摘要：Although tsunamis generated by submarine mass failure arenot as common as those induced by submarine earthquakes, sometimes thegenerated tsunamis are higher than a seismic tsunami in the area close tothe tsunami source, and the forecast is much more difficult. In the presentstudy, reciprocal Green's functions (RGFs) are proposed as a useful tool in theforecast of submarine landslide tsunamis. The forcing in the continuityequation due to depth change in a landslide is represented by the temporalderivative of the water depth. After a convolution with reciprocalGreen's function, the tsunami waveform can be obtained promptly. Thus,various tsunami scenarios can be considered once a submarine landslidehappens, and a useful forecast can be formulated. When a submarine landslideoccurs, the various possibilities for tsunami generation can be analyzedand a useful forecast can be devised.
