Tsunami Early Warning in the Eastern Mediterranean, Aegean and Black Sea

摘要

A National Tsunami Warning Centre in Turkey (NTWC-TR)established at the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake ResearchInstitute (KOERI) under the ICG/NEAMTWS (The IntergovernmentalCoordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the NortheasternAtlantic, the Mediterranean and connected seas region)initiative is operational since January 2012 based on MOD1 TsunamiScenario Database and TAT (Tsunami Analysis Tool) received fromEC-JRC through a collaborative agreement. NTWC-TR is alsoacknowledged as a Candidate Tsunami Watch Provider withinNEAMTWS. The Centre is relying on a system on systems embodyingseismic and sea level monitoring, tsunami modeling, messagedissemination systems, preparedness and mitigation activities.Considerable improvement on the seismic and sea-level network hasbeen achieved; the communication infrastructure at KOERI has beenupgraded and now includes its own GTS system. Further improvementof the Tsunami Warning System at the NTWC-TR will beaccomplished through KOERI’s cooperation with EC-JRC and METUto improve the scenario database and through participation in the FP-7Project TRIDEC focusing on new technologies for real-time intelligentearth information management to be used in Tsunami Early WarningSystems.