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1. I lj il MID aii le oe H lis User Services The WDS for Geophysics is located in the David Skaggs Building at 325 Broadway Boulder Colorado Visitors are welcome during normal working hours advance notice is required A visiting scientist program exists Data processing copying and analysis facilities are available Data are available on most media including DVD via Internet and other media on request On line access via Worldwide Web URL http www ngdc noaa gov WDS for Geophysics inventories are fully searchable via the WWW and much of the data 1s available for download Publications WDS for Geophysics includes the publication series for the WDC SEG and WDS for Geophysics This includes color images data reports and scientific reports of interest to the GMG community Posters and Icosahedrons WDS for Geophysics in collaboration with the UNESCO IOC NOAA International Tsunami Information Center produced a global map showing tsunami sources and a global cut out and fold up model of the Earth displaying global relief in full color overlaid with tsunami sources Special Projects WDS for Geophysics participates in the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission IOC technical committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange IODE Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami ICG Pacific and CARIB the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans GEBCO regional IOC internation
2. 130 1129 1129 Benoa ID 28 1128 1128 8 7666 S 115 2166 E 1 67 13 30 Station Received Expected Rec 0640 0641 0641 TS AM ga OL EAN ERAS ARNES EMMA ARTO AEA alll 1123 2H saba 048 048 1003 24 1124 1124 meul 048 048 1003 1 65 13 11 beno 045 048 1003 prig 047 048 0973 127 1125 1124 engg 044 048 091 tan 048 048 1003 ambo 048 048 100 sebl 044 048 0913 sibo 047 048 0973 teda 047 048 0973 bitg 048 048 100 pada 048 048 1003 saum 048 048 1003 sade 047 048 0973 lobk 047 048 0973 walk 048 048 100 chrs 238 240 0993 dind 000 002 0003 djvw 000 002 000 djve 004 002 2003 kota 033 048 0683 komi 000 048 000 lang 048 048 100 tanp 038 040 0953 coco 011 012 091 cocb 231 240 0963 sitt 047 048 0973 AETA inminutes B aETA ar 40 sikm Figure 5 Station metadata as well as recent raw data transmissions of the sea level messages and a station transmission report are available A location map and tsunami travel times near the station are also provided for reference 9000 4500 2250 D 250 500 1000 2000 9000 30 x30 Topography amp Bathymetry C l 2008 Feb 17 19 12 52 TIDE STATIONS Trowel imes in minutes Tide tcl operates continuously once started It will check every 20 seconds to see if any new data has arrived and if so it will decode and update the station time series that is plotted When Tide tcl is started it will read data from the current day data log Tide tcl will keep up to 24 hours of data As
3. SYSTEM Tsunami Travel Time TTT Software Package Version 3 2 May 2014 TIT README DOC NOAA s National Geophysical Data Center as the World Data Service for Geophysics WDS Geophysics and the International Tsunami Information Center ITIC a NOAA UNESCO IOC Partnership are collaborating to provide free of charge tsunami travel time calculation and display software to government organizations involved in providing tsunami warning and mitigation services Other interested organizations and individuals are requested to obtain the software directly from the developer Geoware The Tsunami Travel Time software TTT SDK v 3 3 2r1 was developed by Dr Paul Wessel Geoware http www geoware online com and is used by the NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center The ITIC and NGDC have purchased the TTT license to permit widespread free distribution The public domain mapping software Generic Mapping Tools GMT was developed by Drs Paul Wessel and Walter Smith http gmt soest hawaii edu For this PC environment distribution the NGDC and ITIC are also providing easy to use sample scripts for running the software and producing maps such as shown to the right The software included in this distribution is for systems using a Microsoft Windows XP Vista and 7 operating system The software code available is not platform specific so NGDC ITIC is able to provide other distributions such as for Linux Unix or Mac OSX upon reques
4. Strengthening Tsunami Warning and Emergency Responses Training Workshop on the development of End to End Tsunami Standard Operating Procedures Course Manual 2008 2014 Tsunami Warning Decision Support Tools 5 x BRO AMOSP AN ge I s j A Organized by the UNESCO IOC NOAA AAA Kim NS i OR U E International Tsunami Information Center United Nati i MEC ES TE for Member States of the nited Nations ntergovernmenta ational Oceanic E Educational Scientific Oceanographic and Atmospheric International Tsunami Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning and Cultural Organization Commission Administration Information Center System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions International Tsunami Information Center A UNESCO IOC NOAA Partnership 1845 Wasp Blvd Bldg 176 Honolulu Hawaii 96818 USA Phone lt 1 gt 808 725 6050 Fax lt 1 gt 808 725 6055 E mail itic tsunami noaa gov TSUNAMI WARNING DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS Compiled and distributed by International Tsunami Information Center ITIC September 2014 These following are useful decision support tools available free of charge to governments and other recognized authorities involved in tsunami warning hazard mitigation For more information contact the ITIC itic tsunami noaa gov or its Director Laura Kong laura kong noaa gov TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Real Time Earthquake Display RTED Tool developed by US Geological Survey and the Californi
5. This test is currently scheduled for the 28 of every month Received messages are well marked as test messages to avoid confusion What are the subscription costs RANET provides the RAW SMS service for free Users are responsible for their own mobile messaging and service costs as well as that of their mobile device Many wireless plans do not charge for receipt of text messages SMSs but concerned users should check with their wireless provider to be sure As part of the registration tests users may be asked to send an SMS from their mobile device to RANET This may result in 1 2 worth of mobile charges In cases where the RANET mobile hub is extended inside a country RANET provides equipment the host institution will be asked to purchase one or two SIM cards as well as to cover messaging fees Generally this 1s less than 50 Where necessary RANET can provide assistance Finally RANET is working to provide a message confirmation feature This will utilize SMS as well and participating users will inevitably be charged by their wireless provider for sending a text message What are the reliability concerns and limitations of the RAW service First and foremost it is important to underscore that any individual involved in disaster and emergency response should utilize a number of communication solutions to receive alerts and notifications To this end the RAW is simply a small addition to what should be a larger communications infrastru
6. e View tsunami events as a table 1 Select tsevent layer 9 left panel 7 Select the HazardTableView tab below the map Sort by clicking on the column headings Select an event highlighted in yellow for the row and on the map then right click and select Show Hazard Information alternate way to display the HazardlnfoView window as described in 6 oN Other Features e Tsunami Travel Times TTT plugin a Select Tsunami Travel Times gt Compute Tsunami Travel Times from top menu b A wizard dialog appears and steps through the following parameters 1 Input the epicenter location single or multiple as longitude latitude pairs 2 TsuDig Users Guide Readme August 2013 a Select Finish and the TTT will be computed using the default parameters bathymetry 20 arc minute geographic extent global contour intervals 1 hour b If you want to change the default parameters select Next 2 Choose a bathymetric resolution 2 5 10 15 20 30 or 60 arc minutes 3 Select the geographic extent Either input values or select TII from pre defined extents Global 0 to 360 or 180 to 180 Pacific 90 to 295 longitude 72 to 65 latitude Indian 10 to 150 longitude 69 to 32 latitude Atlantic 100 to 50 longitude 68 to 75 latitude Caribbean 100 to 50 longitude O to 35 latitude Mediterranean Sea 10 to 40 longitude 28 to 47 latitude 4 Accept the default Substitute the nearest ocean node if epicen
7. enabled client to incorporate a map image of the data The Web maps operate off the same oracle databases as the traditional forms They provide limited GIS capability and are linked to photos additional event information and references gt The DART Metadata are available via OGC Web Feature Service Allows any OGC enabled client to access DART metadata links to NGDC to download high resolution data The hazards data are also available via Google Earth the NGDC WDC Web site serves a KML file containing tsunami sources and runups significant earthquakes and volcanic eruptions The Google Earth view provides basic information on each event death damage magnitude date and links to the to the NGDC WDC database for the full content LU lasa isa Ta e A L1 dra Ara acad s E k as hno a PPP u zur ri ma m Se ee s hire cB SSS I 2 CEOS European data server Tsunami Deposits Database displaying NGDC Hazards Data r gt NGDC WDC has developed a tsunami deposits database to extend the tsunami database backwards in time For example the Only a Matter of Time image is a paleoseismic and paleotsunami record at Willapa Bay Washington A stack of layers dating from 1700 A D back to 900 B C is very distinctive Each layer The represents the downdropping of the marsh during a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake and subsequent ORPHAN TSUNAMI depositing of lo
8. 2 View individual sea level stations using Tide window choose station using 4 letter station code left mouse click or use Sea Level Station map hard copy or Client window choose dot on map left mouse double click Choices are Sensor type pressure gauge encoder aquatrak bubbler radar Info station and transmission information Mess actual data download undecoded MAP showing station location with travel time contours using station location as source Marigram ZOOM widget a Measure wave height and wave period from an individual station by mouse selecting right time window to expand time series ZOOM widget then mouse select left points you want to measure a time and height difference 1s automatically calculated 1f you select 2 points b Youcan record the picks made using the REC tab picks are recorded to the file Tide Tool LOG in in the TideTool data folder c Choosing MIN MAX in REC auto picks the minimum and maximum height in the selected window to then record the picks click on the Peak to Peak REC menu item L Kong T Fukuji May 2010 September 2014 d Marigram data can be written to a file by clicking WRITE tab data are time height including tide height with tide removed file 1s located in the in the TideTool data PLOTS directory Fast viewing of stations in a region 1s done using the Client mouse outline right click amp drag a box of interested stations and then Show Tile or
9. BLT extension or WIZE software package Sea level data that are continuously archived into a data file Tide tcl and associated map client software Computer and Tcl Tk software with BLT extension The software requires the installation of the Tcl Tk software package and the BLT extension both of which are freely available for download and easy to install The software 1s able to run under Unix Linux Windows 2000 XP Vista and Macintosh OSX under BSD Unix operating systems the preferred platform is Unix or Linux because of its stability For Windows 7 it is recommended to install the WIZE software package which includes the newer Tcl Tk v8 5 9 Use on other platforms is possible as it only depends on Tcl Tk and BLT softwares being available The software does not require substantial computing power and can thus run easily on a Pentium III or higher PC system US NOAA PTWC UNESCO IOC NOAA ITIC Sea level data The input is assumed to be a continuously appended ascii text file containing transmissions of data from different sea level stations Each station and its data transmission 1s described by a unique set of parameters including a Satellite Product Headers Station Platform ID method of transmission and transmission time and file formats Figure 1 Figure 1 Sample of transmissions from field station Data Collection Platform DCP in formats used by the University of Hawaii Sea Level Center Australia National Tidal Centre
10. International Tsunami Information Center NOAA UNESCO IOC Tide Tool is a software application that provides end users with the ability to decode display and manipulate sea level data broadcast over the Global Telecommunications System GTS of the World Meteorological Organization WMO Data download through the internet 1s also available but is not recommended because timely complete delivery of all data packets cannot be guaranteed Tide Tool is enabled by the Tide tcl script and region specific map clients that provide simple to use graphical user interfaces to the continuously incoming sea level data streams the tool uses the Tcl Tk software package and its BLT extension Tcl Tk is an open source platform independent software package offering a powerful shell programming language and graphical toolkit getTide also included with Tide Tool is a BLT script that can be used to read and analyze archived sea level data log files The software application was developed and is supported by the US NOAA NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center PTWC as an operational tool for the real time continuous tsunami monitoring in the Caribbean Indian and Pacific Oceans Its primary users are National Tsunami Warning Centres such as the National Meteorological and Hydrological Service NMHS or other agencies acting in this capacity and with a downlink from the GTS or to a data file containing those data formatted in a similar manner It has been tested under U
