Volume‐Scattering‐Strength Dependence on Depth and Frequency in the Pacific Ocean off San Francisco

1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (5B) ◽  
pp. 1266-1274 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Scrimger ◽  
R. G. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Volume Scattering ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Strength Dependence ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
Scattering Strength

How Weird Squiggles Led from Sheaves of Rice to the Depth of the Seas

Tsunami ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
James Goff ◽  
Walter Dudley
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Travel Time ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Geodetic Survey ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Tidal Waves ◽  
Earthquake Detection ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
1946 Tsunami

Through an amazing chain of events, the Japanese story of how a town squire sacrificed his wealth to save his villagers from a deadly tsunami is intricately woven together with how in 1855 Benjamin Franklin’s great grandson accurately determined the depth of the Pacific Ocean based on the travel time of this same tsunami from Japan to San Francisco, California. This scientific breakthrough would lead to the first known prediction of tsunami wave generation through earthquake detection yet would be ignored by official government agencies with tragic consequences. Immediately following the 1946 tsunami, the Commander of the Coast and Geodetic Survey ignorantly stated, “Less than one in one hundred earthquakes result in tidal waves and you don’t alert every port in the Pacific each time a quake occurs.”

The South Seas from the Deck of a Steamship

2021 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 78-96
Author(s):  
Diana L. Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
The United States ◽  
The South ◽  
The People ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Time Zones ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
The Many

The story of the people who sailed the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Hawai‘i, Samoa, and points beyond is well documented, yet historians have neglected the voyages themselves and what the travelers encountered on the five-day to five-week journeys to their destinations. Those who crossed the Pacific recorded their thoughts about the sea creatures they discovered, the birds that followed the ships, and the potential of American expansion to the islands. They gossiped about their shipmates, celebrated the change in time zones, and feared the sharks that swam near the vessels. The voyagers had little else to distract them from the many miles of endless water, so they paid attention to their surroundings: nature, people, and shipboard activities. The adventures on the ships enlivened their travels to the islands of the Pacific and proved to be an opportunity to expand their personal horizons, as well as their hopes for the United States.

On the Pacific Ocean regime shift

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (19) ◽  
pp. 3721-3724
Author(s):  
Cathy Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Regime Shift ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Pacific Ocean
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