@article{fdi:010093154,
  title = {{M}odeling the 26 {D}ecember 2004 {I}ndian ocean tsunami : case study of impact in {T}hailand},
  author = {{I}oualalen, {M}ansour and {A}savanant, {J}. and {K}aewbanjak, {N}. and {G}rilli, {S}. {T}. and {K}irby, {J}. {T}. and {W}atts, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he devastating 26 {D}ecember 2004 {I}ndian {O}cean tsunami stressed the need for assessing tsunami hazard in vulnerable coastal areas. {N}umerical modeling is but one important tool for understanding past tsunami events and simulating future ones. {H}ere we present a robust simulation of the event, which explains the large runups and destruction observed in coastal {T}hailand and identifies areas vulnerable to future tsunamis, or safer for reconstruction. {T}o do so, we use an accurate tsunami source, which was iteratively calibrated in earlier work to explain the large-scale tsunami features, and apply it over a computational domain with a finer grid and more accurate coastal bathymetry in {T}hailand. {C}omputations are performed with a well-validated numerical model based on fully nonlinear and dispersive {B}oussinesq equations ({FUNWAVE}) that adequately models the physics of tsunami propagation and runup, including dissipation caused by bottom friction and wave breaking. {S}imulated runups in {T}hailand reproduce field observations with a surprising degree of accuracy, as well as their high degree of along-coast variation: a 92% correlation is found between (58) runup observations and computations, while the model explains 85% of the observed variance; overall, the {RMS} error is approximately 1 m or 17% of the mean observed runup value (skill of the simulation). {B}ecause we did not use runup observations to calibrate our coseismic tsunami source, these results are robust, and thus provide a uniquely accurate synoptic prediction of tsunami impact along the {A}ndaman coast of {T}hailand, including those areas where no observations were made.},
  keywords = {{THAILANDE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {G}eophysical {R}esearch {O}ceans},
  volume = {112},
  numero = {{C}7},
  pages = {{NIL}_40--{NIL}_60},
  ISSN = {0148-0227},
  year = {2007},
  DOI = {10.1029/2006{JC}003850},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010093154},
}