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- Permanent Link:
- http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI13042119/00001
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- Summary:
- This document is an exercise manual on the Tsunami Communication Test Exercises (CTEs) carried out for the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (NEAM). It lays out the objectives of the CTE, the step-by-step process of carrying it out, and recommendations for improving the region’s warnings communications system. Tsunami watch and warning centers must maintain a perpetually high level of readiness in order to efficiently and effectively respond to the fast-onset and rapidly-evolving nature of disasters like tsunamis. This is particularly difficult considering the infrequency of tsunamis. In order to ensure preparedness, institutions charged with keeping watch and responding to tsunami threats must regularly practice their response procedures to ensure that critical communication linkages between interacting agencies function without significant derailments, and that assigned roles are clearly understood should a tsunami response be necessary. Thus Tsunami CTEs are indispensable and should be conducted every 1 to 3 months. The objectives of the NEAM CTE are: to assess the ability of tsunami warning institutions to disseminate tsunami messages throughout the region, and the capacity of countries to receive and confirm such messages; to establish measures for periodically improving the capacities of National Tsunami Warning Centers (NTWC) and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP); and to set the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) regarding the dissemination and reception of tsunami messages throughout the region. The document goes on to outline the various components of the exercise, the potential incorporation of Global Telecommunication Systems (GTS) into tsunami warning systems, how GTS capacity can be increased, formats for issuing warning messages, and message security. The document offers a number of suggestions on how to improve the tsunami warning systems for the NEAM region. One is to incorporate GTS as a back up for primary communication routes such as email and fax. GTS already distributes meteorological, hydrological, and other information to member nations of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) globally. Emphasis is also placed on message security. This requires ensuring message authorship by confirming the fax numbers, fax-identification codes, email addresses, and message headers that will be involved in warning messages prior to any actual disaster situation, and incorporating these into regular exercises. ( English,English )
- Subject:
- Early Warning Systems
- Citation/Reference:
- Necmioglu, O., Rudloff, A. (2011). Tsunami early warning and mitigation system in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and connected seas. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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