The IOC Post-Tsunami Field Survey Guide was published in 1998 to provide governments and the scientific community with guidance on collecting perishable tsunami data immediately after the event. In 2014, the IOC published its revised Field Survey Guide to take into account the improvements in instrumentation and methods, needs to include the social and economic sciences, ecology, engineering, and other disciplines as importants part of post-tsunami surveys, and starting with the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the significant increase in interest of many scientists to conduct surveys.
Post-tsunami survey field guide, IOC Manuals and Guides No. 37, 1998
International Tsunami Survey Team (ITST) Post-Tsunami Survey Field Guide. 2nd Edition, IOC Manuals and Guides No. 37, 2014
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