Professor Philip L.-F. Liu led the delegation of American scientists from the National Science Foundation's Tsunami Research Group and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) into the tsunami-ravaged areas of Sri Lanka, Jan. 9-16. For more information, read more News about the survey.
Survey data
Field survey locations (red dots on the coasts) and the survey data (maximum tsunami heights in black and blue bars) in comparison with numerical simulation (green dots).
Click here to download the field survey data (67KB in MS Excel format, maintained by Professor Lynett).
Pictures
Selected photos by Professor Liu:
Location |
Kinniya |
Kinniya |
Kinniya |
Mutur |
Mutur |
Mutur |
Mutur |
Kalmunai |
Kalmunai |
Kalmunai |
- Click here to see more pictures by Philip Liu
- Click here to see more pictures by Tom Paulson
- Click here to see more pictures by Patrick Lynett
- An overview of the coast line (17 MB)
- Interview with local residents (1) (5 MB)
- Interview with local residents (2) (10MB)
- Interview with local residents (3) (1.5 MB)