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Volume 6, Number 3 (2005)

Hydrography and Disaster Management

Submitted
August 13, 2013
Published
2005-12-12

Abstract

Several recent major natural disasters have raised the question of the part hydrography plays in their management. Hydrography provides the basic knowledge of the seafioor topography that is needed in predicting the dynamics of tsunamis. The monitoring of the sea level also provides important information. Topographic information, both above and under water, is needed to understand the effects of inundation of the shoreline following both tsunamis and hurricanes. A particular problem is faced in the coastal areas due to different vertical datums used by land surveyors and hydrographers but this matter is now being addressed.