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Project Title:
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Review of the Tsunami Warning and Forecast System and Overview of the Nation's Tsunami Preparedness
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OSBX-U-07-04-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Earth and Life Studies
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Sub Unit:
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Ocean Studies Board
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RSO:
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Mengelt, Claudia
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Subject/Focus Area:
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Review of the Tsunami Warning and Forecast System and Overview of the Nation's Tsunami Preparedness
September 23, 2008 - September 25, 2008
Captain Cook Hotel
939 West 5th Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Pam Lewis
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| Email:
plewis@nas.edu
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Fax:
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Agenda:
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 (Endeavor Room)
CLOSED SESSION
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m. Break
OPEN SESSION
9:45a.m. Public Welcome
John Orcutt, Committee Chair
SESSION I: TSUNAMI RISK PERCEPTIONS, ASSESSMENTS, AND PREPAREDNESS
MODERATOR: ANN BOSTROM
10:00 a.m. Tsunami Risk in Alaska: Tsunami Sources
Gary Carver, Humboldt State University
10:30 a.m. Warning the Public: Increasing Public Protective Action Taking
Mike Lindell, Texas A & M
11:00 a.m. Alaska’s Preparedness and Vulnerability to Near- and Far-Source Tsunamis
Ervin Petty, Alaska Emergency Management
11:30 a.m. Committee Discussion
12:00 p.m. Working Lunch
SESSION II: CASE STUDY OF A TSUNAMI EVENT – JUNE 14, 2005
MODERATOR: NATE WOOD
1:00 p.m. Overview of TWCs Operation and
Simulation of Tsunami Warning Center Response
Chip McCreery, Director, PTWC
Paul Whitmore, Director, WCATWC
1:45 p.m. Examples of Local Responses
George Crawford, former Emergency Manager, Washington
Richard Eisner, former Emergency Manager, California
2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion
3:00 p.m. Break
SESSION III: OPERATIONAL TSUNAMI FORECASTING
MODERATORS: EMILE OKAL AND COSTAS SYNOLAKIS
3:20 p.m. Observations, Data Acquisitions/Processing and Forecasting a Tsunami Warning Center
Chip McCreery, Director, PTWC
Paul Huang, Senior Watchstander, WC/ATWC
4:00 p.m. The Role of Seismic Networks in Tsunami Warnings
Chip McCreery, Director, PTWC
Paul Whitmore, Director, WCATWC
David Oppenheimer, USGS (by phone)
4:20 p.m. Overview of Current Operational Tsunami Forecast Models
Vasily Titov. U. of Washington/PMEL
5:00 p.m. Committee Discussion
5:30 p.m. Break
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Reception
6:30 p.m. Open Session Adjourns
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 (Resolution Room)
CLOSED SESSION
8:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
9:45 a.m. Break
OPEN SESSION
9:55 a.m. Public Welcome
John Orcutt, Committee Chair
SESSION IV: FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR THE TWCS
MODERATOR: COSTAS SYNOLAKIS
10:00 a.m. Overview of TWC Products and Dissemination
Paul Whitmore, Director, WCATWC
10:30 a.m. Future Needs from TWC perspective
Chip McCreery, Director, PTWC
11:30 a.m. Panel Discussion
12:00 p.m. Lunch Presentation: GPS- Augmented Tsunami Warning System
Herb Dragert, Geological Survey of Canada
1:00 p.m. Adjourn Open Session
CLOSED SESSION
1:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m. Adjourn
Thursday, September 25, 2008 (Site Visit to WCATWC in Palmer)
OPEN SESSION
Space is limited for the site visit, please RSVP with Pam Lewis (plewis@nas.edu) by September 15. Attendees need to provide own transportation.
8:30 a.m. Meet in hotel lobby for transport to the WCATWC
Approx noon Return to hotel lobby
Adjourn
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
John Orcutt (Chair)
Martha Grabowski (Vice-chair)
Brian Atwater
Ann Bostrom
George Crawford
Richard Eisner
Jian Lin
Dennis Mileti
Emile Okal
Costas Synolakis
Nathan Wood
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
1) Recap of Meeting 1
2) Goals and Objectives for Meeting 2
3) Objectives for Day 2
4) Committee Discussion
5) Discuss Presentations
6) Interim Report
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
October 28, 2008
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