Room: Ballroom
Date: 4/19/2023
Session Time: 8:00 AM to 5:45 PM (local time)
The Future of Tsunami Science, Preparedness and Response
Significant advances in observations, modeling, response and communication of tsunamis have taken place over the last two decades, often as part of the assessment and improvement process following damaging events. Optimizing risk reduction from future tsunami events requires a full community effort across many disciplines. Much work remains to better characterize global tsunami hazards, both in advance for mitigation and preparedness and in real time with improved observation and forecasting systems. At all stages, hazards need to be translated into potential risk and impacts. Here, we highlight improvements in tsunami science and their pairing with equally important improvements in tsunami preparedness, risk communication and decision support. Looking forward, the community aims to utilize technical expertise from social scientists and work with an emphasis on social equity to better serve historically marginalized populations.
Contributions to this session can span the full spectrum of tsunami work and include: improvements in modeling, assessments of past events, estimation of vulnerabilities and exposure, new measurement techniques, communication of hazards and risk, early warning and rapid or real-time forecasts and any other relevant tsunami science, engineering, operations, preparedness or outreach topics.
Conveners
Diego Melgar, University of Oregon (dmelgarm@uoregon.edu)
Summer J. Ohlendorf, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (summer.ohlendorf@noaa.gov)
Yajie Lee, ImageCAT (yjl@imagecatinc.com)
Elyssa Tappero, Washington Emergency Management Division (elyssa.tappero@mil.wa.gov)
Poster Presentations
| Participant Role | Details | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Submission | Empowering Young People in Haiti to Play Key Roles in Disaster Risk Reduction | View |
| Submission | State of California’s Third Generation Tsunami Hazard Maps for Emergency Response Planning | View |
| Submission | Ongoing Work by a Powell Center Working Group on Tsunami Sources for Hazards Mitigation in the United States | View |
| Submission | Tsunami Sources in the Caribbean and Eastern Us | View |
| Submission | Expedited Tsunami Warning Alerts Along the Us West Coast Using Earthquake Early Warning Tools | View |
| Submission | Korea Meteorological Administration's Tsunami Forecast and Early-warning System Improvements for Tsunami Preparedness | View |
| Submission | Integrating Volcanic Sources into the Tsunami Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions | View |
| Submission | Operationalization of Koeri Tsunami Warning System in the Eastern Mediterranean and Its Connected Seas: A Decade of Achievements and Challenges | View |
| Submission | Implementing Tsunami Ready: An Overview of the Community Awareness and Preparedness Program in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions | View |
| Submission | Transforming Research Into Resiliency: The Intersection of Science and Emergency Management in Tsunami Preparedness, Mitigation, Education, and Response Efforts in Washington State | View |
The Future of Tsunami Science, Preparedness and Response [Poster]
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