Applying the R-solution method for designing a tsunami observational system
Abstract One of the promising methods of the early warning of a tsunami is obtaining data of the wave heights based on the numerical solution of the inverse tsunami problem by using the truncated singular value decomposition method as a variant of the least-squares method. The problem is considered within the framework of the linear theory of wave propagation. The technique proposed allows one to avoid the inevitable instability of the numerical solution. It is possible to choose the most informative directions for the placement of the observation stations, which is based on the analysis of the energy transfer by the spatial modes generated by each right singular vector. As it has turned out, the best location of the stations is closely related to the directions of the most intense distribution of the tsunami energy. One of the significant advantages of the approach presented is the possibility, without additional calculations of the tsunami wave propagation from a reconstructed source, to obtain the tsunami wave heights at the points at which there are no observations but which are associated when calculating the matrix of the direct problem operator. The implementation of the approach proposed of the actual event of the Chilean Illapel Tsunami of September 16, 2015, is presented.