Articles | Volume 16, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3479-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3479-2023
Development and technical paper
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27 Jun 2023
Development and technical paper |  | 27 Jun 2023

Leveraging Google's Tensor Processing Units for tsunami-risk mitigation planning in the Pacific Northwest and beyond

Ian Madden, Simone Marras, and Jenny Suckale

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tsunamiTPUlab (1.0.0) Ian Madden, Simone Marras, and Jenny Suckale https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7574655

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To aid risk managers who may wish to rapidly assess tsunami risk but may lack high-performance computing infrastructure, we provide an accessible software package able to rapidly model tsunami inundation over real topography by leveraging Google's Tensor Processing Unit, a high-performance hardware. Minimally trained users can take advantage of the rapid modeling abilities provided by this package via a web browser thanks to the ease of use of Google Cloud Platform.