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Jose C. Borrero is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States and specializes in research within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Geology, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

They have contributed to research topics such as earthquake and tectonic studies, coastal and marine dynamics, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, geological and geophysical studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, earthquake and tsunami effects, and geological formations and processes.

Their publication record includes recent papers published in various scientific venues. Notable publications include:

  • Diverse tsunamigenesis triggered by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption, 2022, Nature
  • Field Survey and Numerical Modelling of the December 22, 2018 Anak Krakatau Tsunami, 2020, Pure and Applied Geophysics
  • Tsunami Runup and Inundation in Tonga from the January 2022 Eruption of Hunga Volcano, 2022, Pure and Applied Geophysics
  • In search of Holocene trans-Pacific palaeotsunamis, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Tsunami Runup and Inundation in Tonga from the January 2022 eruption of Hunga Volcano, 2022, Research Square (Research Square)

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative research include:

  • Patrick Lynett
  • Ofa Fa'anunu
  • Cyprien Bosserelle
  • Costas E. Synolakis
  • Shane J. Cronin

Their research has been disseminated through several publication venues where they contributed multiple works, such as:

  • Pure and Applied Geophysics
  • Nature
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Management of Biological Invasions

Best Publications

  • Numerical modelling of floating debris in the world's oceans.

    L.C.-M. Lebreton;S.D. Greer;J.C. Borrero

  • The slump origin of the 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami

    Costas E. Synolakis;Jean Pierre Bardet;José C. Borrero;Hugh L. Davies

  • Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife

    Amanda C Vegter;Mario Barletta;Cathy A Beck;Jose Carlos Borrero

  • Runup and rundown generated by three-dimensional sliding masses

    P. L.-F. Liu;T.-R. Wu;F. Raichlen;C. E. Synolakis

  • Diverse tsunamigenesis triggered by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption

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  • The 2010 Mw 7.8 Mentawai earthquake: Very shallow source of a rare tsunami earthquake determined from tsunami field survey and near-field GPS data

    Emma M. Hill;Jose C. Borrero;Zhenhua Huang;Qiang Qiu

  • 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami flow velocity measurements from survivor videos

    Hermann M. Fritz;Jose C. Borrero;Costas E. Synolakis;Costas E. Synolakis;Jeseon Yoo

  • Tsunami in papua New Guinea was as intense as first thought

    Yoshiaka Kawata;Boyd C. Benson;José C. Borrero;José L. Borrero

  • Field data and satellite imagery of tsunami effects in Banda Aceh.

    Jose C. Borrero

  • Tsunami inundation modeling for western Sumatra

    José C. Borrero;Kerry Sieh;Mohamed Chlieh;Costas E. Synolakis

  • Field Survey of the Samoa Tsunami of 29 September 2009

    Emile A. Okal;Hermann M. Fritz;Costas E. Synolakis;José C. Borrero

  • Field Survey and Numerical Simulations: A Review of the 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami

    Patrick J. Lynett;Jose C. Borrero;Philip L.-F Liu;Costas E. Synolakis

  • Field Survey of Northern Sumatra and Banda Aceh, Indonesia after the Tsunami and Earthquake of 26 December 2004

    Jose C. Borrero

  • Observations and modeling of tsunami-induced currents in ports and harbors

    Patrick J. Lynett;Jose C. Borrero;Robert Weiss;Sangyoung Son

  • Modeling the transport and accumulation floating debris generated by the 11 March 2011 Tohoku tsunami.

    Laurent C.-M. Lebreton;Jose C. Borrero

  • Assessment of the tsunami-induced current hazard

    Patrick J. Lynett;Jose Borrero;Sangyoung Son;Sangyoung Son;Rick Wilson

  • Evaluation of Tsunami Risk from Regional Earthquakes at Pisco, Peru

    Emile A. Okal;José C. Borrero;Costas E. Synolakis;Costas E. Synolakis

  • Observations and Impacts from the 2010 Chilean and 2011 Japanese Tsunamis in California (USA)

    Rick I. Wilson;Amanda R. Admire;Jose C. Borrero;Lori A. Dengler

  • Northwest Sumatra and Offshore Islands Field Survey after the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

    Bruce E. Jaffe;Jose C. Borrero;Gegar S. Prasetya;Robert Peters

  • A Field Survey of the 1946 Aleutian Tsunami in the Far Field

    Emile A. Okal;Costas E. Synolakis;Gerard J. Fryer;Philippe Heinrich

  • The tsunami of 2007 September 12, Bengkulu province, Sumatra, Indonesia: post‐tsunami field survey and numerical modelling

    Jose C. Borrero;Robert Weiss;Emile A. Okal;Rahman Hidayat

Frequent Co-Authors

Costas E. Synolakis
Costas E. Synolakis University of Southern California
Emile A. Okal
Emile A. Okal Northwestern University
Vasily V. Titov
Vasily V. Titov Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Hermann M. Fritz
Hermann M. Fritz Georgia Institute of Technology
Patrick J. Lynett
Patrick J. Lynett University of Southern California
Bruce E. Jaffe
Bruce E. Jaffe United States Geological Survey
Alexander B. Rabinovich
Alexander B. Rabinovich Institute of Oceanology. PP Shirshov Russian Academy of Sciences
Eric L. Geist
Eric L. Geist United States Geological Survey
Kerry E Sieh
Kerry E Sieh Nanyang Technological University
Kenji Satake
Kenji Satake University of Tokyo

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