Program Area: Program Area 2: Provision of Tsunami Watch and Coastal Inundation Forecasts
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Enhancing coastal hazard early warning and response: tools and institutional strengthening
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The project aimed at building tsunami risk assessment capacities in Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Key activities included on-the-job training on near-shore bathymetric, topographic, and exposure surveys; training on tsunami hazard and risk assessment using RIMES’ web-based tool for tsunami risk assessment (named INSPIRE); training on evacuation mapping using RIMES’ web-based tool for evacuation…
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Development and Implementation of an Integrated Ocean Information System for Indian Ocean Countries
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Locally relevant and high resolution coastal hazard and risk assessment on tsunami and storm surge, requires local bathymetric and topographic and exposure datasets, with capacity to generate customized ocean forecast information and mechanism for forecast validation for reducing risks. Ocean information is critical for effective management of maritime activities, such as shipping, marine recreation, fisheries,…
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Establishment of RIMES regional facility for tsunami watch provision
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The project aims to establish RIMES regional center for tsunami warning, with capabilities to receive and process seismic, sea level, and deep ocean data; evaluate data to assess tsunamigenic potential, and prepare and disseminate earthquake alerts and tsunami watch to RIMES Member States. Key activities include the design of tsunami watch provision system, which includes…
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End-to-end Early Warning of Tsunamis and other Natural Hazards for Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia: Phase 2
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The project aims to enhance RIMES tsunami early warning capability by developing numerical tsunami modeling capacity within RIMES regional early warning center and preparing tsunami inundation maps. Key activities include the review of current and emerging seismological techniques for rapid estimation of earthquake parameters; the evaluation of available tsunami generation, propagation, and inundation models; training…
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Development of a pilot digital elevation model for Comoros Islands
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The project developed digital elevation model for Comoros, for use in tsunami modeling training course. Key activities include the collection of near-shore bathymetric and topographic charts, survey bechmarks, and administrative boundaries, and confirmation with project partners on most vulnerable areas; GPS survey for data validation; GIS database development; validation of global datasets with digitized data,…