Seismic Instrumentation

Whitmore, P., Urban, G., Medbery, A., Turner, B., and Sokolowski, T., 2002. Temperature stability of four seismic vault designs, http://wcatwc.gov/seisnet/vault-exp.htm

Automatic Earthquake Processing

Whitmore, P. M. and Sokolowski, T. J., 2002.  Automatic earthquake processing developments at the U.S. West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, in Recent Research Developments in Seismology, in press, Transworld Research Network, Kerala, India.

Sokolowski, T.J., 2002. Automatic earthquake processing developments at the U.S. West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, abs., 2002 Geological Society of America – Cordilleran Section annual meeting, http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002CD/finalprogram/abstract_34863.htm. 

Zitek, W. O., Medbery, A. H., and Sokolowski, T. J., 1990, Concurrent seismic data acquisition and processing using a single IBM PS/2 computer, NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS AR-41, 22 pp.

Sokolowski, T. J., Whitmore, P. M., and Jorgensen, W. J., 1990. The ATWC’s automatic and interactive computer processing system, NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS AR-39, 23 pp.

Sokolowski, T. J., Whitmore, P. M., and Jorgensen, W. J., 1990.  Alaska Tsunami Warning Center’s automatic and interactive computer processing system, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 134, 163-174.

Sokoloski, T. J., Whitmore, P. M., Jorgensen, W. J., and Medbery, A. H., 1990.  Expert system in tsunami hazard mitigation, NOAA Technical Memorandum, NWS AR-42, 11 pp.

Sokolowski, T. J., 1985.  Mini and micro computer applications at the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, in Proceedings of the International Tsunami Symposium, IUGG, 1985, eds. T.S. Murty and W. J. Rapatz, 174-181.

Sokolowski, T. J., Fuller, G. R., Blackford, M. E., and Jorgensen, W. J., 1983.  The Alaska Tsunami Warning Center’s automatic earthquake processing system, in Proceedings of the International Tsunami Symposium, FRG, August, 1983, ed. E. N. Bernard, 131-148.

WC/ATWC Operations

Medbery, A.H., Urban, G. W., Whitmore, P.M., and Sokolowski, T. J., 2002.  Remote Operations of the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 20, 216-221.

Sokolowski, T. J., 2001.  The U.S. West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, in Proceedings of the International Tsunami Symposium 2001 Seattle, Washington August 7-10, 2001, eds. Bernard, E.N., and Gonzalez, F. I.,  Contribution # 9999 from NOAA/PMEL, National Technical Information Service, Springfield VA, 317-325.

Urban, G. W., Medbery, A.H., and Sokolowski, T. J., 2001.  Using a satellite telephone to retrieve tsunami data from tide sites in the Pacific basin, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 19, 71-76.

Whitmore, P. M., 1998.  Procedures and responsibilities of the U.S. West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, in Proceedings of International Workshop on Tsunami Disaster Mitigation 19-22 January 1988 Tokyo, Japan, Japan Meteorological Agency, Science and Technology Agency, 140-146.

Sokolowski, T. J., 1991. Improvements in the tsunami warning center in Alaska, Earthquake Spectra, 7, 461-481.

Sokolowski, T. J., 1990.  The Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS AR-38, 27 pp.

Sokolowski, T. J., 1985. The Alaska Tsunami Warning Center’s responsibilities and operations, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 3, 23-33.

Carte, G. W., 1984.  A tsunami preparedness assessment for Alaska, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 2, 119-124.

Tsunami Modeling

Whitmore, P. M., 2003.  Tsunami Amplitude Prediction During Events: a Test Based on Previous Tsunamis, in Science of Tsunami Hazards, 21, 135-143.

Mofjeld, H. O., Whitmore, P. M., Eble, M. C., Gonzalez, F. I., and Newman, J. C., 2001.  Seismic-wave contributions to bottom pressure fluctuations in the North Pacific – Implications for the DART tsunami array, in Proceedings of the International Tsunami Symposium 2001 Seattle, Washington August 7-10, 2001, eds. Bernard, E.N., and Gonzalez, F. I.,  Contribution # 9999 from NOAA/PMEL, National Technical Information Service, Springfield VA, 317-325.

Whitmore, P. M., and Sokolowski, T. J., 1996.  Predicting tsunami amplitudes along the North American coast from tsunamis generated in the northwest Pacific Ocean during tsunami warnings, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 14, 147-166.

Whitmore, P. M., 1994.  Expected tsunami amplitudes off the Tillamook County, Oregon, coast following a major Cascadia subduction zone earthquake, Oregon Geology, 56, 62-64.

Sokolowski, T. J. and Whitmore, P. M., 1994.  Regional Tsunami Potential, in Earthquake Alaska - Are We Prepared? , eds. Combellick, R A., Head, R., and Updike, R. G., USGS Open File Report 94-218.

Whitmore, P. M., 1993.  Expected Tsunami Amplitudes and Currents along the North American coast for Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes, Natural Hazards, 8, 59-73.

Kowalik, Z. and Whitmore, P. M., 1991.  An investigation of two tsunamis recorded at Adak, Alaska, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 9, 67-83.

Earthquake Magnitude Studies

Whitmore, P. M., Tsuboi, S., Hirshorn, B., and Sokolowski, T. J., 2002.  Magnitude-dependent correction for Mwp, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 20, 187-192.

Tsuboi, S., Whitmore, P. M., and Sokolowski, T. J., 1999.  Application of Mwp to deep and teleseismic earthquakes, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 89, 1345-1351.

Whitmore, P. M. and Sokolowski, T. J., 1987.  Rapid Sizing of potentially tsunamigenic earthquakes in Alaska, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 5, 67-76.

Whitmore, P. M. and Sokolowski, T. J., 1987.  Rapid Sizing of potentially tsunamigenic earthquakes in Alaska, in Proceedings of the international tsunami symposium Vancouver, British Columbia, 1987, ed. E. N. Bernard, Contribution # 1041 from NOAA/PMEL, National Technical Information Service, Springfield VA, 291-301.

Sindorf, J. G. and Fisher, W. W., 1974.  Acceleration and magnitude, Earthquake Notes, 45, 31-36

Sindorf, J. G., 1972.  Determining magnitude values from the Lg phase from short period vertical seismographs, Earthquake Notes, 43, 5-8.