GEOSS Serving Society from Multi-Hazard to Tsunami

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GEOSSServing Society from Multi-Hazard to
Tsunami

• VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., USN
  (Ret.)Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
  Atmosphere NOAA Administrator
• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission -
  Executive Council
• June 21, 2006

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Global Drifter 1250September 2005
Global Drifter 1250's path 4 days after launch
Global Drifter 1250 deployment ceremony, Halifax
September 18, 2005
NOAAs Global Ocean Observing System Global
Climate Observing System
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GEO Work Plan2006
WORK PLAN FOR 2006

• 5 Committees/Work Groups
• Architecture Data Committee
• Science Technology Committee
• User Interface Committee
• Capacity Building Committee
• Tsunami Working Group
• 96 Activities

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Multi-Hazard ApproachGeoNetcast Communication
Delivery

• Open exchange of data and information
• Worldwide information distribution
• Role of members of participating organizations

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December 26, 2004Indian Ocean Tsunami
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
Tsunami Travel Times, 12/06/04, Sumatra, Indonesia
Global Historical Tsunami Databases
1500 Events Generating Tsunami
8000 Tsunami Runup Locations
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Multi-Hazard Approach To Disasters
Argo
Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami
(DART)
Wave Height for SE Asia(June 15, 2006)
Experimental Tsunami Forecast ResultsTonga
Tsunami 05/03/2006
Sea Surface Temperature for Hurricane Rita (Aqua)
9/17/2006
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Cooperation Crucial to An Operational GEOSS
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GEOSSServing Society from Multi-Hazard to
Tsunami

• VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., USN
  (Ret.)Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
  Atmosphere NOAA Administrator
• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission -
  Executive Council
• June 21, 2006