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    • Multi-Hazard Inundation: Honolulu, Hawaii

    Metadata Updated: October 14, 2022

    Multi-hazard inundation around Honolulu. The study area includes the urban corridor stretching from Honolulu International Airport to Waikiki and Diamond Head along the south shore of Oahu. Shows inundation from the following two hazards:

    1) Tsunami Run-Up Inundation

    Computer model simulation of tsunami run-up inundation using current sea level at mean higher high water (MHHW) as its baseline water level. The model simulates maximum inundation based on five major historical tsunamis that have impacted Hawaii: 1) The 1946 Aleutian earthquake (8.2 Mw), 2) 1952 Kamchatka earthquake (9.0 Mw), 3) 1957 Aleutian earthquake (8.6 Mw), 4) 1960 Chile earthquake (9.5 Mw), and 5) the 1964 Alaska earthquake (9.2 Mw).

    2) Hurricane Storm Surge Inundation

    Computer model simulation of hurricane storm surge inundation using current sea level at mean higher high water (MHHW) as its baseline water level. The model simulates a Category 4 hurricane, similar to Hurricane Iniki which devastated the island of Kauai in 1992, with a central pressure ranging from 910 to 970 mbar and maximum sustained winds ranging from 90 to 150 mph as it tracked from open ocean to land to open ocean again. The model result shows the Maximum of the Maximum Envelope of High Water (MEOW), or MOM, providing a worst-case snapshot for a particular storm category under "perfect" storm conditions.

    Data produced in 2014 by Dr. Kwok Fai Cheung of the department of Ocean and Resources Engineering (ORE) in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Supported in part by the NOAA Coastal Storms Program (CSP) and the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program. While considerable effort has been made to implement all model components in a thorough, correct, and accurate manner, numerous sources of error are possible. The entire risk associated with the results and performance of these data is assumed by the user. These data should be used strictly as a planning reference and not for navigation, permitting, or other legal purposes.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Date March 30, 2021
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date October 14, 2022
    Reference Date(s) September 26, 2014 (creation), September 26, 2014 (issued), September 26, 2014 (revision)
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    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
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    Reference Date(s) September 26, 2014 (creation), September 26, 2014 (issued), September 26, 2014 (revision)
    Responsible Party University of Hawaii at Manoa (Point of Contact)
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