1. Development of operational maritime disasters prevention and
environmental information service platform
Yang-Ming Fan, Ping-Chang Hsueh, and Chia Chuen Kao
Coastal Ocean Monitoring Center
National Cheng Kung University
Tainan, Taiwan

2. Common oceanographic disasters in Taiwan
storm surge flooding
maritime disasters
objects missing at sea
seawall damage
oil spill
Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
trapped by high tide
We are unlucky due to lot of disaster hazards in Taiwan, such as typhoon, storm surge and so on. However, we are also lucky since there are lot of disaster hazard events could be researched.
tsunami
freak wave

3. Disaster prevention and preparedness agencies
When a disaster occurs, each disaster prevention agency must start immediately. In order to effectively reduce disasters, realtime and forecasted data and information are required. In order to meet the needs of various disaster prevention agencies, we have developed this system.

4. Strategies Northwest Pacific marine meteorology database
Applied technologies for marine meteorology disaster prevention
environmental information service platform
Marine Disaster Prevention Information Service Platform

5. 12 products will be completed progressively before 2020.
marine meteorology display
tide mark forecasting
marine meteorology information for Vessel route
swell disaster index
forecasting the drift of things in the oceans
unusual cold-water
wave climate
typhoon wave and storm surge
ship safety
oil spill
tidal current forecasting
tsunami