[HN Gopher] Satellite captures the first detailed look at a gian...
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       Satellite captures the first detailed look at a giant tsunami
        
       Author : stevenjgarner
       Score  : 52 points
       Date   : 2025-12-03 12:06 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
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       | stevenjgarner wrote:
       | The required revision that current physics models use to forecast
       | tsunami hazards is to move away from the classic assumption that
       | great tsunamis are largely non-dispersive waves that travel as a
       | single packet, as the new satellite data shows a complex,
       | dispersive pattern of energy spreading across the ocean. Tsunami
       | forecasting models must now be revised to incorporate dispersive
       | effects and quantify this energy to more accurately predict the
       | wave's timing and force as it approaches the coast.
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       | Research paper: SWOT Satellite Altimetry Observations and Source
       | Model for the Tsunami from the 2025 M 8.8 Kamchatka Earthquake
       | https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/article/5/4/341/718...,
        
       | maxglute wrote:
       | That black star really makes me miss red circles.
        
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