1. Hawaii’s Tsunami Warning System Aja Toscano KAPCC ICS 101

2. NOAA’s Tsunami Program Aim: to save lives and protect property. Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART)

3. Background of Tsunami Warning Systems 2001 NOAA’s original 6 buoy system 2008 39 stations around the pacific

4. How it Works Pressure sensor anchored to the sea floor Surface buoy Satellite 2 modes: Standard mode Event mode New two way communication

5. Map of Buoy Centers Around the World

6. The Software SeisComP 3.0 Detects earthquake location, depth, and magnitude 2007: Tsunami Warning Centre in Jakarta Used for real-time data reception, achieving, processing and auto-location of earthquake. Alerting the public and automatic notification Compatible with most Unix or Unix-like operating systems

7. The Future Tsunami Alert Android Application that alerts about potential tsunamis Created by Palta Software (software development company)

8. References http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dart/dart.shtml http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/about/detection_buoys. shtml http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/about/detection_buoys. shtml http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst- sci.net/9/1381/2009/nhess-9-1381-2009.pdf http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst- sci.net/9/1381/2009/nhess-9-1381-2009.pdf http://isprsserv.ifp.uni- stuttgart.de/proceedings/XXXVII/congress/4_pdf/262.p df http://isprsserv.ifp.uni- stuttgart.de/proceedings/XXXVII/congress/4_pdf/262.p df http://www.paltasoftware.com/tsunami/