Patricio A. Bernal, Executive Secretary IOC

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The Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System A
Progress Report.
Patricio A. Bernal, Executive Secretary IOC
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
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UN role

• Define the proper scale of the problem and its
  solution.
• The system must be
• Fully owned by the Indian Ocean Rim countries
• Based on international multilateral cooperation
• Based on the open and free exchange of data
• Protect all countries in the Indian Ocean Basin
• Transparent and accountable to all members

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How does it function?

• Is based on the joint operation of international
  networks of detection connected with national
  tsunami warning centres
• UN governance provided under the IOC
• Each nation is responsible for issuing warnings
  in their territory and protect its own
  population.
• National centres must have strong links with
  emergency preparedness authorities (national,
  provincial and local)

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Where are we now?

• A single system being planned
• All countries of the Indian Ocean participate
• Tsunami advisory information provided from
  centres in Hawaii and Tokyo.
• National focal points designated in 14 nations
• Governance of UN/IOC accepted in Paris
• Full scope of the task recognized multi-nation
  (27), multi-year (gt3)
• Beyond the emergency transition to
  reconstruction and development phase.
• Joint UN implementation IOC,WMO,ISDR,UNDP

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Timeline 2005
Ja F M A M J Jul
A S O N D Ja Fe
Implementation Interim System IOC-WMO-ISDR
Implementation full system 2005-2006

• Jan 25-26 China-ASEAN Beijing Workshop
• Jan 28-29 Ministerial Meeting, Phuket, Thailand
• Feb 16 EOS III/GEOSS, Brussels
• Feb 22-24 Tokyo Seminar senior Officers Affected
  countries.
• Feb 28-March 2 Workshop NHK and Asian
  Broadcasting Union
• March 3-8 IOC 1st Regional Technical
  Coordination Meeting, Paris
• March 6-19 JICA/ADRC training course, Tokyo
• March 14-16 WMO GTS workshop, Jakarta, Indonesia
• April 14-16 IOC 2nd Regional Coordination
  Meeting, Mauritius
• June 21 IOC General Assembly, Paris Formal
  establishment IOTWS

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Implementation

• Fast-track, based on existing networks
  seismographic and sea-level.
• CTBTO broadcasting data experimentally
• Sea-level GLOSS network being upgraded
• Communication channels being provided through
  existing operators (GTS of WMO)
• Plans for full-fledged system to be completed
  technical group been convened
• Interim solution operating in October or before

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SEISMOGRAPHIC NETWORK
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Indian Ocean GLOSS
                                               
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  
   
WHITE CROSS retransmission to PTWC via GTS
Select station from map for data display. There
are 9 GLOSS sites with hourly real-time data, 11
additional sites with hourly fast delivery data,
10 sites with hourly data later than 1999, 2
sites with hourly data before 1999, 15 sites with
monthly data later than 1999, and 8 sites with
monthly data before 1999.
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Deep Sea P Sensor
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Deep-sea pressure sensors (Germany)
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Suggested global distribution of deep sea
pressure sensors (to be defined)
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Suggested improvement of seismographic network in
Indonesia (Germany)
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Suggested placement of new seismographic and deep
sea pressure sensors (India)
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Suggested real-time sea level stations (India)
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Surface Currents (India)
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Beyond the immediate response Planning the
extension to Global Coverage

• Caribbean Region (IOCARIBE)
• South West Pacific (Australia)
• South-China Sea (WESTPAC/ASEAN)
• Mediterranean France, Spain Portugal Algeria
• Strengthening of the Pacific System,
  Atlantic/Caribbean (USA, Senate Bill 50)
• ITSU October 2005 (Valparaíso, Chile)

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Beyond the immediate response Multi-hazard
platform

• Storm surges (IOC, WMO, JCOMM-)
• Tropical storms (WMO, JCOMM)
• Improving Storm and cyclones track forecasts
  (IOC, WMO, JCOMM)
• Ice Hazard (IOC, WMO, JCOMM)

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Issues requiring support

• Donor Coordination Financial pledges to project
  extending Tsunami coverage to the 27 nations of
  Indian Ocean Rim beyond 2005 and to a
  multi-hazard platform (TSU-REG-05/CSS10 Region)
• Deep-sea pressure sensors technology (DARTs
  availability).
• Facilitating free exchange of national data for
  the protection of life and property.
• Communication channels for increased number of
  instrumental platforms (Geo-stationary Meteo
  Sats.)
• Support for the establishment of an IOC
  Operational Centre for disaster management