Objectives
The main purpose of the Study Tour is for high level administrators that are responsible for tsunami warning activities in Indian Ocean rim countries to acquire, through the comparison of different types of systems in Hawaii and Japan, the necessary judgment and methods of assessment to identify the components of the national tsunami warning and mitigation system that need to be built or strengthened, These include the following:
- Establishment of a tsunami early warning mechanism in each country that includes an effective communication system for the warning announcement and coordination and response mechanisms for ensuring understandable risk communication;
- Identification and publicizing of high risk areas, and the development of national tsunami response plans;
- Promotion of knowledge about tsunami to achieve a prepared public.
The Study Tour presents information on the Hawaii system, and complements information received by participants of the JICA training held 7-18 March 2005 and the Japan Study Mission held 22-24 February 2005 in Tokyo, Japan. The study of the two systems will provide participants with examples of two types of systems implemented to meet different tsunami warning requirements. Japan’s system can be viewed as appropriate for nations with a high level of national tsunami hazard, where a large monitoring system comprised of densely-spaced, real-time instrumentation to determine exactly earthquake parameters is required, or for nations with long coastlines which require additional local warning centers. In contrast, the study of Hawaii’s system may be a good example for small island nations, for nations wanting 'small' systems to provide baseline national monitoring, or for nations that must respond to distant tsunamis. Knowledge on and an understanding of why the solutions (instrumentation, analysis methods, message dissemination) were implemented are essential for the design of national systems that provide the greatest safety to its citizens.
The participants of the Study Tour
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Agenda
Day 1: Tuesday, 26 July 2005 - Tsunami Early Warning Systems, PTWC, JMA
- Welcome addresses: ISDR (Dr. Yuichi Ono), IOC (Peter Pissierssens), USA (Jeff LaDouce)
- The Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System - A Progress Report - IOC (Peter Pissierssens)
- 26 December 2004 Earthquake and Tsunami - IOC ITIC (Dr. Laura Kong)
- Japan Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System
- Japan Cabinet - Tomoaki Ozaki, Deputy Director, Earthquake and
Volcanic Disaster Management
Asian Disaster Reduction Center - Akiko Nakamura
Japan Meteorological Agency - Yasuo Sekita, Seismological and Volcanological Department
- U.S. Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System - Overview of the US National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program - US Tsunami Prog Manager (Jeff LaDouce)
- - Warning Guidance - PTWC and WC/ATWC
- Risk Assessment - Tsunami Inundation and Evacuation Maps
- Mitigation/Preparedness - Education, Outreach, Awareness, Countermeasures Awareness, and Public Policy; including publications, surveys, TsunamiReady communities, engineering guidance, indigenous cultures
- Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Overview - (Dr. Charles S. McCreery, Director)
Tsunami Warning Center providing warning guidance as:
- - International Tsunami Warning Center (ITSU)
- National Tsunami Warning Center (US Interests in the Pacific)
- Regional and Local Tsunami Warning Systems (State of Hawaii)
Operations include Data Monitoring, Detection, and Evaluation of seismic and sea llevel data using different types of instrumentation and evaluation methodologies, and communication of timely messages
- PTWC Seismic Monitoring, Detection and Evaluation Instrumentation and Methodologies (including demonstrations); Seismic systems – instruments, networks, evaluation techniques, including MwP, fast CMT, TREMORS
- Sea Level Networks: Coastal Sea Level Networks - IOC GLOSS network, PTWC Sea Level Data Processing, Bernie Kilonsky, University of Hawaii Sea Level Center, Dr. Stuart Weinstein, PTWC), 15-minute presentations followed by Discussion
- Sea Level Networks: Deep-Ocean Tsunameters (DART) - Advantages and
