THE TSUNAMI OF MARCH 11, 2011 AS OBSERVED BY THE NETWORK OF TIDE GAUGES OF FRENCH POLYNESIA

Authors

Jean-Pierre Barriot, Observatoire Géodésique de Tahiti, Université de Polynésie française.Follow
Jonathan Serafini, Observatoire Géodésique de Tahiti, Université de Polynésie française.
Lydie Sichoix, Observatoire Géodésique de Tahiti, Université de Polynésie française.
Dominique Reymond, Laboratoire de Géophysique, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique
Olivier Hyvernaud, Laboratoire de Géophysique, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique

Abstract

We present here the network of tide gauges spanning French Polynesia, and the set of records made by this network of the tsunami wave of March 11, 2011 (Tōhoku earthquake). We also outline the least-squares procedure used to separate the tsunami signal from the oceanic tides signal.

Recommended Citation

Barriot, Jean-Pierre; Serafini, Jonathan; Sichoix, Lydie; Reymond, Dominique; and Hyvernaud, Olivier (2012) "THE TSUNAMI OF MARCH 11, 2011 AS OBSERVED BY THE NETWORK OF TIDE GAUGES OF FRENCH POLYNESIA," Journal of Marine Science and Technology: Vol. 20: Iss. 6, Article 5.
DOI: 10.6119/JMST-012-0430-1
Available at: https://jmstt.ntou.edu.tw/journal/vol20/iss6/5