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Laura Kong

UNESCO/IOC NOAA International TsunamiInformation Center

Charles McCreery

NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Developing the Global SystemPacific Tsunami Warning and

Mitigation System


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We cannot stop natural calamities,

but we can and must better equip

individuals and communities

to withstand them.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan

A Call to Action 26 December 2004

250,000 dead, 500,000 injured 1 million displaced

$8 billion in damages


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Tsunami Sources in the world(>2000 events from 1410 BC to 2011)WDC-MGG/NGDC - ITIC, 2011


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Fatal Tsunamis

(distant, regional, local) All Pacific since 1965 Most effort should be

for local tsunamis

Source: Dunbar, NGDC, 2011


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Fatal Local

Tsunamis(Pacific)

Before 1965

Since 1965


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FACTS: Every Ocean Basin and Seaimpacted Next tsunami can occur anywhereand any time Some countries have coasts on 2 or more basins Comprehensive Tsunami Mitigation Programme required

Hazard Risk Assessment, Preparedness, Warning Guidance

Until 2005, no Tsunami Warning System except in Pacific (1965)

Indian Ocean Tsunami, 230,000 lives lostJapan Tsunami, 25,000 lives lost


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United Nations role

UN Role: Define the proper scale of

the problem and its solution.The system must be:

Fully owned by countries in region Based on international multilateral

cooperation

Based on open and free exchange of data Protect all countries in region Transparent and accountable to all

members


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IOC in UN partnership

ISDR

IOC

WMO

Tsunamis:Warning guidanceHazard assessment

Mitigation

Communication (GTS)Multi-hazard

DRR platforms

PreparednessAwareness

UNDP

Disaster Mgmt

Institutional / Legislative systemsEnd-to-end response


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Intergovernmental

Oceanographic Commission

Established in 1960 in UNESCO Purpose to promoteinternational

cooperation and to coordinateprogrammes

in research, services and capacity-building,in order to learn more about the nature andresources of the ocean and coastal areas

and to apply that knowledge for theimprovement of management, sustainabledevelopment, theprotection of themarineenvironment, and the decision-makingprocess of its Member States


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Designing a GLOBAL Tsunami

Warning and Mitigation System4 Seas3 Oceans

SE Pac


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How does it function?


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Global

Regional, Sub-regional

and National Warning Centers

NWC

Indian Ocean

NWC

NWC

NWC NWC

Caribbean

Global Operational System

Malaysia

NWC

Indonesia

PTWCWC/ATWC

JMA/NWPTACNWC

NWC Pacific

Colombia

MexicoThailand

Nicaragua


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UNESCO/IOC convened ICG/ITSU - 1968 PTWSname change - 2005

Recommend / Coordinate mitigationincl timely intl warnings

32 Member States

NOAA RHH PTWC 1965PTWS Operational Center HQ

IOC-NOAA ITIC - 1965Support PTWS, hosted by NOAA

Successful internationalscientific program

Direct humanitarian aim Mitigate tsunami effects - save lives/property Pacific Basin monitoring seismicity, sea levels


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US Contribution

NOAA Tsunami Program

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MISSION: Provide reliable tsunami forecasts andwarnings, and to promote community resil ience

AREAS OF FOCUS:Hazard AssessmentWarning Guidance

Mitigation and PreparednessResearchInternational Coordination

Significant involvement and coordination withNOAA offices: NWS (PTWC, ITIC, NDBC DART), NOS (sea

level), NESDIS (satellite, NGDC), and OAR (research,

modelling)USGS: NEIC, Albuquerque Seismic Lab, Menlo Park, etc


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NOAAs Tsunami Warning System

24/7 Tsunami Warning Centers

Detection and Evaluation of Earthquakes400+ seismic stations (national and global networks,

USGS and IRIS / FDSN cooperation)

Detection and Tsunami Threat Evaluation39 deep-ocean DART Buoys

(Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean)

400+ coastal sea-level stations (national and globalnetworks, NOS and GLOSS cooperation)

Forecasting the Tsunami ImpactModeling travel times, wave height, inundation

Coastal Forecast System(assists evacuation decision-making)

Product Generation and DisseminationWarnings, Watches, Advisories and Bulletins


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NOAAs Tsunami Mitigation Efforts

TsunamiReady ProgramImproves community awareness, preparation,and education

Strengthens local Emergency Operations

79 local communities in U.S.

National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation ProgramPartnership among Federal andState Agencies

Enhance National Tsunami Outreachand Education Efforts

Promotes a Culture of Tsunami Preparednessand Responsep

Outreach activities for public andpartners

Through the media

Community Presentations

Brochures and Websites

Outreachand Educationof

tsunami threat are key forresidents to safely respond to

Tsunami Events

GLOBAL TSUNAMI SYSTEM


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GLOBAL TSUNAMI SYSTEMOrganizational Chart

Intergovernmental / InternationalandUSagencies working on tsunamis


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REGIONAL ELEMENTS Pacific):Regional Tsunami Warningand Mitigation System

NationalTWC

WC/ATWC

NWPTAC

PTWCRegional

TWC

International

Tsunami

Information

Centre (ITIC)

