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A tsunami also known as a seismic sea wave is a series of waves in a body of water caused by the displacement of a large volume of water. With this toolbox, one can compute the initial water level initial displacement induced by an earthquake can be computed.

Usage of the toolbox

The Tsunami Toolbox makes it possible enables the user to draw a fault line and computes subsequently compute the resulting tsunami with three in three steps.

1. Determine the earthquake
   1. Draw a fault line
      1. Determine the parameters of the earthquake like for example e.g. the depth
      2. Click on the map to determine where the earthquake takes place (see the first Figure)
   2. Load tsunami from a *.xml file. This is basically a list of points which describes the earthquake.
2. Computes Compute the tsunami (initial water level initial displacement induced by an earthquake). This can take some time and will result in an extra figure representing the water level displacement. (see the second Figure)
3. Run the Delft3D-FLOW simulation

The possibilities of Delft Dashboard for simulation The possibilities to simulate tropical cyclones in Delft3D-FLOW is also showed in within Delft Dashboard are also demonstrated in Tutorial 3: Tsunami wave modelling.

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