SGER: Field Surveys of the 2004 Tsunami in the Western Indian Ocean

这份SGER建议对2004年苏门答腊岛海啸在印度洋西海岸，特别是在马达加斯加和阿曼的抬头和淹没情况进行定量调查。这项工作是必要的，以补充孟加拉湾、索马里以及留尼汪岛、毛里求斯和罗德里格斯群岛各国际海啸小组的工作。当务之急是在2005年夏天，在气候条件冲刷掉一些水印之前，在人们对这一事件的记忆仍然记忆犹新的时候，进行这项工作。在更广泛的影响方面，通过让当地科学家和学生参与，该项目将在东道国产生重要的教育内容，并将有助于提高当地民众对世界这一地区海啸危险的认识。

This SGER proposes a quantitative survey of the run-up and inundation of the 2004 Sumatra tsunami on the Western shores of the Indian Ocean, specifically in Madagascar and Oman. This work is necessary to complement the work of various international tsunami teams around the Bay of Bengal, in Somalia and on the islands of Reunion, Mauritius and Rodrigues. It is imperative that the work be carried out in the Summer of 2005, before climatic conditions wash away some of the watermarks, and while memories of the event are still fresh. In terms of broader impact, by involving local scientists and students, this project will have an important educational component in the host countries, and will contribute to raising the awareness of their populations to tsunami hazard in this part of the world.