11. NOAA PTWC UNESCO IOC NOAA ITIC Figure 3b Tide tcl GUI showing all stations that were decoded arranged by region Station sensor types station metadata and the raw data packet can also be viewed Tide Tool v7 0 SUMATRA JAVA prig engg tanj ambo sebl sibof teda bitg walk f chrs dind djvv djve kota komi lang BAY or gEx 0 Mess sitt chtt moul Each time series can be displayed with or without the tidal signal removed can be manipulated using a mouse in order to zoom enlarge the time series and to pick an amplitude or wave period Figure 4a and can be despiked to remove spurious bad points ECOS Figure 4b A postscript plot of the time series window can be made and printed EXIT pr Figure 4a Sea level time series showing observed and tide removed time series A mouse is used to select the part that should be enlarged to pick the arrival time BENO Gauge RAD Monitor nee rie DESPIKE PRINT BENO Gauge RAD Zoom Observed Tide Only ee poc Corrected Tide Only 0139 48 0 984 With Predicted Tide En 12 00 11 14 TIME UTC beno rad Zoom TIME UTC Next XMT 05 37 heno rad Figure 4b De spike feature E REDG Gauge PWL Monitor REDG Gauge PwL Monitor DESPIKE une PRINT a 12 00 01 53 11 14 11 15 TIME UTC Next XMT 06 00 redg pwl 12 00 11 14 TIME UTC Next XMT 06 00 redg pwl US NOAA PTWC UNESCO IOC NOAA ITIC
12. Open install folder find your installation and double click on Setup to run 6 Start CISN and input your username email addr and password 6 characters Agencies with firewalls will need to ensure that CISN ports and or server domains for information dissemination to the CISN software are allowed 7 Customize as your CISN display to your needs These might include the following options access from tabs in Settings file menu An example ITIC settings 1s found in CISN Settings ITIC the configuration file CISN Display ITIC xml can be loaded to set all display parameters Set earthquake display threshold M4 or MS in Filters tab Time zone display if other than GMT in Display tab Magnitude threshold for Alarm M4 or MS in Alarm tab Include Tsunami product button in display in Config tab Center default view to your region for Pacific try 20 180 scale 125000000 Specify colors to use for symbols for example if you would like to color code by single day in Event Colors tab g Specify Banner for display you can use the ITIC one ITIC USGS banner gif move from your installation disk to Banners folder on your computer or create your own needs gif file 1n Display tab B m o e s TSUNAMI WARNING OPERATIONS SEA LEVEL MONITORING TIDE TOOL DISPLAY AND DECODE OF SEA LEVEL DATA TRANSMITTED OVER THE WMO GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM vers 10 2 May 2014 Pacific Tsunami Warning Center NOAA
13. SLD Styled Layer Descriptor XML file d Numerous pre defined SLD files are included in the installation dir gt SLD folder Example tsevent by deaths description sld colors tsunami events by deaths none few some many very many Export map to PDF format a With map selected go to File 2 New PDF Layout b Choose a template page size most common Letter landscape template c Anew top tab is created displaying page layout including title legend and scalebar 3 TsuDig Users Guide Readme August 2013 d Alegend scale bar or additional text boxes can be added by using the Components in the upper right For example create a new text box by selecting Label then click and drag on the layout view to create a box Then double click on the label to change the text e Export map to PDF with File gt Export PDF or by clicking on the small PDF icon on the top toolbar A Known issue colors may look different than expected when viewing the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Colors look accurate in Adobe Illustrator or other programs e Database updates a Download latest data from NGDC at http ngdc noaa gov hazard data h2 hazardsdb zip b Place the downloaded zip file into the installation dir2XH2 folder c Data will be updated automatically when TsuDig is restarted Restore the screen layout windows and tabs to the default Select Window gt Reset Layout e Import GIS layers shp files onto the map
14. Use the correct station metadata file to view archived data This should be the COMP META file that was in use when the data was collected it may not be the most current one Replace the current COMP META file with this file but be sure to save the current COMP META file to another filename so you will have it for the real time version Run Tide tcl To run double click wize exe in the TideTool bin folder on the desktop Type wize Tide tcl H Enter JD YR 2 digit SPAN 1 or 2 corresponding to number of days of SRLOG files Tide tcl will decode and then display the SRLOG files specified Client tcl for all regions can be run Note that in this mode all station dots will be red since there is not live data Once the SR LOG file s have been decoded station files by JD and sensor are created in TideTool data Decoded Data JD station sensor JD These time series files are then usable for later station plotting L Kong T Fukuji May 2010 September 2014 UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission IOC SEA LEVEL STATION MONITORING FACILITY URL http www 10c sealevelmonitoring org map php Q SEA LEVEL STATION MONITORING FACILITY IOC Mp A Stations Database Metadata Sealevel stations Status at 2010 09 28 15 41 GMT Type All stations n Legend Station is offline or data is outdated Station is online Station is not available at this site Offline 2 No data received since 3 times the transmi
15. and is not intended to replace any official and timely operational communications methods The service has proven reliable for receipt internationally since its start in 2005 estimated time for receiving a SMS alert is within 5 minutes after message issuance For sign up contact ITIC laura kong noaa gov or Kelly Sponberg raw Oranetproject net IMPORTANT NOTES The above services have NOT been tested as operational tsunami warning tools Users will need to assess the timeliness of information delivery to their own country and operations centers For highest reliability enable all the services to ensure redundancy and monitor to see if one service is more timely than the other It is wise practice for any important message to always be received through at least two different communications methods US Geological Survey California Office of Emergency Svcs FEMA US Natl Tsunami Hazard Mit Program Quickinfo CISN Installation November 2013 L Kong laura kong noaa gov T Fukuji tammy fukuji noaa gov Use CISN is a real time earthquake monitor that automatically receives and immediately plots earthquake epicenters on a GIS display as they are posted by the US Geological Survey Agencies that are currently submitting their information include the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and West Coast Alaska Tsunami Warning Center a Tsunami product button can be displayed and when activated immediately indicates that the tsunami warning
16. centers TWC have issued a tsunami message The CISN will receive and post TWC earthquake observatory messages these messages which are preliminary unofficial products are the earliest notification that a sizeable earthquake has occurred and will be issued a few minutes before an official TWC message The TWC earthquake observatory message is also the only TWC product that will be issued when a small earthquake occurs that is below the tsunami reporting threshold ITIC and PTWC recommend the use of CISN are a means for displaying real time earthquake information and for alerting duty staff that PTWC has issued a tsunami message Start The program is started by double clicking the desktop icon or other method Required internet bandwidth is minimal so can be minimized and run in the background on any desktop Instructions for installation The following are quick instructions for installing and using CISN For details consult the RTED Info wRegCode nov2013 pdf CISN User Guide and other manuals in Manual info folder of installation disk 1 Go to http www cisn org software login index php 2 Create a New User use registration code KIINZ1 or QCEA or JIQY 1 see TWTools detailed instructions 3 Check your email and validate your username information email address Check your email after ITIC approves It will contain your 6 character password 5 Install software a Copy folder from TWTools DVD to your desktop b
17. creating a user you will receive an email asking you to confirm your contact information please follow the directions given to validate 4 ITIC will then approve the User and send an email providing instructions on how to download and install the software Your username is your email address and your password will be 6 characters US Geological Survey California Office of Emergency Svcs FEMA US Natl Tsunami Hazard Mit Program 5 Download and install the software or copy the folder from the TWTools disk http www cisn org software Q W Client index html Installation options Windows XP Vista Windows 7 Mac OS X Linux Solaris UNIX Cross platform installer Java jar file Manual not recommended 6 Check to make sure you have a Java Runtime Environment JRE 1 5 X or higher installed To get Java it s free visit http java com en download index jsp Note installation of new software sometimes requires administrative privileges on the host machine If any part of the installation fails contact your local systems administrator for assistance Download of the software Follow the instructions as outlined in the installation shield Once complete launch the application enter your user account username password and check the lower right corner for a green status light that indicates a good connection to a QuakeWatch Server There should be no need to specify a server address the client comes preconfigu
18. data station status and metadata data plots and other database services This tool should be used with caution for operational purposes since timely web access cannot be guaranteed all over the globe during emergencies Available since 2008 3 PTWC Tsunami Messages RANET Alert Watcher SMS text message The PTWC through the RANET project provides an SMS Heads up alert to government authoritative tsunami warning and response agencies The messages are brief in order to alert the recipient that official message which is longer has been sent Available since 2005 4 Tsunami Bulletin Board TBB The TBB is an email list serve that provides immediate sharing of tsunami information by and among tsunami professionals scientists researchers emergency officials and other officials PTWC and WC ATWC bulletins are immediately posted to TBB Its purpose is to provide an open objective scientific forum for the posting and discussion of tsunami news information and research It is not open to the media or the general public and is not intended for advertising or activities of a commercial nature The TBB began in 1995 Tsunami Travel Time Software The World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics WDC MGG co located at the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center serves as the world s recognized tsunami database and archiving centre The WDC MGG and the ITIC are providing free of charge tsunami travel time calculation and display software
19. e Data must be in 0 360 degrees longitude not 180 to 180 to display properly on Pacific Centered Map e Contact Jesse Varner jesse varner noaa gov for instructions on how to convert data using ESRI ArcGIS If you have problems please send the log file to Jesse Varner for debugging jesse varner noaa gov at NGDC The log is located in installation dir gt workspace metadata log If you have questions about the database please contact Paula Dunbar paula dunbar noaa gov at NGDC For general questions or software CD copies please contact Laura Kong laura kong noaa gov at ITIC 4 TsuDig Users Guide Readme August 2013 GLOBAL TSUNAMI DATABASE FOR THE WORLD Dr V Gusiakov Head Novosibirsk Tsunami Lab gvk sscc ru ICMMG SAD RAS Novosibirsk Russia Version 5 16 July 2007 The GTDB formerly HTDB is a joint IUGG TC and ICG PTWS Project under the IOC of UNESCO with formerly additional funding assistance from the US NOAA National Weather Service directed at the improvement of the catalogue of historical tsunamis in the world The database consists of three main parts the catalog of tsunamigenic events with their basic source parameters the catalog of the observed run up heights and a global catalog of historical earthquakes from pre historic times to the present The current version of the database covers the period from 2000 B C to 13 January 2007 Kurils earthquake and small tsunami and contains 2120 entries in the
20. effort of many National Hydro Meteorological Services non government organizations and communities These varied partners come together to make weather and climate information available to rural and remote populations which are often most in need of environmental forecasts observations and warnings While significant advances have been made in our ability to predict and observe our environment much of this valuable information remains inaccessible to those outside major cities RANET has a simple mission Help national and regional organizations get useful information locked in urban areas to rural and remote places in the hope of promoting sustainable develop ment and reducing disaster impacts To accomplish this mission RANET works with partners to identify new and existing technologies that can be utilized by rural communities in a sustainable way RANET therefore engages in system development network deployment but also stresses training and community ownership to ensure that the networks it helps to create are long lasting RANET Alert Watcher RAW SMS May 2008 Overview and Background RANET is an international collaboration of meteorological services and related organizations working to improve access to weather climate and other earth science information Following the December 26 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami RANET developed a small application intended to deliver alert and notification summaries to the mobile phones of nationa
