Disaster Reduction Community - academic and research institutions. Tsunami Society. "Website: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/contacts/v.php?id=5736 .
- P. Lukkunaprasit(1), A. Ruangrassamee(2) And N. Thanasisathit(3): 1.Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; 2. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; 3. Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. TSUNAMI LOADING ON BUILDINGS WITH OPENINGS. Science of Tsunami Hazards ISSN 8755-6839 (2009) vol.28(5).
- SPARC Europe. 2010. Website: http://www.sparceurope.org .
- Tsunami Society International (2010). Website: http://www.tsunamisociety.org .
- US Los Alamos National Laboratory (2010) Science of Tsunami Hazards. Website: http://library.lanl.gov/tsunami .
External links
- Official website: Tsunami Society International
- Directory of Open Access Journals: search Science of Tsunami Hazards
- US Los Alamos National Laboratory: Science of Tsunami Hazards
- SPARC Europe
- Prevention Web: Serving the Information Needs of the Disaster Reduction Community - academic and research institutions: Tsunami Society
- International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). 2010. 4th International Tsunami Symposium 25-29 Jul2010
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) subdivision of United Nations Scientific Educational Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Position Paper Tsunami Society, "What is a Mega-Tsunami and Can It Happen Today?