IOTWS Status Scope Setup of a TWS for

IOTWS Status Scope ● Setup of a TWS for the Indian Ocean to replace the interim system by PTWC/JMA Political Framework ● ICG of UNESCO/IOC ● Founded after the IO tsunami (in parallel to PTWS) ● Members: Indian Ocean Rim countries ● Observers: Germany, Japan, USA, FDSN, WMO, . . . Funding ● National ● Donors (Germany, Japan, China, USA, . . . )

IOTWS Status Chair: India Co-Chair: Indonesia Working groups ● WG I: Seismic Measurements ● WG II: Sea level Monitoring ● WG III: Hazard Risk Assessment ● WG IV: Modelling ● WG V: Warning Centers ● WG VI: Mitigation, Preparedness and Response Meetings ● IOTWS-I: Perth, August 2005 ● IOTWS-II: Hyderabad, December 2005 ● IOTWS-III: Bali, June 2006 ● IOTWS-IV: Mombasa, March 2007

NEAMTWS Status Scope ● Setup of a TWS for Mediterranean and NE Atlantic Political Framework ● ICG of UNESCO/IOC ● Founded after the IO tsunami (parallel to IOTWS and Caribe-EWS, while PTWS already existed) Meetings ● NEAMTWS-I: Rome, November 2005 ● NEAMTWS-II: Nice, June 2006 ● NEAMTWS-III: Bonn, February 2007 ● NEAMTWS-IV: Lisbon, November 2007

NEAMTWS Status Structure Chair: Italy Co-Chairs: Greece, ? ? ? (North Africa) WG I: Hazard Assessment, Risk and Modelling France, Spain WG II: Seismic and Geophysical Measurements Italy, Germany WG III: Sea Level Data Collection and Exchange Spain, Algeria WG IV: Advisory, Mitigation and Public Awareness UK, Portugal

NEAMTWS Status Possible architecture for the NEAMTWS

NEAMTWS Proposed Seismic Backbone Network

Proposed NEAMTWS sea level network

NEAMTWS Status First practical steps ● Initial system (ITWS) operational January 2008 ● Final system 2011 ● candidate regional warning centers: ● INGV (Italy, committed) ● BGS (UK) ● LDG (France) ● IM (Potugal) ● NOA (Greece) ● KOERI (Turkey) ● GFZ (Germany, backup) ● No central funding!

NEAMTWS Status Goal for ITWS: warnings for basin-wide tsunamis