21. event catalog and more than 7000 run up heights provided with the exact geographical coordinates of the observational sites Additionally the software includes a tsunami travel time calculator making it a useful tool for tsunami warning centers and for emergency managers wishing to develop scenario events The software calculates expected tsunami travel times to locations in and around the different oceans and marginal seas and displays the information graphically at user selectable map scales The tsunami and earthquake catalogs collected within the GTDB Project are embedded inside a specially developed GIS type graphic shell WinITDB for easy data retrieval visualization and processing The WinITDB shell operates on Windows PC platforms with no additional co located software required The WinITDB graphic shell has been designed with an easy to learn and easy to use graphic interface that encourages a try and see approach to its learning So the most effective way is simply to run the system and to explore its possibilities However the graphic shell has many specific features for constructing and saving background maps as well as several different data retrieval modes some of them can be not quite clearly understood from the beginning that is why we recommend to familiarize yourself with the WinITDB user s manual before running the software The full version of the database including the textual descriptions of tsunami manifestation
22. in TideTool data desktop icon SR LOG folder file srxxxyr log where xxx is Julian day and yr equals year The C Te bin wize ex console window that opens should be regularly checked to ensure that data are still being collected 2 Start Tide tcl Double click TIDE icon on desktop This script looks to see if there 1s new downloaded data in srxxxyy log and if yes decodes the new data and updates the sea level station data file display 3 Start Client tcl PACIFIC OCEAN Double click PACIFIC icon on desktop Wait until Tide tcl Tide Tool completes the decode of the initial file may take up to 20 30 min if at the end of the Julian Day To start Client tcl for other regions do the same double click on icon s ATLANTIC CARIBBEAN INDIAN on desktop When an event occurs calculate tsunami travel times Click TTT button in Tide tcl Run ttt tidetool bat via TTT button currently only for 64 bit machine to calculate Tsunami Estimated Times of Arrival ETA and create a map to overlay on Client tcl map GET ETAs and TTT n Tide tcl PLOT TTs 1n Client tcl to overlay L Kong T Fukuji May 2010 September 2014 IMPORTANT CHECKS DONE BY EACH DUTY SHIFT l 2 PC on GMT time This 1s needed for correct time decoding get data tcl is running Check C Tcl bin wize exe console window to see if the last download is current e g 5 minutes ago If not then data are not being collected Restart programs a Close the inactive WI
23. ind pac world bat User specified ttt fancy bat Examples using above scripts C NTTT Package Examples EXAMPLE CARIBBEAN or IO SCS MAKRAN PACIFIC Main Scripts for ttt autoXX ttt autoXX bat ttt fancy atl ind pac auto bat Output files from running ttt auto bat will be placed in sub directory C TTT Package Examples TTT AUTO xxxxxx where xxxxxx equals computer clock HRMNSC Data files Historical earthquakes USGS Centennial List GMT plot format centennial6 ed txt Reference files centennial6 txt centennial xyzm Sea level stations as received by PTWC Oct 2008 Data files stations atl ind pac txt Maps SLmap AO IO PO jpg Color pallets as read by scripts CPTNtttl1 30 cpt centennial cpt Software Usage Instructions The software included 1s to be run from the Windows command line or by double clicking on a bat script in order to open a Window command window for running the software Easy to use software executable and scripts for calculating travel times and making travel time maps are included in this distribution and described in this section and the next Easy TTT calculation and plotting The executable ttt client exe and the plotting scripts are located in C TTT Package Software TT T bin Examples and hands on exercises which utilize ttt client exe calculation and ttt fancy plotting can be found in the Examples section of this document and in CATTT Package Examples for Caribbean Indian Ocean Pacific South C
24. interdisciplinary scientific projects commercial mineral resource evaluations defense and government environmental baseline studies Data Access The WDS for Geophysics natural hazards data or inventories are all stored and integrated in a relational database management system RDBMS The data are available on line and can be searched by attribute e g event runup location date deaths The search results link to additional information sources imagery plots and download screens for the Deep ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis DARTTM buoys if triggered and tide gauge data where available All of the natural hazards data are accessible via Open did d Consortium OGC Web Map Services which allows any OGC enabled SNo mea a client to incorporate a map image of the data pi SAN o The Web maps operate off the same RDBMS They provide limited GIS capability and are linked to photos additional event information and references The NGDC WDS website provides a Keyhole Markup D Language KML file containing tsunami sources and runups significant earthquakes and volcanic eruptions Many applications display KML including Google Earth Google Maps NASA WorldWind and ESRI ArcGIS Explorer The KML file provides basic information on each event date magnitude death on damage updated nightly and links to the NGDC yg cate me database for the full content ei TIBI i il Mil A orm kul Cam ome
25. reliability serious x August 2008 TSUNAMI BULLETIN BOARD International Tsunami Information Center The ITIC has hosted the Tsunami Bulletin Board TBB since 1995 The service is an email list serve providing tsunami information to 444 members as of Oct 2013 in the tsunami field PTWC and WC ATWC bulletins are posted immediately to the TBB Membership is open to any tsunami professional To subscribe please contact the ITIC itic tsunami noaa gov The TBB uses Lyris ListManager v 11 software maintained by the USA NOAA National Weather Service The service is not guaranteed for timely delivery and should not be used as a critical communication component by national tsunami warning centres The purpose of the list serve is to provide an open objective scientific forum for the posting and discussion of news and information relating to tsunamis and tsunami research It is not open to the media or the general public The ITIC provides this list serve to tsunami researchers and other technical professionals for the purpose of facilitating the widespread dissemination of information on tsunami events current research investigations and announcements for upcoming meetings publications and other tsunami related materials All members of the TBB are welcome to contribute Messages are immediately broadcast to all members without modification The TBB is available both as a regular email service and through the Web at http Anfolist nws noa
26. the primary means by the PTWC and JMA receive sea level data and issue tsunami advisories and warnings Tide tcl The program is started by typing bltwish Tide tcl The program decodes the received sea level data that are found in a single data logging file creates individual station files containing the decoded data and starts a graphical user interface display that allows each station to be displayed as a plot Figures 3 5 Map clients for the Atlantic Caribbean Indian and Pacific Oceans display a map from which the user may select several stations to show their time series A strip chart window displaying multiple stations simultaneously is an option V10 0 beta enables overlay of calculated travel time contours to graphically show wave propagation from the source Message received within last 7 Hours 24 Hours Message received within last 7 Hours 24 Hours DISP FIND STATIONS Connected DISP TIND STATIONS Message received within last 7 Hours 24 Hours DISP FIND STATIONS Figure 3a Caribbean Indian and Pacific Map clients showing the coastal and DART stations with color indicating when data last received green data received within last 7 hrs Sea level records can be plotted by mouse selecting the station and choosing the sensor to plot or by enabling a zoom client to choose and automatically plot several close by stations Station names can be displayed on the map if desired US
27. to government organizations involved in providing tsunami warning and mitigation services Other interested organizations and individuals are requested to obtain the software directly from the developer The Tsunami Travel Time TTT software 1s used by the NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center for its operations calculations Map graphics are made using the open source Generic Mapping Tools GMT TTT is included in TsuDig Available since 2007 Tsunami Historical Databases The WDC MGG provides extensive online web based and offline tools and other hazards information and digital bathymetry services In 2009 the WDC MGG and ITIC began distributing an enhanced offline tool TsuDig GIS tool that accesses the WDC database and includes features of specific use and interest to tsunami warning and emergency response decision makers TTT calculations and displays are included in TsuDig Since the 1990s with the last features update in 2005 the Novosibirsk Tsunami Laboratory NTL has provided the WinITDB as an offline standalone tool working on Windows platform Google Earth Database Files The Google Earth visualization tool can be used to display a number of tsunami related databases These include files for USGS located earthquakes in near real time WDC NGDC Historical Tsunami Database as well as Significant Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions and the IRIS Global Seismic Network TsunamiTeacher Tsunami Resource Toolkit TsunamiTeacher brings tog
28. ARTH DATABASE FILES FOR TSUNAMI WARNING Nov 2007 Feb 2009 Oct 2013 Google Earth is a popular graphical tool that can display a number of data layers simultaneously Several organizations are now providing data files kml and or kmz that can be imported into this user friendly visualization Tsunami related database files include those for the USGS located earthquakes in near real time WDC NGDC Historical Tsunami Database Significant Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions the IRIS Global Seismic Network and the PTWC received Sea Level Network If you have other kml files that are useful please let ITIC know so we may add them to our list of available information URLs for download Software Google Earth http www google com earth Earthquakes USGS Earthquakes http earthquake usgs gov earthquakes feed v1 0 kml php IRIS Global Seismic Network Go to http www iris edu gmap GSN and then click on the Google Earth link in the upper right hand corner to download the KML file For more information refer to http www iris edu news newsletter vol9no3 page3 htm Tsunamis World Data Center National Geophysical Data Center http www ngdc noaa gov hazard tsu shtml Various data download formats are available 1n addition S 98 UO pue syul7 pue Ajessoj5 UOIlj99 O9 SADINOSDY uSaJ9s ay uo suoynq se e qisseooe Al pea sAemje suo 9as eeJu Jeunj e eJe eJou Se npo N uiue Z u 31e seoueipne 21 202 IM
29. IS A Geographic Information System based on uDig Includes re developed by Refractions Research bei e Foundation a The Open Source Geospatial Foundation Geoware and oth 41 uy National Geophysical Data Center NGDC Icsu i tell k WORLD DATA SYSTEM The World Data Service for Geophysics WDS Geophysics co located at the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center NGDC maintains a historical hazard database of tsunamis significant earthquakes and volcanic eruptions from ancient times 2000 B C to the present The database includes gt 1 800 Tsunami Events validity gt 0 gt 13 000 Tsunami Runups associated with Tsunami Events validity gt 0 gt 5 000 Significant Earthquakes and gt 500 Significant Volcanic Eruptions In order to meet the needs of local authorities and tsunami warning centers from countries around the world WDS Geophysics and the UNESCO IOC NOAA International Tsunami Information Center ITIC developed a standalone GIS application to interact with a local copy of the historical hazards database The software is based on uDig User friendly Desktop Internet GIS an open source GIS framework written in Java which is built upon the well established Eclipse Rich Client Platform RCP We have customized the behavior of uDig by developing plugins that allow the user to query the database using many different search parameters and to display information about events on a map and in table format Uninstall previous v
30. NOAA Email Pers a IM Cm box 3084 Tsunami message from Tami message f To Tsunami warning system participants along the U S Atlantic Eastern Canadian and Gulf of Mexico coasts u From NOAANWSNVest Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Experimental Web uct Subject Tsunami Information Statement issued 03 29 2007 at 1 29AM EDT H At 1 25 AM Eastern Daylight Time on March 29 an earthquake with preliminary Fl magnitude 4 6 occurred near the Windward Islands Car bbes eS The magnitude is such that a tsunami WILL NOT be generated This will be the only WCATWC message issued for this event The location and magnitude are based on preliminary information Further information will be issued by the United States Geological Survey Link to Standard Information Statement Link tn XMI CAP Proehoect Dore L CM C T T yt D do enenge Developed as a cooperative project of the CISN Funding provided by the OES USGS FEMA OES Hazards Mitigation and Emergency Management Performance Grant Program and the US National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program Additional financial support was provided by Instrumental Software Technologies Inc ISTI This software was developed in partnership with ISTI US Geological Survey California Office of Emergency Svcs FEMA US Natl Tsunami Hazard Mit Program OTHER ALERTS Receiving email SMS alerts through RTED CISN The CISN tool allows the configuring of parameter threshold
