Assessing the tsunami mitigation effectiveness of the planned Banda Aceh Outer Ring Road (BORR), Indonesia

Syamsidik,; Tursina,; Suppasri, Anawat; Al'ala, Musa; Luthfi, Mumtaz; Comfort, Louise K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-299-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-299-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-299-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 1

Research article

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31 Jan 2019

Research article |

| 31 Jan 2019

Assessing the tsunami mitigation effectiveness of the planned Banda Aceh Outer Ring Road (BORR), Indonesia

Syamsidik, Tursina, Anawat Suppasri, Musa Al'ala, Mumtaz Luthfi, and Louise K. Comfort

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- AC1: 'Interactive comment on “Assessing the tsunami mitigation effectiveness of a planned Banda Aceh Outer Ring Road (BORR), Indonesia” by Syamsidik et al.', Syamsidik Syamsidik, 08 Dec 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (03 Jan 2019) by Maria Ana Baptista

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ED: Publish as is (07 Jan 2019) by Maria Ana Baptista

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Short summary

This research aimed to assess the tsunami flow velocity and height reduction produced by a planned elevated road parallel to the coast of Banda Aceh called the Banda Aceh Outer Ring Road (BORR). The Cornell Multi-Grid Coupled Tsunami Model (COMCOT) was used to simulate eight scenarios of the tsunami. One of them was based on the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Two magnitudes of earthquake were used, that is, 8.5 and 9.15 M_w. The elevated road can potentially mitigate the impacts of future tsunamis.