Meteotsunami Observed in Japan Following the Hunga Tonga Eruption in 2022 Investigated Using a One-Dimensional Shallow-Water Model

  • Sekizawa Shion
    Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo
  • Kohyama Tsubasa
    Department of Information Sciences, Ochanomizu University

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公開日
2022
資源種別
journal article
DOI
  • 10.2151/sola.2022-021
  • 10.31223/x5ks78
公開者
公益社団法人 日本気象学会

説明

<p> On 15 January 2022, the volcano Hunga Tonga about 8000-km away from Japan explosively erupted. Following the eruption, tsunami-like sea-level fluctuations were observed in Japan, much earlier than expected based on the oceanic long-wave propagation from Tonga. By contrast, atmospheric pressure disturbance presumably due to the eruption was also observed about 30 minutes before the sea-level change. Therefore, the observed sea-level fluctuations can be considered as meteotsunamis forced by the pressure perturbation rather than tectonically forced by the eruption, but the mechanism is not yet fully understood.</p><p> This study attempts to understand the nature of this meteotsunami by using a simple one-dimensional shallow-water model. The results show that the time and amplitude of the observed sea-level changes are consistent with the simulated sea-level changes forced by the atmospheric forcing. A set of experiments with different bathymetry profiles also reveals the importance of amplification due to near-Proudman resonance over deep basins and the shoaling effect over the continental slope, while extremely deep and narrow topography such as trenches is of second-order importance.</p>

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  • SOLA

    SOLA 18 (0), 129-134, 2022

    公益社団法人 日本気象学会

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