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Emile Okal

Professor Emeritus

Agrégation de Physique, Université de Paris
Thèse de 3ème cycle [M.S.], Geophysics, Université Paris VI
Ph.D. Geophysics, California Institute of Technology
Doctorat d'Etat, Université Paris VII
Curriculum Vitae

Research

As Emeritus Professor, E.A. Okal continues to carry out research and mentor students in the fields of tsunami generation and propagation, intermediate and deep earthquakes, and methods for quantification of seismic sources.

In collaboration with scientists worldwide, he is also engaged in the preservation of analog archives of seismological data, and their conversion to digital support.

Selected Publications

Okal, E.A., On the nature of potential energy in atmospheric gravity waves, or why the atmosphere cannot sustain a tsunami, Pure Appl. Geophys., 181, 1-25, 2024.

Okal, E.A., Quantifying the ocean coupling of air waves, and why DART data reporting can be deceptive, Pure Appl. Geophys., 181, 1095-1115, 2024.

Salaree, A., and E.A. Okal, Effects of bathymetry complexity on tsunami propagation: A spherical harmonics approach, Geophys. J. Intl., 223, 632-647, 2020.

Okal, E.A., Energy and magnitude: A historical perspective, Pure Appl. Geophys., 176, 3815-3849, 2019.

Okal, E.A., N. Saloor, S.H. Kirby, and M. Nettles, An implosive component to the source of the deep Sea of Okhotsk earthquake of 24 May 2013: Evidence from radial modes and CMT inversion, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 281, 68-78, 2018.

Okal, E.A., The excitation of tsunamis by deep earthquakes, Geophys. J. Intl., 209, 234-249, 2017.

Okal, E.A., Historical seismograms: Preserving an endangered species, GeoResJ, 6, 53-64, 2015.

 

 

Complete List of Publications