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Apr 26, 2012
NOAA's National Ocean Service Supports Tsunami Detection and Warning through Operation of Coastal Tide Stations
Authors: Allison L. Allen [email protected], Natalia A. Donoho [email protected], Scott A. Duncan [email protected], Stephen K. Gill [email protected], Chris R. McGrath [email protected], Rolin S. Meyer [email protected], and Manoj R. Samant [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008: Tsunamis
Abstract
Tsunamis pose a significant threat to coastlines around the world. Effective tsunami warnings, issued by NOAA's Tsunami Warning Centers (TWCs) depend on reliable and accurate observation systems, including both coastal water level stations and offshore buoys, such as the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DARTTM) buoy network. The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) funds several water level observation networks in support of operational tsunami warning capability. These observing systems include NOAA-funded stations operated by the University of Hawaii Sea Level Center, stations operated by the NOAA Tsunami Warning Centers (TWCs), the NOAA-operated DARTTM network, and the stations of the NOAA National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON). Each of these networks provides a critical component of an effective tsunami warning system. This paper describes the NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) contribution to tsunami warning, through operation of the NWLON.
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Coastal engineering
- Coastal processes
- Coasts, oceans, ports, and waterways engineering
- Disaster preparedness
- Disaster risk management
- Disaster warning systems
- Disasters and hazards
- Engineering fundamentals
- Federal government
- Government
- Natural disasters
- Ocean engineering
- Organizations
- Practice and Profession
- Shores
- System reliability
- Systems engineering
- Systems management
- Tides
- Tsunamis
- Water and water resources
- Water level
- Water management
- Water supply
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland. E-mail: [email protected]
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland. E-mail: [email protected]
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland. E-mail: [email protected]
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland. E-mail: [email protected]
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, 808 Principal Court, Chesapeake, Virginia. E-mail: [email protected]
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 8, Seattle, Washington. E-mail: [email protected]
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland. E-mail: [email protected]
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