National

TWC

National

TWCNational

TWCNationalTWC

National

TWS


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TechnicalWorkingGroups

Sub-regional Working Groups

PTWS CHAIR: KEN GLEDHILL (NEW ZEALAND),


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S C G ( ),

PTWS VICE-CHAIRS: PATRICIO CARRASCO (CHILE), FUJIANG YU (CHINA),

TAKESHI KOZIUMI (JAPAN)

TECHNICAL WORKING GROUPS

WG 1 RISK ASSESSMENT & REDUCTION FRANCOIS SCHINDELE (FRANCE)

TASK TEAM - TSU MODELLING HAZ ASSESSMENT VASILY TITOV (USA)

TASK TEAM - TSU RISK ASSESSMENT NGUYEN HONG PHUONG (VIETNAM)

WG 2 DETECTION, WARNING, DISSEMINATION CHIP MCCREERY (USA)

TASK TEAM - WARNING DISSEMINATION FILOMENA NELSON (SAMOA),

ED YOUNG (USA)

TASK TEAM - ENHANCING PRODUCTS CHIP MCCREERY

TASK TEAM - PACWAVE11 JO GUARD (NZ), LAURA KONG (ITIC)

TASK TEAM - SEA LEVEL MONITORING CHRIS RYAN (AUSTRALIA)

TASK TEAM - SEISMIC DATA SHARING IN SW PACIFIC KEN GLEDHILL (NZ)

WG 3 AWARENESS AND RESPONSE DAVID COETZEE (NZ)

REGIONAL WORKING GROUPS

SOUTH EAST PACIFIC EDWIN PINTO (ECUADOR)

CENTRAL AMERICA PACIFIC ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ (NICARAGUA)

SOUTH CHINA SEA MOHD ROSAIDI BI CHE ABAS (MALAYSIA)

SOUTH WEST PACIFIC FILOMENA NELSON (SAMOA)


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End-to-End Risk Reduction:

Hazard Risk Assessment

Historical database Inundation / evacuation Local hazard planning

based on numerical models& tsunami scenarios


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Warning GuidanceReal time instruments

detect , evaluat earthquakesand tsunamis

Near real-time instrumentsconfirm tsunamiCoastal sea level gaugesDeep-ocean tsunami detection

(DART)

Numerical modelspredict impactarea of distanttsunamis

E d t E d Ri k R d ti


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Mitigation/AwarenessDesign guidance

Structural engineering forseismic shaking / tsu flooding

Tsunami-resistantbuilding / construction codes

Alerting - beingTsunamiReady

Multiple ways of receivingLocal response plans

Emergency preparednessEvacuation Drills

=> Success Response

ITIC M d t F ti (1977)


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ITIC Mandate Functions (1977)


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ITIC (5 US, 1 Chile):

Laura Kong, Director Miguel Vasquez, Associate Director (SHOA) Brian Yanagi, Office Manager, Disaster Mgmt Tammy Fukuji, IT/Web/Graphics, etc Vacant, Technical Information Specialist Art Sonen, Administrative Assistant


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ITIC 2009-11 Activit ies Summary

Participate as technical expert on tsunami warning andmitigation to ICG meetings, workshops, trainings, technical

assessment country visits: 24 total globally

Conduct International Trainings, esp Tsunami StandardOperating Proc for TW and Emergency Response:ITP-Hawaii (2 17 countries, incl Palau and previously FSM )

ITP-International, in-country training (13 globally + 7 USA)

New: 1-day Tsunami AwarenessOnline IODE OceanTeacherhttp://classroom.oceanteacher.org

Develop / distribute tsunami warning decision supporttools; train on request: 6 basic tools, updated continuously

Develop / Revise / Distribute tsunami awareness materials New web site: itic.ioc-unesco.org or www.tsunamiwave.info Post-Tsunami Survey Coordination 2011 IOC Field Survey

Manual update, ITST-Samoa, Chile, Mentawai, Japan since2009


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ITIC 2009-11 Activit ies - Share information


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ITIC 2009 11 Activit ies Share information

PRINTED

Tsunami, Great Waves [75,000 copies] Tsunami Glossary 2008 [25,000 copies] Surviving a Tsunami - Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan

USGS Circular 1187 (English) - Revised 2009 [40,000 copies] USGS Circular 1218 (Spanish) - Revised 2009 [5000 copies, SHOA]

Global Earthquakes / Tsunami / Volcanic Eruptions posters 2010 version: [2000 copies of each]; 2008: [1000 tsunami, SHOA]; 2011 Tsunami version [3000 to be printed]

Tsunami icosohedron globe maps [50,000 copies] Where First Wave Arrives in Minutes (2004, 2006 Indo)[50,000 copies] Tsunami Warning! children booklet [20,000 copies]PLANNEDTonga Tsunami Survivor Stories Tongan, English, JICA, Tongan

Broadcasting Cooperation, ITIC, UNESCO Apia [stil l in finalization stage)

To date, more than 10,000 awareness and decision support

tool softwares distributed globally [50% to PTWS] FREE


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Thank You

Laura KongUNESCO/IOC NOAA International Tsunami

Information Center

Charles McCreeryNOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

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