Assessment of GNSS-based height data of multiple ships for measuring and forecasting great tsunamis

Daisuke Inazu1, Takuji Waseda1, Toshiyuki Hibiya1, Yusaku Ohta2
1UTokyo Ocean Alliance, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
2Research Center for Prediction of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

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