Tatsuhiko Saito received a Ph.D. at Tohoku University, Japan in 2003, where he studied scattering theories for applications to and interpretations of high-frequency seismograms. After graduation, as a postdoc researcher he continued to work on the investigation of seismic-wave propagation through heterogeneous earth at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and extended his research interests to seismic and tsunami generation using high-performance computing techniques on supercomputers at the Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo. He then moved to the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED) (the present National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) in 2010 and has been working there since as chief researcher. Following the 2011 Tohoku-Oki great earthquake, the NIED has started a new observational project, deploying more than 150 online seismic/tsunami sensors off the Pacific coast of eastern Japan to detect tsunami generation inside the focal area. He is currently engaged in research for the generation of earthquakes and tsunamis.

Describes a theoretical framework of tsunami generation for the new type of observation after the Tohoku-Oki earthquake

Provides fundamental viewpoints for comparative wave theory of tsunami and seismic waves

Explains full treatment of kinematic earthquake faulting and tsunami generation and propagation

Offers a thorough explanation of finite-difference schemes solving both tsunami equations and seismic wave equations

Illustrates practical applications of mathematical models to tsunami records