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International Workshop on Tsunami Modelling  

JRC Ispra, 5-6 October 2006

Building 26b, Meeting Room 2nd Floor

                         

The Joint Research Centre, in collaboration with DG-ECHO, DG-ENV, DG-INFSO and DG-RTD organizes the

1st International Workshop on Tsunami modelling

which will be held in Ispra, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, at the Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizens (IPSC).

WORKSHOP TOPICS

  • Tsunami types: seismological, landslides. Different models for a different tsunami types or the same model for all types?
  • Tsunami generation: are the existing models satisfactory or is there statistical evidence for correlation between seismological data and wave generation data. Error bands and statistical evidence.
  • Models for wave propagation in deep water: 3d/2d models, implicit or explicit models, grid size needs, etc. Use of detailed or coarse bathymetry.
  • Models for run-up and flooding predictions: the same model as for deep water or a dedicated model for shallow water?
  • Early warning systems: requirements and needs
  • Models verification: experimental data or real Tsunami data. Need for additional experimental data?
  • Creation of International Standard Problems exercise on Tsunami
  • International Tsunami Database: reliability and needs

Objectives

The Tsunami event of 26th December 2004 focused the attention of the scientific community on modelling activities related to Tsunami Research. In view of development of early warning or early aid systems, further research is needed to develop operational models to predict the generation, the evolution, the propagation and the run-up of Tsunami tidal waves.

The objectives of the analytical investigations are different depending on the scope and use of the calculations:

  • Study of past events to predict creation, propagation, run-up
  • Prediction of waves behaviour for early warning
  • Detailed analysis on local Tsunami


Workshop Programme


Thursday 5 October 2006, 9:30 - 18:00

Introduction

'Welcome address and Workshop Introductory Remarks' - A. Annunziato European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy
 pdf, 0.7 MBytes

'Joint Research Centre and IPSC Activities' - P. Malinverni European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy
 pdf 0.8 MBytes

General Aspects of the Tsunami

'The Tsunami experience in Indian Ocean in the recent decades: Tsunami is not a rare event' - Gegar Prasetya , BPTT, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, Indonesia
 pdf, 4.3 MBytes

'Earth Observation for emergency response and damage assessment' - D. Ehrlich European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy

European Commission Activities on Tsunami

'DG-ENV The Civil Protection Mechanism (MIC)' - P. Billing European Commission DG-ENV
pdf, 1 MBytes

'DG-INFSO and DG-RTD Tsunami Early Warning Projects' - K. Fabbri European Commission DG-INFSO
pdf, 2.4 MBytes

Tsunami Modelling

'The MIST code for Tsunami prediction' - V. Titov National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA, USA
pdf, 19 MBytes

'Dutch-Indonesian Tsunami Modelling Efforts' - D. Vatvani - Delft! Hydraulics, The Netherlands
pdf, 2.3 MBytes

'The JRC Tsunami model' - A. Annunziato European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy
pdf, 9 MBytes


 Friday 6 October 2006 - 9:30-16:30

Early Warning Systems

'The North Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Tsunami Warning System - ICG/NEAMTWS' - F. Zaniboni Università di Bologna, Italy
pdf, 5.2 MBytes

'The Tsunami Early Warning System in Indonesia, the German-Indonesian effort'A. Rudloff, J. Lauterjung  , GFZ Potsdam, Deutschland
pdf, 8.42 MBytes

'The Global Disasters Alerts and Coordination System' - T. De Groeve , European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy
pdf, 4.9 MBytes

'The Pacific Disasters Center' - C. Chiesa Pacific Disaster Center, USA
pdf, 19 MBytes

 'Real-Time Monitoring of the Stability of Stromboli's NW Flank for Tsunami Early Warning' - J. Fortuny-Guasch , European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy

 'Example of Tsunami Alarm System by SMS' - E. Heindl A3M Inc., Germany Future needs and proposals
pdf, 1 Mbyte

Panel discussion on needs and proposals:

Participants

Name and organisation

Contact information

Prof. Dr. Eduard Heindl

CEO

A3M Tsunami Alarm System

Eduard@heindle.de

www.a3mobile.com

+49 7071 44407

Dr. Karen Fabbri

Science Programme Officer for Disaster Risk Reduction

European Commission, INFSO

Karen.fabbri@ec.europa.eu

www.europa.eu

+32 2 2995185

Dr. Peter Billing

[…]

Monitoring and Information Centre

European Commission, ENV

Peter.Billing@ec.europa.eu

www.europa.eu

+32 2 xxxxx

Chris Chiesa

Senior Manager

Pacific Disaster Centre

cchiesa@pdc.org

www.pdc.org

+1 808 8910525 ext 953

Alexander Rudloff
GFZ Potsdam
rudloff@gfz-potsdam.de

Deepak Vatvani MSc

Senior Researcher, Advisor

Delft Hydraulics

Deepak.vatvani@wldelft.nl

www.wldelft.nl

+31 15 2858784

Valery Titov
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA, USA
vasily.titov@noaa.gov
Gegar Prasetya
BPTT, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, Indonesia
gegarprasetya@yahoo.com

Alessandro Annunziato

Tom De Groeve

Luca Vernaccini

Simone Gadenz

Nicolaos Stilianakis

Delilah Al Khudhairy

Pier Paolo Malinverni

Fabio Taucer

Zsofia Kugler

Firstname.last-name@jrc.it

+39 0332789111

 

 

 


DISCLAIMER

The information here presented are purely indicative and should not be used for any decision making without alternate sources of information. The JRC is not responsible for any damage or loss resulting from the use of the information presented on this website. The JRC Tsunami model can be used solely to have a first estimate of the Tsunami wave propagation time. It does not predict predict the occurence, the initial or final height of the wave, its run-up or the innundation depth