31. Strip to display all stations The Strip feature allows many stations to be displayed simultaneously similar to a seismic record section If ttt tidetoolxx bat has been run then the order of the marigrams will be from the closest 1 arriving tsunami wave to farthest station from the source The Tile feature shows each station as an individual window station locations and 4 letter station names are found using the hard copy maps CaribbeanAtlantic SL Stations nov2013 pdf Indian SL Stations 2012 pdf Pacific SL Stations nov2013 pdf in TideTool data folder or by Disp Find button in Client Estimated Tsunami Travel Times from the earthquake epicenter can be overlain on the map after running ft tidetool bat T TT button in Tide tcl is used to run ft tidetool bat It will open a Tsunami Travel Times window to be used to input data to calculate travel times and create map overlay Latitude and longitude are given at the location of mouse cursor Origin time OT of the earthquake source 1s also shown To retain a picture of the screen options are Use Print Plot File Only option in time series window postscript plot files found in TideTool data PLOTS directory and viewed with Adobe Acrobat Use Cirl Alt Print Screen individual window or Print Screen entire display and then paste in MS Word file VIEWING ARCHIVED DATA Tide Tool can be run in archive mode to view past data files in folder SR LOG l NS qu SU 2
32. TT Package Software GMT GMT SHAREDIR should be set to the GMT share directory i e CATTT Package Software GM T share The system PATH should contain e the TTT bin directory 1 e CATTT Package Software TT T bin e the GMT bin directory 1 e CATTT Package Software GMT bin e the Ghostscript bin directory 1 e C Program Files gs gs8 63 bin These variables can be modified by opening the Control Panel clicking on System then clicking on Environment Variables and editing the PATH variable with semicolons separating entries in the PATH Examples Software Usage Examples provided by NGDC The software is to be run from the Windows command line or by double clicking on a bat script in order to open a Window command window for running the script containing the software You can run these examples from the bin directory 1 e CATTT Package Software TT T bin Or if using another directory please copy the files epicenter_1960 txt epicenters 2004 txt and epicenter 1964 txt and stations pacific ocean txt in bin to this new directory and run the scripts from there In CATTT Package TTT Maps you can also find some example TTT maps for historical events Generate a new global travel time grid with the 1960 Chile earthquake as the source using 5 bathymetry and report the travel times to multiple stations listed 1n stations pacific ocean txt ttt client ttt topo 5m eepicenter 1960 txt Tt
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34. ZE and start the get data tcl again Refer to 1 in STARTUP b Check to see if you also need to restart Tide and Client If the softwares do not update or are frozen then close and restart Exit Tide and Client window s e g PACIFIC OCEAN Start each program again refer to 2 and 3 in STARTUP Notes l Stations transmit data by satellite generally GOES MTSAT EUMETSAT at different intervals every 3 60 min and different times in a given hour Therefore before deciding on the tsunami threat sometimes you may have to wait until the next transmission 1f only part of the tsunami wave has arrived Stations have sensors that damp the signal see IOC Manual on Sea Level Measurement and Interpretation 2006 appendix for sensor types Therefore what you measure will probably underestimate the wave height reported by eyewitnesses Coastal signals also depend on the gauge location and local features e g some stations always amplify signals DART stations are located in the deep ocean not on land Therefore signals measured will be much smaller few cm 10s of cm or inches to 1 3 feet than signals on coastal land gauges When DART waves hit shallow water the coast tsunami wave physics says that wave height increases therefore a small DART wave in the deep ocean could end up as a large wave when it hits land Tsunami modeling must be used to forecast what 1s expected at the coast TIPS FOR EFFICIENT USE l
35. a C TTT PackagelExample EXAMPLE CARIBBEAN or IO SCS MAKRAN PACIFIC 7 QUICK INFO TSUNAMI TRAVEL TIME CALCULATION For more info see TTT README may2014 doc or ttt auto README MAY14 doc in TTT Package folder PLOT INSTRUCTIONS l Start ttt auto32 bat or ttt auto64 bat select based on 32 or 64 bit OS double click the TTT AUTO32 or TTT_AUTO64 icon on desktop 2 Follow directions in screen shot below e g input e latitude longitude e location of plots to be made Pacific e output travel times or arrival times e bathy file to use 10 min grid for fast plot 2 min grid for most accurate takes longer if desired map title lt 50 characters Currently only available for Pacific plot sea level stations plot historical seismicity 3 The script will e create a binary grid file of tsunami travel times or arrival times e if desired output file of tsunami arrival or travel times at user input locations e create up to 3 tsunami travel time plots in png format and ps format Plots are Pacific regional local map boundaries 4 Plot files are found in TTT examples under folder TTT AUTO 190806 where 190806 corresponds to plot time hrmnsec Nice versions png with and without Sea Level stations plotted are found in TTT examples TTT AUTO NWSPago SLsta and TTT AUTO NWSPago Notes Tsunami travel times are calculated from sea floor bathymetry Therefore they are estimates predicting the arrival time The actual time may diff
36. a Office of Emergency Services California Integrated Seismic Network CISN with support from the US National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program This GIS display provides real time earthquake information as broadcast by the US Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center NEIC and includes tsunami information from the PTWC and WC ATWC The USGS NEIC serves as the World Data Center for Seismology Available since 2005 2 Tsunami Warning Operations Sea Level Monitoring Tide Tool and IOC Sea Level Monitoring Facility Tide Tool is an operations tool developed and supported by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center for the decode display and manipulation of sea level data coastal and DART deep ocean stations transmitted over the WMO Global Telecommunications System GTS The tool continuously decodes sea level in real time and displays the time series on a computer screen along with station status and metadata Map clients enable easy viewing Tsunami travel times and estimated arrival time features implemented in May 201 4 Non operational versions also exist for data transmissions through the internet and for archived data Available since 2005 The IOC Sea Level Monitoring Facility developed originally under the IOC IODE Project for the ODINAFRICA sea level network in 2006 is a web based real time monitoring tool for sea level stations globally The URL is http www ioc sealevelmonitoring org map php The tool provides sea level
37. a gov read login Users may view file attachments via their email program or on the Web Posting of documents as attachments however can only be done through your email program not allowed in Web interface To post information send email to tsunami bb winfolist nws noaa gov To access mail via the Web use http infolist nws noaa gov read login with your email address as the User The TBB expects that members will carry out scientific discussions in an objective and respectful manner Certain behaviors will not be tolerated and by using the Tsunami Bulletin Board you are agreeing to the following simple guidelines l The TBB is intended for discussion announcements and to assist those seeking information not readily available elsewhere It is not intended for advertising or activities of a commercial nature Please refrain from any form of commercial solicitation 2 Please do not include any information in your message that you do not want to make available to all TBB members If you wish to discuss personal specific issues with an individual please contact the individual personally and do not use the TBB 3 Nolibelous remarks hate propaganda or mongering or profanity will be tolerated Material which is untrue or which knowingly defames personally attacks abuses harasses or threatens others will be removed 4 Statements and or images that are bigoted hateful mean spirited vulgar obscene pornographic or ind
38. access utilizes commercial Internet services that could become clogged during a large tsunami event This service provides 1 information about the operational status of global and regional networks of real time sea level station and i1 a display service for quick inspection of the raw data stream from individual stations The site initially focused on operational monitoring of sea level measuring stations in Africa and was developed from collaboration between Flanders Marine Institute VLIZ and the ODINAFRICA project of IODE It has been expanded to a global station monitoring service for real time sea level measuring stations that are part of IOC programmes i e 1 the Global Sea Level Observing System Core Network and 11 the networks under the regional tsunami warning systems in the Indian Ocean IOTWS North East Atlantic amp Mediterranean NEAMTWS Pacific PTWS and the Caribbean CARIBE EWS As of September 2010 89 organizations were contributing data The data and products available are made available in accordance with the IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy as adopted by the 22nd session of IOC Assembly in Resolution 6 Data and products available on this web site may not be used for any commercial purposes Commercial users should contact the relevant data originators This IOC Sea Level Station Monitoring Facility web site provides the following capabilities Global sea level network map showing color coded operational s
39. al mapping projects and cooperates extensively with the International Ocean Drilling Program ODP for which it operates a parallel data archive The WDS for Geophysics 1s also active in the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy IAGA Division V and the World Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map Project Special emphasis 1s given to data supporting IUGG IOC and UNEP programs Dr Eric A Kihn Acting Director Tel 1 303 497 6215 WDS for Geophysics Fax 1 303 497 6513 NOAA NGDC Code E GC3 E mail Eric A Kihn noaa gov 325 Broadway Home Page http www ngdc noaa gov Boulder CO 80305 3328 Online Access to Tsunami and Related Data http www ngdc noaa gov hazard hazards shtml Paula K Dunbar 303 497 6084 Paula Dunbar noaa gov National Geophysical Data Center WDS NOAA 325 Broadway Boulder CO 80305 USA Heather McCullough 303 497 3707 Heather McCullough noaa gov National Geophysical Data Center WDS NOAA 325 Broadway Boulder CO 80305 USA George Mungov 303 497 6586 George Mungov noaa gov CIRES University of Colorado Boulder CO USA 80309 Jesse Varner 303 497 7893 Jesse Varner noaa gov CIRES University of Colorado Boulder CO USA 80309 Global Natural Hazards Databases NGDC WDS s hazards databases include the Tsunami Source Event Tsunami Runup Significant Earthquake and Significant Ma Volcanic Eruptions files Dom c Lm gt The global historic event databases con
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41. and some additional reference information related to the tsunami problem is distributed on the CD ROM The Web version of the database is maintained by the NTL ICMMG on the following Web site http tsun sscc ru htdbpac The GTDB data set contains almost all historical data published in the earlier tsunami catalogs and can be considered as a complete and reliable historical tsunami data set available in digital domain these contain both verified tsunamis and reported observations of unexpected wave interactions which may not be tsunamis Please note that the process of the data compilation and editing is still far from completion and a wealth of additional and more accurate data still exists in regional and local sources These data are scattered in numerous publications reports of regional conferences magazines newspapers original reports etc and most of them are unavailable outside the region of origin and quite often published in languages other than English The further improvement of the database s quality and completeness requires the help of regional or national coordinators who are working in the regions and have an access to local sources of information The GTDB project welcomes the cooperation and collaboration of everyone interested In contributing new and corrected data to the tsunami database Please contact ITIC itic tsunami noaa gov or laura kong noaa gov if you have questions or need further information or copies GOOGLE E
42. arts of Indonesia following the 2004 Tsunami some mobile network capacity was restored the day after the disaster by deploying new towers and rerouting traffic As a final limitation of mobile phone devices in alert and notification services user habits often affect whether or not a message is received Simply it is easy for a mobile phone to be accidently or purposefully turned off quieted or otherwise disabled With regard to RANET reliability RANET has purposefully designed a highly redundant and distributed system The RAW is an entirely automated system that receives messages from the PTWC on two servers located in different physical locations Similarly the RAW continually monitors the PTWC website and a communication gateway to look for outgoing messages To send messages RANET relies on a mobile hub to SMS gateway architecture This architecture consists of several servers with GSM modems attached These messaging servers are located in different locations as well such that failure of one unit will not significantly impact the RANET mobile hub While RANET prefers to rely on a distributed mobile hub for a variety of cost reliability and scalability reasons RANET also maintains linkages to commercial SMS gateway services as a messaging service of last resort In short while RANET provides the RAW service for free and as a best effort activity thereby not allowing it to make guarantees the program does take issues of security and
