By using GPS data to monitor slight changes in elevation, the world’s fleet of commercial vessels could aid in forecasting incoming waves, reads an article in Wired.
Swirling through TsunamiBoats steadily bob amid the waves. But a passing tsunami slightly alters the sea surface elevation, changing the average elevation throughout the rhythmic up-down cycle.
“The period of the tsunami, the time over which the wave passes the ship, is on the order of 10, 20, 30 minutes, whereas ocean waves have a...
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