Modelling with Volna-OP2—Towards Tsunami Threat Reduction for the Irish Coastline

• Published in: Geosciences
• Main Authors: Daniel Giles, Brian McConnell, Frédéric Dias
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: tsunami modelling; faster than real time simulation; finite volume; GPGPU computing; tsunami inundation; Irish tsunami threat; Volna; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10060226

Tsunamis are infrequent events that have the potential to be extremely destructive. The last major tsunami to effect the Irish coastline was the Lisbon 1755 event. That event acts as a candidate worst case scenario for hazard assessment and the impacts on the Irish Coastline are presented here. As t...