43. based on uDig User friendly Desktop Internet GIS an open source GIS framework written in Java which is built upon the well established Eclipse Rich Client Platform RCP We have customized the behavior of uDig by developing plugins that allow the user to query the database using many different search parameters and to display information about events on a map and in table format Features available within TsuDig include e Pacific Centered and Atlantic centered maps with the following data Layers ETOPO1 topography bathymetry Major cities Country boundaries Volcano locations Plate boundaries Sea Level Network Global Seismic Network Historical earthquakes magnitude 5 from 1973 2009 from the USGS NEIC e Customized searches of Tsunami Events and Observations Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions the WDS Geophysics NGDC Historical Hazard database the database is easily updated e Tsunami Travel Times TTT calculation and display e Customization of legend symbols and other display and plot styles e Map export to PDF PNG JPG or other formats e Import of GIS layers If you have questions about the database please contact Paula Dunbar paula dunbar noaa gov at NGDC For general questions or software CD copies please contact Laura Kong laura kong noaa gov at ITIC P ass Aul TsuDig WDS Geophysics Historical Tsunami GIS version 1 1 August 2013 TsuDig WDS Geophysics Historical Tsunami G
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45. cally generated tsunami sands This database is available online and is linked with the ipii historical tsunami event database Tsunami Inundation Digital Elevation Models DEM and DEM Portal NGDC WDC is building high resolution digital elevation models DEMs for select U S coastal regions These combined bathymetric topographic DEMs are used to support tsunami forecasting and modeling efforts at the NOAA Center for Tsunami Research Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory PMEL gt he DEMs are part of the tsunami forecast system SIFT Short term Inundation Forecasting for Tsunamis currently being developed by PMEL for the NOAA Tsunami Warning Centers and are used in the MOST Method of Splitting Tsunami model developed by PMEL to simulate tsunami generation propagation and inundation gt The project website allows for search viewing and download of DEMs detailed 9 DEM development reports and metadata WO gt NGDC WDC has created a web based interactive map portal for locating Digital 2 Elevation Models DEMs or gridded representations of terrain data collected E from above and below water The DEM Discovery Portal makes it easier for researchers to locate preview and download DEMs from organizations within and external to NOAA In North Carolina for instance a high resolution tsunami inundation DEM for Cape Hatteras is being used as a template for building a state wide coastal DEM for hurricane storm sur
46. ch Significant Earthquakes http www ngdc noaa gov nndc struts form t 101650 amp s 1 amp d 1 d 2 Volcanic Eruption Search Volcanic Eruptions http www ngdc noaa gov nndc struts form t 102557 amp s 50 amp d 50 Find tsunami events 1900 present that caused runups on the West Coast of North and Central America a Enter 1900 into the beginning year on Tsunami Source Parameters tab b Select West Coast of North and Central America for Observation Region Name on Observation Location Parameters tab TesDig WDCMEG Histoncal Tsunami GIS iin tat Maeogwen Tura Tied Tm c Click Search and rename the layer i e QO g Se ELEND i Projects 23 m gt D 3 TaieCenteed Map El l tsevent 1900 wcoast d Thereturned tsunami events display as green squares U e Use the Hazard Information Tool i at top of screen for Bis i Ba Sean BR vivre 155577 Tsunami Event event information dee mne e boundanes 0 350 Date Time 1917 5 1 18277 1 Activate the tool by clicking on it i Lo mE E Country NEW ZEALAND K n Name KERMADEC ISLANDS 2 Select a tsunami event on the map i South Pacific Is 3 The HazardinfoView window will appear Select the Cause of Tsunami Earthquake Number of Observatons 6 desired event in the left pane Note the left pane Vaid 4 expands by dragging the vertical divider bar 4 The event summary will display in the right pane of the HazardlnfoView window
47. cture Additionally the RAW is a best effort network so no service contracts or guarantees are made with regard to performance nonetheless it 1s the intent of RANET to provide effective reliable and secure service Most issues of reliability have less to do with RANET infrastructure and performance but rather relate to mobile phone networks Following the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami as well as other major disasters throughout the globe many activities have been undertaken to utilize SMS as an alert service With the philosophy that it 1s best to utilize every communications tool available this 1s an appropriate use of the commercial networks It is important to understand however that August 2008 mobile phone networks have several vulnerabilities which limit their applicability in alert and notification applications These limitations only underscore the need for layered communications in support of alert and notification services The first limitation relates to the capacity of mobile networks Most communication services are designed to cope with an average peak load often a communications network equivalent of rush hour Network providers do not plan for situations that expect the average peak use to be exceeded as the expense of maintaining infrastructure for extremely low probability and high demand events is too high During disasters the public will often use mobile networks to communicate with family and other loved ones As a r
48. ded for greater accuracy especially for near shore maps a finer resolution bathymetric grid should be used but the travel time computation will take longer ttt autoXX bat can be run from any directory but all data files that are plotted should reside in CATTT Package VSoftware TT T bin In other words if epicenters stations and or historical earthquakes will be plotted these files should exist in C TTT Package Software TT T bin Alternatively ttt autoXX bat can be edited to include the full path of the data files For more detailed instructions for its usage see ttt auto README MAY14 doc GENERAL PLOTTING ttt fancy bat Allows user specified boundaries and several customization options including option to color shade only some ttt contour intervals ttt fancy bat requires 30 files tttl cpt to ttt30 cpt that are In the sub directory CPT The cpt files are color palettes that differ by the number of hours contoured in colors versus non colored white If this script 1s run 1n another directory the CPT directory and ttt fancy bat should be copied to that new directory and the bat file should be edited to designate the correct directory to use for the scripts and other input files HANDS ON TUTORIALS These handouts are hands on exercises providing step by step instructions for creating travel time contour maps using the TTT and GMT softwares Scenarios are from the Caribbean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean and South China Se
49. e mail capability new event sorting options and a T for events for which a tsunami warning has been generated The CISN has 4 servers online to provide reliable access to earthquake information Reset Zoom 33 HST Eligibility Freely available to everyone ITIC 1s a CISN registered organization serving as a focal point for institutions interested in using CISN for tsunami warning and mitigation in their country Minimum System requirements for operating CISN Display Java Runtime Environment 1 5 X or higher available from Sun at http java com en download manual jsp Pentium III IGHz CPU speed or comparable hardware384 Mb RAM or more IP Address private or public Access to Internet on ports 39977 39988 Instructions for obtaining RTED CISN l Send request for account to ITIC Director laura kong noaa gov ITIC is the administrator for those wishing to register as tsunami institutions Alternatively you may register as your own institution directly with CISN 2 ITIC will approve and send you a Registration Code regcode For the present the Registration Code to use is KIINZI or QCEA or JIQY 1 3 Create a User account by visiting http www cisn org software login index php and clicking Create a New User and typing in regcode and personal information Users must create their own CISN Display CD accounts in order to be registered in the CISN server database to receive information from the QuakeWatch server After
50. ecent are not permitted Any derogatory content or content deemed racist sexist or in any other way inappropriate will be removed 5 Material that advocates illegal activity or discusses illegal activities with the intent to commit them is not permitted 6 Unauthorized copyrighted material including but not limited to text sound or graphic files shall not be posted Tsunami Bulletin Board October 2013 The ITIC reserves the right to delete w o prior notice any content judged inappropriate or offensive from the bulletin board The ITIC reserves the right to moderate users who repeatedly use inappropriate language and may remove them permanently from the Tsunami Bulletin Board Disclaimer The contributions to the Tsunami Bulletin Board are the sole opinions of the individuals providing them The ideas are not the opinion of the ITIC nor are they presented to be facts The ITIC posts the information as is without any warranty of any kind express or implied and is not liable for its accuracy for mistakes errors or omissions of any kind nor for any loss or damage caused by a user s reliance on information obtained from these postings If there are any concerns suggestions regarding the Tsunami Bulletin Board please contact the TBB administrator at itic tsunami noaa gov The ITIC is also interested in receiving any comments on the usefulness of this tool Tsunami Bulletin Board October 2013 TEN Q A nul WORLD DAT
51. end an e mail to laura kong noaa gov Laura Kong ITIC or raw ranetproject net Kelly Sponberg RANET Applicants may be required to demonstrate or confirm their affiliation with a national government regional organization or UN entity For the RAW SMS service to be of use participants will of course need to be in areas with mobile phone coverage need to posses a mobile phone or similar device and the service plan for their mobile device must support SMS text messaging At this time the RAW only carries messages from the PTWC as a result participants will need to be in one of the covered regions Once a service request Is received and the applicant s affiliation is confirmed RANET will send several test messages First and foremost these tests confirm that the RANET mobile hub to SMS gateway can communicate with the applicant The applicant should note the test numbers received and reply back via e mail to RANET RANET utilizes these numbers to determine which network carriers and modems are best matched for the subscriber s phone Similarly RANET load balances outgoing messages across a number of modems and services to ensure quick messaging What happens if during the registration tests I fail to receive a message The vast majority of subscribers will receive one or more test messages out of seven tests In some cases however none of the test messages will reach the participant The reason for this typically relates to how y
52. er by 10s of minutes e For local tsunamis because the source is near calculated tsunami travel times using the actual epicenter may over or under estimate because of uncertainties in the near source bathymetry and nature of the earthquake rupture Example is source at NWS Pago Pago office 2 min bathymetry is used and plots are made for the entire Pacific Ocean near the source and the SW Pacific region EN TTT AUTO64 e TIT Package Software ITT bin gt ECHO OFF SUNAMI TRAVEL TIME CALCULATION AND MAP MAKING Source latitude decimal degrees N gt 14 33333 Source longitude decimal degrees E WC gt gt 170 71667 Region to plot Atlantic Caribbean lt i gt Indian 2 Pacific 3 gt Dutput times at locations arrival times calculated correctly only for events ye rs 1978 2838 utput Tsunami Travel Tine 8 or Tsunami Arrival Time lt 1 Bathymetry grid file to use 15 min recommended for fast run ptions are Kanc min 68 30 28 15 180 5 2 1 2 operator operator operator operator Ocean tt_client Initialize tttAPl tt_client Calculate ttt grid Calculate slowness Initialize various offsets Calculate ttt Completed 188 y Normalization factor 6 999197 Maximum travel time 88 41 41 _client source position uncertainty factor 76 4916 sec km ttt_client Write ttt grid tt_client Calc and save ETAs tt_client Done itle of Map Pago Pago lot Sea Level Stations WU No 1 Ye
53. ersions of TsuDig 2 Install TsuDig Double click TsuDig 1 1 exe WinZip self extracting file and extract into a new directory without spaces in the name i e C TsuDig After extraction you may want to create a shortcut and place the icon on the Desktop for easier access right click on TsuDig exe then Create Shortcut Run TsuDig exe 4 Create a new map using File 2 New and choose one of the following map projections a Pacific Centered 0 to 360 degrees longitude b Atlantic Centered 180 to 180 degrees longitude Note The currently selected map will display search Y oaa e results from the database Delete maps or layers by right clicking on the map name in the Project window and select Delete Each map includes the following 5 Layers ETOPO1 topography bathymetry Major cities Country boundaries e Volcano locations Plate boundaries e Sea level stations e Global seismic network stations e Historical earthquakes magnitude 5 from 1973 2009 from the USGS NEIC 5 Search for an event by selecting hazard tabs below map These search forms are similar to advanced search pages on the NGDC website identified as follows a E TsEvent Search Tsunami Events http www ngdc noaa gov nndc struts form t 101650 amp s 7 amp d 7 b P TsObservation Search Tsunami Observations Runups http www ngdc noaa gov nndc struts form t 101650 amp s 166 amp d 166 c O Earthquake Sear
