Validation and Verification of Tsunami Numerical Models. Synolakis, C., Bernard, E., Titov, V., Kânoğlu, U., & González, F. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 165(11-12):2197-2228, SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel, 2008.
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In the aftermath of the 26 December, 2004 tsunami, several quantitative predictions of inundation for historic events were presented at international meetings differing substantially from the corresponding well-established paleotsunami measurements. These significant differences attracted press attention, reducing the credibility of all inundation modeling efforts. Without exception, the predictions were made using models that had not been benchmarked. Since an increasing number of nations are now developing tsunami mitigation plans, it is essential that all numerical models used in emergency planning be subjected to validation—the process of ensuring that the model accurately solves the parent equations of motion—and verification—the process of ensuring that the model represents geophysical reality. Here, we discuss analytical, laboratory, and field benchmark tests with which tsunami numerical models can be validated and verified. This is a continuous process; even
@article{ synolakis2008validation,
  abstract = {In the aftermath of the 26 December, 2004 tsunami, several quantitative predictions of inundation for historic events were presented at international meetings differing substantially from the corresponding well-established paleotsunami measurements. These significant differences attracted press attention, reducing the credibility of all inundation modeling efforts. Without exception, the predictions were made using models that had not been benchmarked. Since an increasing number of nations are now developing tsunami mitigation plans, it is essential that all numerical models used in emergency planning be subjected to validation—the process of ensuring that the model accurately solves the parent equations of motion—and verification—the process of ensuring that the model represents geophysical reality. Here, we discuss analytical, laboratory, and field benchmark tests with which tsunami numerical models can be validated and verified. This is a continuous process; even },
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  author = {Synolakis, C.E. and Bernard, E.N. and Titov, V.V. and Kânoğlu, U. and González, F.I.},
  biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2646afa955e872fe34257c0f43a84ff9a/inigoquiroga},
  doi = {10.1007/s00024-004-0427-y},
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  issn = {0033-4553},
  journal = {Pure and Applied Geophysics},
  keywords = {numerical tsunami validation},
  language = {English},
  number = {11-12},
  pages = {2197-2228},
  publisher = {SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel},
  title = {Validation and Verification of Tsunami Numerical Models},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00024-004-0427-y},
  volume = {165},
  year = {2008}
}

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