Limitations for Tsunami Monitoring Operations: instruments, data transmissions, modelling requirements (SIFT programmes and demonstration), DART data analysis - NOAA PMEL (Dr. Eddie Bernard, Director NOAA PMEL)
DAY 2: Wednesday, 27 July 2005 - Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation Systems, PTWC Tour, Interim IO Tsunami Advisory System
- WMO Contributions to Warning Operations through the Global Telecommunications System (GTS) - (Haleh Kootval, WMO Public Weather Services)
- Data and Message Communications for Tsunami Warning Operations – Phone/Hotline, VSAT, GTS, NOAA Weather Radio, EMWIN, RANET, Email, Fax, List serve, Cell/Pager/SMS - IOC (Dr. Laura Kong)
- Protecting Communities - Practicing Tsunami Hazard Mitigation
- Tsunami Inundation Maps, Evacuation Maps, and Public Alerts - Washington State Case Study (Dr. Eddie Bernard, Director NOAA PMEL; George Crawford, Washington State Emergency Manager)
- Tsunami Inundation Map - Input requirements, Product outputs
Evacuation Map development and Public Outreach
Implementation of Siren Alert System and Community Preparedness
- Concepts and Issues to ensure System Interoperability: Data sharing, Data
Standards, Message standardization and consistency when issued by multiple sources - IOC (Peter Pissierssens, Dr. Laura Kong)
- USA International Tsunami Project (Dr. Eddie Bernard, NOAA)
- Contributions to the IOTWS implementation from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS - Dr. Walter Mooney)
- Visit of PTWC: PTWC Tour (operations, instruments (sea level, seismic vault)
- Discussion on IO Interim Tsunami Warning Service, (held at Hawaii Prince Golf Course)
- JMA and PTWC (15 minute presentations) -
Dr. Charles McCreery, PTWC; Yasuo Sekita , JMA
Discussion: All Participants
- Regional requirements and products for the Implementation of the IOTWS; Preparation for the 1st ICG/IOTWS 3-5 August 2005, Perth, Australia - IOC (Peter Pissierssens, Dr. Laura Kong)
Day 3: Thursday, 28 July 2005 - Hawaii State Civil Defense (SCD); Oahu County Civil Defense Agency (OCDA)
- State Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center - Ed Teixeira, SCD Director (split into 2 groups)
- Briefing and Discussion / Question-and-Answer - Conference Room
- Tour and Discussion / Question-and-Answer
- Topics include: State Emergency Agency Responses to PTWC Tsunami Messages, Hawaii Tsunami Technical Review Committee - Coordination; Tsunami Mitigation and Preparedness Efforts: Evacuation maps; public education activities, Table top exercises, targeted audience awareness programs
- Oahu County Civil Defense Agency (OCDA)
Bill Balfour, OCDA Administrator; John Cummings, Planning, Operations, Public Information Officer
Topics include: County Emergency Agency Responses to PTWC Tsunami Messages, GIS-based incident-command system, evacuation responsibilities, including tourists, use of public transportation, schools, evacuation shelters, siren sounding and messaging, All-clear designation for public to return to homes
Day 4 Friday, 29 July 2005 - Field Trip to Hawaii Island; Tsunami Memorials, TsunamiReady Ceremony; Hawaii Civil Defense Agency (HCDA)
- Tsunami memorials – TsunamiReady Ceremony, Laupahoehoe
- Visit to Laupahoehoe State Park
- Pacific Tsunami Museum - Donna Saiki, Director
Hawaii County Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center
Mayor Harry Kim, current Mayor and former Civil Defense Administrator
George Curtis, Hawaii County Tsunami Advisor
Topics include: County activities in responding to tsunami warnings; use of scientist tsunami advisors by Civil Defense during emergencies; post-tsunami scientific survey coordination
- Review and Discussion of Lessons from Hawaii System - Discussion led by
IOC (Peter Pissierssens, Laura Kong), ISDR (Yuichi Ono), WMO (Haleh Kootval)
How can these lessons be applied in the Indian Ocean (players, focal points, time-frame, actions): All participants
Exchange of views on the longer-term program: All participants
Summary and Actions of Workshop
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conference room
Dr Jeff ladouce
 
Dr C. McCreery.... E. Bernard
 
S. Weinstein .....B. Kilonsky
 
H. Kootval .... G. Crawford
PTWC
 
L. Kong .........W. Mooney
OCDA comm room
OCDA operating center
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last update: 31 July 2005
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