54. esult mobile networks easily become congested thereby delaying communications significantly In Indonesia during the 2004 tsunami mobile network traffic increased in some locations by 25 30 The only reason networks remained largely operable where not destroyed by the tsunami 1s that the event occurred on a sunday when traffic was significantly below that expected during weekday maximums Another limitation of SMS relates to the congestion issue articulated above SMS is a store and forward method of communicating This means that messages are queue in a system that does not assign priority During periods of congestion the queue will increase thereby delaying the transmittal of text messages Under normal circumstances messages are often received within 1 4 minutes of when RANET receives a message from the PTWC Congested networks however can significantly delay receipt Unfortunately congestion 1s a carrier level issue which RANET cannot directly address The dependence of mobile networks on terrestrial infrastructure does represent a reliability concern for alert and notification applications Simply quite often the hazard event earthquake storm etc may disable or destroy the mobile infrastructure Fortunately such damage is generally very localized thereby allowing some portion of a network to remain functioning While not useful for alert and notification purposes wireless networks can be restored very quickly after the event In p
55. ether authoritative and reliable materials of interest to a range of stakeholders involved in tsunami warning and mitigation Sections cover the roles of the media educational systems and the public government and private sectors The tool is available as an electronic resource as an offline DVD from ITIC or IOC Available since 2006 TsunamiTeacher has been translated into several languages to date In 2011 the ITIC produced a 6 min Tsunami Basics video for US TsunamiTeacher Real Time Earthquake Display RTED California Integrated Seismic Network CISN too Version 1 7 August 2013 eoo CISN Display Version 1 7 Summary File View Layers Event Tools Help Settings The RTED or originally CISN Display USGS National Earthquake Information Center provides reliable delivery of real time earthquake information including rapid notification and ShakeMap to critical end users Users are able to customize the tool according to their own local needs including the setting of thresholds for display and alarming and import of additional graphics data layers The tool was developed by the US Geological Survey in collaboration with the California Office of Emergency Services ler fl eher uxor and further supported by the US National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program Recent program improvements included Web Services middleware that allows data to get through firewalls improved layers including more detailed coastlines integrated
56. file gt output psfile gt Easy TTT calculation and plotting To provide for easier calculation and map making a user friendly bat script Windows named ttt auto32 bat and ttt auto64 bat referred to as ttt autoXX bat is provided which simplifies and automates the process ttt autoXX bat and its associated scripts creates a travel time data file and two maps ocean wide and zoomed in using user input information on the tsunami source location latitude and longitude magnitude assumed to be from an earthquake bathymetry file grid size source origin time and map region To run quickly 15 arc min bathymetry is recommended for greater accuracy a finer resolution bathymetric grid should be used ttt auto XX bat runs specific regional ttt fancy scripts ttt fancy atl ind pac auto bat to make the maps Output files are created under CATTT Package Examples TTT AUTO xxxxxx where is XXXXXX 1S the computer clock time hr min sec at the time the script is run Instructions for using ttt autoX X bat and information on parameters that can be changed to customize plots are included in the file CATTT Package Software TTT binttt auto README MAY14 doc Troubleshooting Required environment variables If the software does not work correctly please check that these environment variables are properly set TTT DIR should be set to the TTT data directory 1 e CATTT Package Software TT T data GMTHOME should be set to the GMT home directory i e CMT
57. ge modeling Once completed the new DEM will be included in the portal Within NOAA scientists in just about every line office use DEMs from ecologists mapping fish habitat to hurricane modelers estimating coastal inundation P sn e M t ICSU WORLD DATA SYSTEM TsuDig WDS Geophysics Historical Tsunami GIS 1 version 1 1 August 2013 TsuDig WDS Geophysics Historical Tsunami GIS A Geographic Information System based on uDig Includes software developed by Refractions Research The Eclipse Foundation The Open Source Geospatial Foundation Geoware and others National Geophysical Data Center NGDC V i ICSU N teilat f t WORLD DATA SYSTEM The World Data Service for Geophysics WDS Geophysics co located at the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center NGDC maintains a historical hazard database of tsunamis significant earthquakes and volcanic eruptions from ancient times 2000 B C to the present The database includes gt 1 800 Tsunami Events validity gt 0 gt 13 000 Tsunami Runups associated with Tsunami Events validity gt 0 gt 5 000 Significant Earthquakes and gt 500 Significant Volcanic Eruptions In order to meet the needs of local authorities and tsunami warning centers from countries around the world WDS Geophysics and the UNESCO IOC NOAA International Tsunami Information Center ITIC developed a standalone GIS application to interact with a local copy of the historical hazards database The software is
58. hina Sea Producing TTT plots is a 2 stage process First the TTT program is executed to calculate the tsunami travel times over the specified map boundaries e g create a grid file of tsunami travel times second the GMT software 1s used to make a postscript plot of the travel times and to create raster images such as in jpg or png formats The GMT software is a general plotting software that can be customized to produce many types of plots Further information and documentation on GMT can be found in CATTT Package TTT GMT otherdocs GMT Manuals 1 The TTT program ttt clent exe is executed to calculate the tsunami travel time to each point on a grid This calculation 1s made using input files giving 1 the earthquake epicenter or a series of point locations representing a long fault rupture 2 the water depth which 1s extracted from the bathymetric file TTT is run with the following command text In square brackets 1 e should be replaced with the appropriate file name ttt client bathymetry grid filename e epicenter filename T travel time grid filename VL The travel time grid is the output file The bathymetric grid name 1s given without the 12 extension all other filenames should be given with the file extensions Information on ttt client exe ttt client is a command line program that generates tsunami travel time grids in GMT grdfile or GeoTIFF format given an input bathymetry grid and a source location It can a
59. ion Tsunami related Data and Information Products P Dunbar and FYO7 NGDC tsunami project money Technical Background Background information on the calculation of tsunami travel times 1s provided in TTTSDK3 3 Docs pdf in CATTT PackagelSoftware TT T doc Annex V Methods for Tsunami Travel Time Calculation used by PTWC WC ATWC and JMA of the PTWS Operational Users Guide draft December 2007 and Analysis of Observed and Predicted Tsunami Travel Times for the Pacific and Indian Oceans Wessel 2009 in CATTT Package TTT GMT otherdocs Accuracy is most dependent on the accuracy of the bathymetry file used for the calculations e g the finer grid size of the bathymetric file the more accurate the estimate at the same time however computation time increases significantly as finer grid size bathymetric files are used e g calculation using 2 min distance 2 mile grid interval bathymetry grid takes 10 minutes time or more to complete Inadequate characterization of the tsunami source epicenter point source vs finite fault rupture length can also result in significant differences between the predicted and observed times Together these errors can cause large delays up to hours TTTSDK3 3 improves the usefulness of the estimated tsunami time of arrival output file by allowing a text string to be output as well as ordering the location listings from earliest to latest arrivals Installation Instructions If you have an older versio
60. ipants must be affiliated Center PTWC with a national government regional organization or UN What the RAW system IS NOT affiliated entity Service is To participate in RAW send an e mail to laura kong noaa gov or raw ranetproject net m ACA EN al o ral The RAW SMS system is not meant to replace the existing formal and official means of eas with mobile phone cover a communicating alerts or critical information age a phone and plan capable of receiving SMSes and in re e e The system is not meant to become the sole means of receiving critical alert information warnings and communications should come through a layered approach gions covered by the PTWC Indian Ocean Basin for Africa and Asia the Pacific Ocean Region for Asia and the Ameri r an PPM A QUE It isnot meant to be a mass public communication system The SMS system is intended for aselect group of national officials and disaster managers or members of international organizations who need to be notified when information from regional centers becomes available cas and the Caribbean www ranetproject net www ranet mobi RANET Alert Watcher SMS RANET ALERT WATCHER RAW SMS Information Warning Source RAW only RANET Operators and Transports ip Transports GSM Modems gt Operator ooo ab 0 d SOO RANET Servers Recipients SMS Capable Phone RANET is a collaborative
61. is calculation will only work correctly for the years 1970 to 2038 R Specify a sub region of the grid Use entire grid S Substitute nearest ocean node if epicenter is on land Optionally append search radius in degrees 5 Furthermore you may append the shallowest depth you want to place epicenter 0 T Names the output grdfile with travel times m hrs ttt b or ttt 12 see 1 U Use UTC time when reporting ETAs requires A V Run in verbose mode Append L to get progress messages from within the tttAPI library The output 1s then plotted using GMT Generic Mapping Tools which is a general command line controlled graphics tool To simplify the plotting stage basic batch script files are provided These are four hardwired scripts for plotting the individual and world oceans ttt fancy atl bat ttt fancy ind bat ttt fancy pac bat ttt fancy world bat and one interactive script ttt fancy bat to plot any desired region and to specify contour plotting interval and other simple customization However plots are entirely customizable if GMT 1s learned All the scripts have a similar run command format e g ttt fancy travel time grid filename bathymetry grid filename epicenter filename ps filename ttt fancy atl ind pac travel time grid filename bathymetry grid filename epicenter filename ps filename GMT batch script files ttt fancy world ttt fancy atl bat ttt fancy ind bat ttt fancy pac bat ttt fancy wor
62. l emergency managers and other key officials The RANET Alert Watcher RAW broadcasts an abbreviated message via SMS to mobile phones This short message lets the recipient know that an official lengthier message has been issued by a warning authority such as the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center PTWC The service provided by RANET is meant as a heads up notification to augment other alert and notification systems The intent is not to replace official lines of communication but rather the purpose is to contribute to a larger alert and notification system by utilizing effective and inexpensive solutions Any national warning infrastructure should utilize several redundant systems to receive official warnings from watch providers and other warning authorities These systems should be layered in order to utilize a variety of networks and devices which posses diversified strengths and vulnerabilities The RAW is therefore operated as a best effort system in order to provide additional communication capacity How do I subscribe to the RAW SMS service The RANET Alert Watcher is NOT a mass public alert and notification solution Due to inherent limitations of mobile networks as well as respect for national and local warning authorities the RAW service is available only to national officials and disaster managers or members of international organizations who need to be notified of message releases from regional centers To participate in the RAW s
63. ld bat ttt fancy bat Each of these batch files run from the Windows command line runs a series of GMT commands to generate colored contour maps with shaded relief bathymetry of tsunami travel time grids generated by ttt client exe Each batch file is customized for a specific bounding box defining a 4 global extent world or each ocean Pacific Indian Atlantic Caribbean or can be interactively specified ttt fancy bat ttt fancy world atl ind pac bat creates output files under the current directory ttt fancy creates output files under a subdirectory TTT FANCY timestamp under CATTT Package Examples where timestamp is the current computer clock time hr min sec With knowledge of GMT commands documentation at http gmt soest hawaii edu and also in CATTT Package TTT GMT otherdocs these files can be modified to create other desired output By default a Postscript document and PNG image files are created but other formats Jpg tif etc are available Usage ttt fancy world input tttgrid input bathygrid gt input epicenter file gt output psfile gt ttt fancy atl input tttgrid lt input bathygrid gt input epicenter file gt output psfile gt ttt fancy ind input tttgrid lt input bathygrid gt lt input epicenter file gt output psfile gt ttt fancy pac input tttgrid input bathygrid gt lt input epicenter file gt output psfile gt ttt fancy input tttgrid input bathygrid gt input epicenter
