The long-standing uncertainty about the importance of asteroid-generated tsunami was addressed at a workshop in August 2016, co-sponsored by NASA and NOAA. Experts from NASA, NOAA, the DoE tri-labs (LLNL, SNL, and LANL), DHS, FEMA, and academia addressed the hazard of tsunami created by asteroid impacts, focusing primarily on NEAs with diameter less than 250m. Participants jointly identified key issues and shared information for nearly a year to coordinate their results for discussion at the workshop. They used modern computational tools to examine 1) Near-field wave generation by the impact; 2) Long-distance wave propagation; 3) Damage from coastal run-up and inundation, and associated hazard. The workshop resulted in broad consensus that the asteroid impact tsunami threat is not as great as previously thought.


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    Title :

    Contribution of Asteroid Generated Tsunami to the Impact Hazard


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Planetary Defense Conference 2017 ; 2017 ; Tokyo, Japan


    Publication date :

    2017-05-15


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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