A tsunami has been observed for the first time on radar , an oceanographer says . It was the first time a tsunami has been observed on radar , said Professor John Largier , an oceanographer at the University of California at Davis and an author of a new paper describing the work . That was the March 11 tsunami that devastated Japan . East Coast already has a high-frequency radar system for the ocean . The West Coast , parts of the Japan East Coast would have to build radar systems from scratch .
A tsunami has been observed for the first time on radar , an oceanographer says . That was the March 11 tsunami that devastated Japan . East Coast already has a high-frequency radar system for the ocean . The West Coast , parts of the Japan East Coast would have to build radar systems from scratch .