64. lso be used to report the travel times to a list of stations given an existing travel time grid as input Usage ttt client lt input bathymetry file A lt stations file gt R w e s n 3 E lt lon lat gt or e lt file gt I N lt nodes gt O o lt yyyy mm dd hh m1 ss gt S lt radius gt lt depth gt T lt output ttt file gt G output geotiff file gt V L U ttt client attempts to decode lt input bathymetry file gt using the following order 1 If filename ends in b it is read as bathymetry data GMT binary float format 2 If STTT DIR input bathymetry file gt 12 exists it will be used as bathymetry data GMT binary short format OPTIONS A Gives filename with multiple stations to which we will estimate the Estimated Tsunami Arrival time ETA if option O is given tsunami origin time If O is not given ETA will output the tsunami travel time b Do NOT normalize the travel times to avoid bias Default will correct for bias E Sets the location of the epicenter using the format lt lon lat gt Gives filename with multiple epicenters to mimic a non point source Store travel times as 2 byte integers with units of 10 sec Default 1s 4 byte float in hours N Number of Huygens nodes to use 8 16 32 48 64 64 O Sets tsunami origin time UTC which is assumed to be the earthquake origin time in the simplest case Use lower case o if local time 1s used Note th
65. lt BENO Station Data ees 7 Messages For Station YAPI aj Station Data For BENO Exit Print Location Benoa SWP241 RITD 160005 0647 0647 0647 0647 0647 0647 0647 0646 0646 054 0647 054 a ID Rees VE eS HSS EE S Pe ia ai Platform ID 22856700 1134 1134 1134 1134 1133 1133 0666 0667 60 60 00 00 13 23 13 40 13 19 Transmission Interval 15mins iue SENSORS SWP241 RITD 160017 0647 0647 0646 0646 0647 0647 0647 054 0647 0647 0646 0646 1133 1194 1494 1194 1194 1494 1134 1133 1193 1193 1133 1132 1492 1192 1131 Sensor Type prs Sample Rate 1mins Unit 001M 1131 1131 1131 1131 1131 1130 0667 0664 60 60 00 00 13 40 13 39 13 07 Sensor Type rad Sample Rate 3mins Unit 001M eee 1 IT SWPA41 RITD 160023 0646 0646 0646 0645 0645 0645 0645 0644 0644 0644 0644 00644 Sensor Type enc Sample Rate 15mins Unit COTM 144 dera dees dees 0543 ders devs Geta 0042 0042 0943 0584 1133 1133 1132 Lat 8 666 Long 115 2166 1129 1129 1129 1128 1129 1130 0664 0662 60 60 00 00 13 39 13 60 13 27 13 25 EXIT SWP241 RITD 160041 0644 0643 0644 0644 0644 0643 0643 0643 0642 0642 0643 0644 0644 0643 0642 0642 0643 0644 0644 0643 0643 0643 0644 0644 1130 1123 1130 1130 1130 1130 1123 1129 1129 1128 1129 1130 1130 1129 1123 1128 1123 1130 aaan 442n 442n 442n 442n 4424 MER MARA AN AN nn nn 42 n 13 27 13 25 Transmission Report For Last 12 Hours benomap TIDE STATIONS OVERVIEW 1D 22356700 beno 0643 0644 0644 Exit Print
66. more data arrives beyond what Tide tcl is supposed to hold it will discard the older data to make room for the new For each station multiple sensors are often available and decoded The sensor code is given by three letters where prs stands for pressure sensor bub indicates bubbler rad indicates radar Tide Tool can also be used to viewing older or archived data log files Another tool for viewing the current status of the sea level network and station metadata received by the PTWC is through the download of a stations kml file from http www sealevelstations org and viewing by the Google Earth viewer To obtain the software and for further information and questions please contact Stuart Weinstein Asst Director NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center stuart weinstein noaa gov or Laura Kong Director UNESCO IOC NOAA International Tsunami Information Center laura kong noaa gov US NOAA PTWC UNESCO IOC NOAA ITIC TIDE TOOL QUICK INFO For more information refer to Tide Tool Manual OVERVIEW The Tide Tool system downloads Pacific sea level data from the NWS Telecommunication Gateway NWSTG decodes the data and displays 1t Calculated tsunami travel time contours can also be overlain on the map client to graphically show the propagation of the tsunami from the earthquake epicenter All stations that PTWC receives are available through Tide Tool The system consists of 3 scripts get data tcl Tide tcl Client tcl that run simul
67. n of the TTT Software package please uninstall first This can be done through the Control Panel gt Add Remove Programs It may be required to run the installer as a user with administrative privileges Run setup exe to install the TTT software examples GMT and Ghostscript If you already have GMT or Ghostscript installed you may choose not to install these packages at this time All required software except Ghostscript will be installed in the directory specified i e CATTT Package The installer will ask if you would like to install Ghostscript and will then launch a separate installer for Ghostscript loaded in C Program Files gs Computer Requirements The software included in this distribution Is for systems using a Microsoft Windows XP and Vista operating system The software code available is not platform specific so NGDC ITIC 1s able to provide other distributions such as for Linux Unix or Mac OSX upon request The recommended computer specifications requirements are e PC running Windows 98 Me NT 2000 XP Vista 7 e At least 256 MB of RAM e At least 900 MB of hard disk space e No CPU speed requirements but the software will run faster on faster CPUs Directory Structure for Software Usage Files to be used for TTT calculation and plotting can be found in the following directories Directory C TTT Package Software TTT bin TTT calculation ttt_client exe TTT mapmaking using GMT Fixed region ttt fancy atl
68. nix Linux Windows 2000 XP Vista Windows 7 32 and 64 bit environments since 2005 and implemented using a non GTS ftp data transmission protocol in Linux and Windows systems for tsunami centers without GTS links The ftp method should be considered non operational if commercial internet service 1s utilized since connection reliability and timeliness especially during tsunami emergencies cannot be guaranteed A Tide Tool Manual is available providing information on its installation and use The primary use of this software 1s as an operational programme run by tsunami warning centres or other operational centres which need to continuously monitor sea levels Features of the tool include time series display wave arrival time height and amplitude measurement tide prediction removal de spiking and station state of health and metadata Users are able to select which stations to receive and display through edits to input files or by mouse selection from a station map Mouse clickable functions include the expansion of the time series to enable easy measurement and logging of the arrival time wave height and wave period from the incoming signal Station and data transmission information raw data packets and station health reports can be viewed from within Tide Tool Calculated travel time contours can be overlain Requirements In order to decode and display the data the following are required Computer running Tcl Tk software with
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70. nsmit every 3 60 minutes and data averages are at 1 15 minute sampling intervals The data are transmitted over a number of different satellites to regional telecommunications hubs of the WMO and onwards to customers such as the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center the Japan Meteorological Agency JMA and to any requesting National Meteorological and Hydrological Service Figure 2 Data transmission pat a A NOAA NESDIS Command 8 Data y NE pr Wallops Island Sea Level Observing Station National Weather Service Telecommunication Gateway Silver Springs MD F igure 2 M Transmission from the Data Collection Platform at the field station to the warning centres University o1 Hawal Honolulu HI In the Indian Ocean the primary satellites used for transmission from the field station are the Japanese MTSAT for the eastern Indian Ocean and the EUMETSAT operational satellite system for the central and US NOAA PTWC UNESCO IOC NOAA ITIC western Indian Ocean In the Pacific the US GOES and Japan MTSAT satellite systems are used The PTWC receives its data through the USA GOES satellite system and the US National Weather Service Telecommunications Gateway NWSTG and other dedicated communications links The satellites are part of the GTS The GTS is a semi private reliable communications system supported by the 187 member WMO for the transmission of environmental data and information messages and warnings The GTS is
71. nsor rad 00 00 03 00 05 00 07 00 09 00 11 00 13 00 15 00 17 00 13 00 21 00 08 21 Sampling rate min 2006 00 20 2128 2008 08 21 21 28 QeIOC VLIZ meters El w amp n f 12h eod Partners This project was made possible by the joint effort of IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO GLOSS Global Sea Level Observing System IODE International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange ODINAFRICA Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa CARIBE EWS Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions IOTWS Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System NEAMTWS North Eastern Atlantic the Mediterranean and Connected Seas Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System PTWS Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences POL Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory UHSLC University of Hawaii Sea Level Center VLIZ Flanders Marine Institute WMO World Meteorological Organization JMA Japan Meteorological Agency KMI Royal Belgian Meteorological Institute Meteo France Many operators of the WMO GTS network ri What the RAW system IS Short Message Service RAW SMS is a heads up notification system for important decision makers The system broadcasts an abbreviated message as an SMS to mo bile phones This short message lets the recipient know that an official lengthier message had been issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Partic
72. our local service provider configures its network and or its agreement with foreign carriers If there is a complete test failure then RANET will work with you to determine if there are other carriers it can utilize to send a message to your mobile phone If however no other carriers are found then RANET may seek to deploy some equipment inside August 2008 your country typically within a national government office This equipment consists of GSM modems attached to a computer that is connected to the internet In effect the equipment expands the RANET mobile hub onto a wireless network provider inside your country What messages will I receive Currently all publicly posted PTWC messages are distributed to all recipients By June 1 2008 RANET hopes to be able to differentiate messages by region thereby enabling subscribers to determine which messages to receive SMSs sent by RAW contain the following information which is automatically taken from the PTWC messages e RANET listed as title subject to identify sender e PTWC listed as first portion of message to identify source lt message type such as watch bulletin cancellation etc e org date time date time of event e lt issue date time date time PTWC released message e lt lat long gt e lt country geographic location gt Once per month RANET also conducts a system wide test to benchmark message throughput and confirm overall performance
73. red with one A shortcut icon should be created on your desktop to use to access the software 7 Refer to the CISN Display User s Guide to learn more about customizing your user interface settings every organization should do this Documentation available includes Revision History User s Guide v1 2 2005 Display Settings Manual Event Viewer Manual For example you may wish to have your organizations logo displayed instead of the default CISN logo To do this create a gif file and place it in the banners directory of the CISN Display folder The banner is then selected from the Settings Display menu once the program is started This example is for Tonga Tsunami messages when issued by the WC ATWC or PTWC are also available by clicking on the Tsunami button This opens another window where the message is shown The example below is from a M4 7 earthquake in Barbados on 30 March 2007 To display the Tsunami button on the screen choose it as a Product button from the Settings Config tab Acknowledgements File View Layers Event Tools Help Settings USGS National Earthquake Information Center y ith the Advanced National S a USGS National Earthquake Information Center PP aes In Partnership with the Advanced National Sesisenic System ws ss V i ay A WD Dim parara arh noaa go me v gt Gr ES inbox 9041 TK 5 N Cmai IOCIPTWS I ms u Gs EQ USCS MVO
74. ree software package GDAL FW Tools is required for this conversion available at http fwtools maptools org grdreformat example ttt b bf example_ttt grd cs gdal translate a ullr 180 90 180 90 a_srs epsg 4326 example ttt grd example ttt tif Software Usage Examples provided by ITIC Plots for Tsunami Warning Operations These files located in CATTT Package Software T TT bin and in CATTT Package Examples create commonly used images to support tsunami warning operations The Hands on exercise examples have been used in trainings by the ITIC and so are accompanied by instructions for installing and running the scripts EASY TTT CALCULATION AND PLOTTING PRE SET OPTIONS see previous section ttt autoXX bat easy and quick creation of travel time contour maps using user specified arc min bathymetry files ttt autoXX bat quickly outputs a map one or two zoomed in maps and a file of tsunami travel or arrival times to user selected locations Inputs are the earthquake epicenter magnitude region for the contour maps and a location file where travel times or arrival times if the origin time 1s specificd are tabulated Output files are placed in a directory that 1s automatically created under the Examples subdirectory using the computer clock time for each run ttt autoXX bat calls ttt client exe and ttt fancy atl ind pac auto bat and automatically creates pre named output files To run quickly 15 arc min topography is recommen
