IOTWS Status

Scope● Setup of a TWS for the Indian Ocean

to replace the interim system by PTWC/JMA

Political Framework● ICG of UNESCO/IOC● Founded after the IO tsunami (in parallel to PTWS)● Members: Indian Ocean Rim countries● Observers: Germany, Japan, USA, FDSN, WMO, ...

Funding

● National● Donors (Germany, Japan, China, USA, ...)

IOTWS Status

Chair: India Co-Chair: Indonesia

Working groups● WG I: Seismic Measurements● WG II: Sea level Monitoring● WG III: Hazard Risk Assessment● WG IV: Modelling● WG V: Warning Centers● WG VI: Mitigation, Preparedness and Response

Meetings● IOTWS-I: Perth, August 2005● IOTWS-II: Hyderabad, December 2005● IOTWS-III: Bali, June 2006● IOTWS-IV: Mombasa, March 2007

NEAMTWS Status

Scope● Setup of a TWS for Mediterranean and NE Atlantic

Political Framework● ICG of UNESCO/IOC● Founded after the IO tsunami (parallel to IOTWS

and Caribe-EWS, while PTWS already existed)

Meetings● NEAMTWS-I: Rome, November 2005● NEAMTWS-II: Nice, June 2006● NEAMTWS-III: Bonn, February 2007● NEAMTWS-IV: Lisbon, November 2007

NEAMTWS Status

Structure

Chair: Italy

Co-Chairs: Greece, ??? (North Africa)

WG I: Hazard Assessment, Risk and Modelling

France, Spain

WG II: Seismic and Geophysical Measurements

Italy, Germany

WG III: Sea Level Data Collection and Exchange

Spain, Algeria

WG IV: Advisory, Mitigation and Public Awareness

UK, Portugal

NEAMTWS Status

Possible architecture for the NEAMTWS

NEAMTWS Proposed Seismic Backbone Network

Proposed NEAMTWS sea level network

NEAMTWS Status

First practical steps● Initial system (ITWS) operational January 2008● Final system 2011● candidate regional warning centers:

● INGV (Italy, committed)● BGS (UK)● LDG (France)● IM (Potugal)● NOA (Greece)● KOERI (Turkey)● GFZ (Germany, backup)● No central funding!

NEAMTWS Status

Goal for ITWS: warnings for basin-wide tsunamis