TM10 Panel Discussion on the 11 March 2011 Tohoku (Sendai) Earthquake and Tsunami

Conveners: Stefano Tinti , Euan Nisbet , Bruce D. Malamud

Fri, 08 Apr, 13:30–15:00  / Room D

This two-hour panel discussion will first introduce each of the panelists, then in succession, scientific questions and comments will be solicited from the floor on the following subjects: (i) the Tohoku earthquake, (ii) the Tohoku tsunami, (iii) financial and economic implications of the events, (iv) atmospheric dispersal, radiation and nuclear aspects of the event. The panelists will be:

Teruyuki Kato (Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan)
Masahiro Yamamoto (UNESCO-IOC, Paris, France)
Emile Okal(Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, USA)
Gero W. Michel (Willis Research Network, London, UK)
Andreas Stohl (Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway)
Gerhard Wotawa (Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Data, Methods and Modelling, Vienna, Austria)