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76. s for sending email and SMS text messages to customers Systems administrator privileges may be required you will need to know the name of your SMTP server Because your own mail servers are used SMS dissemination and its timeliness will be dependent on your servers and configuration To receive alerts as earthquakes occur the CISN must always be running 7x24 basis While issuance may only take only a few seconds message receipt may be much longer Regular tests should be performed to monitor performance USGS Earthquake Notification Server ENS Alternative to RTED CISN alerts An easier to configure and maintain tool for receiving information is provided by the USGS Visit https sslearthquake usgs gov ens to sign up and configure the thresholds for notification ENS now supports messages from the WC ATWC and PTWC check these boxes when setting up an alert profile This should work both in the USA and internationally but has not been tested for SMS alerts nor for timeliness of receipt of messages email In 2009 the USA had 140 000 registered users for its notification system but the majority were in the US RANET Alert Watcher RAW SMS Heads Up Alert A SMS tsunami message alert service RAW is available for PTWC messages through the RANET international project This service provides a short summary text message to mobile phones whenever the PTWC issues a message This service is provided as a courtesy only to national authorities
77. s geophysical data as well as marine geological data This includes global gravity and magnetism global relief bathymetry and topography data from the ocean floor and global natural hazards Data include descriptions analyses and images of sea floor samples deep drilling data underway downhole and airborne geophysical measurements natural hazards data and derived gridded data sets The WDS for Geophysics Global Natural Hazards data include global tsunami event and runup data significant earthquake and volcanic eruption data tsunami deposits and proxies and sea level coastal tide gauge and deep ocean tsunameter data Historical tsunami data include the location date and description of the event generating a tsunami as well as location date description maximum wave height deaths damage and photographic evidence of coastal impacts Significant earthquakes and significant volcanic eruptions data include descriptions of events that caused death 1 Million in damage or generated a tsunami The global tsunami deposits and proxies data include descriptions of tsunami deposits for locations all over the world extracted from published sources The WDS Geophysics also stewards the U S coastal and deep ocean sea level data as well as over 5000 images of damage from past hazard events Data are contributed by sources from around the world and were originally collected for a variety of purposes including academic research international and
78. s gt 1 lot Historical Earthquakes Centennial List 8 No 1 Yes gt B oomed PO Region to plot W Pacific 1 gt 5 America 2 5 China Sea Philippines 3 Other 4 L Kong T Fukuji Oct 2014 GM 3 tsunami travel time maps automatically produced png format 2014 Oct 08 23 19 17 Sty PE 2014 Oct 08 23 18 51 Pago Pago 120 160 200 240 280 TSUNAMI TRAVEL TIMES USING POINT SOURCE EPICENTER Past EQ amp Coastal Gauge Deep ocean Gauge Pago Pago TSUNAMI TRAVEL TIMES USING POINT SOURCE EPICENTER Past PO A Cosstal Gauge Y Dosp ocesn Gauge Southwest Pacific pod 140 160 170 e 190 0 0 10 107 20 20 30 307 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 TVE 2014 Oct 05232000 TSUNAMI TRAVEL TIMES USING POINT SOURCE EPICENTER Past EQ amp Coastal Gouge Y Detp ocean Gauge L Kong T Fukuji Oct 2014 WORLD DATA SERVICE FOR GEOPHYSICS NOAA s National Geophysical Data Center hosts the World Data Service for Sy Geophysics replaces former World Data Centers for Geophysics and Marine WORLD DATA ss Geology and Solar Terrestrial Physics The solar data are not described Maintained by U S Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA The WDS for Geophysics Boulder is operated by and collocated with the National Geophysical Data Center NGDC Summary of Data Held WDS for Geophysics Boulder manage
79. t Components included on this CD 1 TTT Tsunami Travel Time software TTT SDK version 3 3 2r1 Copyright Paul Wessel Geoware 2008 http www geoware online com Licensed to NOAA ITIC for redistribution 2 Global bathymetry grids derived from NGDC s ETOPO1 at varying resolutions 60 30 20 15 10 5 2 and 1 arc minute and 1 arc minute grids for the Pacific Atlantic and Indian Oceans Easy to use scripts for automatically calculating and making a travel time maps Historical Earthquake and sea level station data sets Historical Tsunamis TTT maps 5 Hands on exercises to illustrate how to make Indian Ocean South China Sea Pacific and Caribbean region tsunami travel times maps 6 GMT Generic Mapping Tools version 4 3 1 Released under the GNU General Public License GPL http gmt soest hawaii edu 7 Ghostscript version 8 63 Released under the Aladdin Free Public License AFPL http www cs wisc edu ghost u sa For technical questions please email Paula Dunbar Paula Dunbar ag noaa gov or Jesse Varner Jesse Varner noaa gov at NGDC For general questions or copies please email Laura Kong Laura Kong noaa gov at ITIC Funding NOAA Pacific Region Integrated Data Enterprise Program ITIC FY05 Project Analysis of Extreme Events and Trends in Pacific Ocean Water Level Data and its Application to Risk and Vulnerability Assessment M Merrifield L Kong J Marra NGDC FY06 Project Integrated Pacific Reg
80. t interval The status is checked every 5 minutes The quality of the transmitted data is not checked To obtain more details about a station move mouse over station and click To zoom in hold down the Shift key while holding down the mouse button and drawing a rectangle or use the Scroll mouse button or use the control buttons in upper left part of map 9 To pan drag the map or use the control buttons in upper left part of map MEUM MUS Or use the KML file Site developed and maintained by VLIZ for UNESCO IOC The data presented under this service has not undergone any quality control and data is provided as received IOC VLIZ and data suppliers accept no liability for any errors and or delays in data or for interpretations transactions or any other use carried out on the basis thereof The UNESCO IOC Sea Level Monitoring Facility is a web accessible tool for viewing sea level data received in real time from different network operators The IOC s service is freely available to all Please note that the data has not undergone any quality control and is provided as received IOC VLIZ and data suppliers accept no liability for errors and or delays in data or for tsunami warning or other public safety decisions carried out on the basis of data viewed using this tool The sampling frequency and data transmission frequency varies for the stations This service should not be viewed as operationally robust since its
81. tain information such as BER Tee the date location magnitude deaths and damage for all tsunami source events tsunami runups locations that observed tsunami effects destructive and tsunamigenic earthquakes and volcanic eruptions Examples of search results maps DART and tide gauge plots and images from NGDC WDC s hazards databases are shown fet 5 fe taae o p A a nn Y m r EN f 9 v bz pete tete des va tes V ntt Lom I gt r nn A lo merino er AAA m ELE Y Wee Mo Ye Sate ur Ra p ae E OR anna Can 027 iiber tet en Dem en M mcm e mme s n Jem em e v x o8 t r fm Toll Lat Praes aed asss em em orc RR E Ba sz Y Le e tie Raaf a mi Cows r fhe Tamen dv Corrermete bor the ensem vord Natural Hazards Data Online Access The natural hazards data are all stored in Oracle and integrated The data are available on line http www ngdc noaa gov hazard and can be searched by attribute e g event runup location date deaths etc The search results link to additional information sources imagery plots and download screens of the Deep ocean Assessment and Reporting of Teunamis DART buoys if triggered and plots of tide gauge data where available gt All of the natural hazards data are accessible via Open Geospatial OGC Web Map Services which allows any OGC
82. taneously on 1 PC Tide tcl and Client tcl PACIFIC are softwares that PTWC uses in their operations For other oceans please replace PACIFIC with INDIAN IO CARIBBEAN CAR or ATLANTIC ATL in the Quick Info text Instructions refer to the generic names of scripts without a version number Tide tcl Client tcl etc CISN may be run on the same PC to monitor seismicity and alert Duty Staff when large earthquakes occur and when Tsunami messages are sent by PTWC or US NTWC WC ATWC USE l Monitor stations for tsunami confirmation after a large earthquake has occurred To display sea level records marigrams use Tide tcl or Client tcl map To determine the estimated arrival time you may o Use TTT button in Tide tcl to calculate tsunami travel times using actual earthquake epicenter this will enable overlay onto Client tcl map o Use PTWC bulletins which give estimated tsunami arrival time at different locations o Usettt auto bat double click ttt auto icon on desktop or TsuDig to calculate tsunami travel time map use either bullseye map with your location e g Pago Pago Apia as center or event map using actual earthquake epicenter 2 Monitor state of health of your Report if out of order STARTUP AND TTT CALCULATION OVERLAY l Start get data tcl Drop get data tcl in TideTool bin folder desktop icon onto WIZE icon on desktop This script downloads data every 200 seconds from the NWSTG Data are accumulated in a file
83. tatus working not working Station listing showing metadata 4 letter code GLOSS ID number Location Collection method Last Data Transmission date time Delay and Transmit Interval Plotting and download of data received It does not provide low frequency and high frequency research quality sea level data which is available from the GLOSS designated data centers at the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level PSMSL the British Oceanographic Data Center BODC and the University of Hawaii Sea Level Center UHSLC Station Listing screen from which users may select stations to view Status at 2008 08 21 21 37 GMT 338 stations listed Show W only active only GLOSS W only GTS only FTP W only Webservice only Email O ai known stations e fos E omc rd am acap adak 302 jusa Adak web 2008 08 21 21 18 aden j Yemen jun sxxx33 2008 08 21 22 12 B6 lis open alak usa lita web joos oz 09 10 42 he alam jsa Alameda Isxxxo3 2008 07 22 3 18 Ehe open alme Spain Ameri fe poosos 4 59 ff mal USA Charotte Amalie web 00808 2 21 18 29 s open anh usa Anchorage we poosos2 2 8 20m so open station Data plotting User selectable time windows are also available Previous station Station Sibolga n at 2008 08 21 21 35 GMT Next station more details messages show data monitor Tide gauge at Sibolga Sampling rate min Type of se
84. ter is on land To improve accuracy for shallow water sources it may help to change the default to a deeper ocean depth positive value If it is de selected and the epicenter is on land an error will occur and the TTT will not be calculated 5 Optional Enter a list of stations as longitude latitude pairs Alternatively enter the station name following the location preceded by a e g 81 233 8 567 HTrincomalee Sri Lanka Enter the epicenter date and time to calculate the tsunami travel time Specify the travel time hour contour intervals e g 0 5 hours 1 hour 2 hours 6 Select Finish and wait for computation to complete 7 Choose Add to Map C Output files GeoTIFF contour shapefile and a log file are saved in installation dir Mtt output These files can be quite large so you may want to periodically delete files from this directory O O O O O O Add a legend scalebar grid or North arrow to map a Select the Catalog tab fj below map b Open Decoration c Choose from Grid Legend North Arrow or Scalebar d Right click on item and select Add to Current Map Edit layer styles to symbolize different quantities using Style Editor a Right click on the z Layer name left panel and select Change Style b Simple Feature alter the marker symbol color labeling in the Style Editor c Or right click on layer and select Import Pre Defined Style and then choose a
85. tt chile 1960 5m b Astations pacific ocean txt VL e Generate a colored contour map for the Pacific Ocean using the ttt chile 1960 5m b global travel time grid this will create a Postscript file and a PNG image as output ttt fancy pac ttt chile 1960 5m b ttt topo 5m epicenter 1960 txt ttt chile 1960 5m ps Generate a new global travel time grid in GMT grid format ttt 2004 1226 b for the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami approximating the earthquake rupture with a list of multiple epicenters then generate a global contour map Postscript and PNG image format of the travel times ttt client ttt topo 5m eepicenters 2004 txt Tttt 2004 1226 b VL ttt fancy world ttt 2004 1226 b ttt topo 5m epicenters 2004 txt ttt 2004 1226 ps Generate a new travel time grid ttt alaska 1964 b for the 1964 Alaska earthquake automatically moving the epicenter to the nearest water node of at least 100 meters depth then generate a colored contour map for the Pacific Postscript and PNG image format of the travel times ttt client ttt topo 5m eepicenter 1964 txt Tttt alaska 1964 b S5 100 VL ttt fancy pacttt alaska 1964 b ttt topo 5m epicenter 1964 txt ttt alaska 1964 ps Converting Tsunami Travel Time grid output to GeoTIFF for importing into GIS software This series of commands will convert a tsunami travel time grid in GMT binary grid format example ttt b into a GeoTIFF that can be imported into most GIS software 1 e ArcGIS The f

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