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

本SGER提出了2004年苏门答腊海啸在印度洋西海岸，特别是马达加斯加和阿曼的上升和淹没的定量调查。这项工作对于补充在孟加拉湾、索马里以及留尼旺岛、毛里求斯和罗德里格斯岛开展的各种国际海啸小组的工作是必要的。这项工作必须在2005年夏天进行，在气候条件冲走一些水印之前，在对事件的记忆仍然清晰的时候。就更广泛的影响而言，通过让当地科学家和学生参与，该项目将在东道国具有重要的教育组成部分，并将有助于提高其人口对世界这一地区海啸危害的认识。

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.