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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.

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1 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,...)

2 IOTWS Status Chair:IndiaCo-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

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4 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

5 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

6 NEAMTWS Status Possible architecture for the NEAMTWS

7 NEAMTWS Proposed Seismic Backbone Network

8 Proposed NEAMTWS sea level network

9 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!

10 NEAMTWS Status Goal for ITWS: warnings for basin-wide tsunamis


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