Hawaii’s Tsunami Warning System

Aja ToscanoKAPCC ICS 101

NOAA’s Tsunami ProgramAim: to save lives and protect property.

Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART)

Background of Tsunami Warning Systems

2001NOAA’s original 6

buoy system

200839 stations around the

pacific

How it Works• Pressure sensor anchored to

the sea floor

• Surface buoy

• Satellite

2 modes:

• Standard mode

• Event mode

• New two way communication

Map of Buoy Centers Around the World

The SoftwareSeisComP 3.0

Detects earthquake location, depth, and magnitude

2007: Tsunami Warning Centre in Jakarta

Used for real-time data reception, achieving, processing and auto-location of earthquake.

Alerting the public and automatic notification

Compatible with most Unix or Unix-like operating systems

The Future Tsunami Alert

Android Application that alerts about potential tsunamis

Created by Palta Software (software development company)

Referenceshttp://www.ndbc.noaa.gov

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dart/dart.shtml

http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/about/detection_buoys.shtml

http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/9/1381/2009/nhess-9-1381-2009.pdf

http://isprsserv.ifp.uni-stuttgart.de/proceedings/XXXVII/congress/4_pdf/262.pdf

http://www.paltasoftware.com/tsunami/