Mathematics of Tsunamis
 The SWE model makes the following assumptions: hydrostatic pressure distribution; incompressible, homogeneous fluid; well-mixed-in-depth flows: uniform vertical mixing; small vertical scale relative to horizontal. The last assumption is certainly violated when a tsunami nears land. The US NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) uses a model they refer to as MOST (Method of Splitting Tsunami) that uses different computations and models for the three phases: generation, propagation, and inundation. The propagation phase is computed by solving the SWE on the globe.   "Mathematics of Tsunamis" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/MathematicsOfTsunamis/ Contributed by: Yu-Sung Chang | ||||||||||||||
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