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Pacific Tsunami Warning System : a half-century of protecting the Pacific 1965-2015

Title
Pacific Tsunami Warning System : a half-century of protecting the Pacific 1965-2015 / editors: Laura Kong, Paula Dunbar, Nicolás Arcos.
Publication
  • Honolulu, Hawaii : International Tsunami Information Center, 2015.
  • Washington, DC : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office

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Additional Authors
  • Kong, Laura S. L. (Laura Sau Lin)
  • Dunbar, Paula K.
  • Arcos, Nicolás (ITIC)
  • International Tsunami Information Center, publisher.
Description
188 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 26 x 31 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • "This historic book commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission PTWS from 1965-2015, highlighting the dedication and contributions of 46 Member States in protecting lives and reducing property damage from destructive tsunamis."--back cover.
  • Associated conference: International Tsunami Symposium Commemorating 50th Anniversary of the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System "Making the Pacific Ready for the Tsunami Threat" held 20-21 April 2015, NOAA Inouye Regional Center, Ford Island, Oahu, Hawaii.
  • Shipping list no: 2015-0025-S.
Contents
Foreword -- Reflections. Canada ; Chile ; France ; Japan ; Russian Federation ; USA -- Personal reflections. Tsunamis and science / Hiroo Kanamori ; Tsunamis and science / Kenji Satake ; Tsunami warning / Charles McCreery ; Tsunami warning and mitigation / Eddie Bernard ; Tsunami warning and mitigation / George Pararas-Carayanis ; Tsunami preparedness / Fumihiko Imamura ; Tsunami preparedness / Laura Kong -- Key tsunami events -- Evolving the PTWS -- Science and Technology. Seismic monitoring, detection, & analysis ; Sea level monitoring and detection ; Forecast modelling ; Warning Communications ; Hazard risk assessment: looking back in history ; Hazard risk assessment: engineering stronger structures ; Hazard risk assessment: ports and harbors ; Policy ; Historical databases -- Disaster management and tsunami preparedness. Education and awareness ; Evacuation ; Exercises ; Training ; Media ; Indigenous knowledge -- Warning centers and organizations. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) ; International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC) ; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO ; Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) ; National Tsunami Warning Centers and Systems ; International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) Tsunami Commission ; ICSU World Data System -- PTWS today and tomorrow -- Appendices.
Call Number
JBG 17-20
ISBN
  • 9780996257909
  • 099625790X
OCLC
908226735
Title
Pacific Tsunami Warning System : a half-century of protecting the Pacific 1965-2015 / editors: Laura Kong, Paula Dunbar, Nicolás Arcos.
Publisher
Honolulu, Hawaii : International Tsunami Information Center, 2015.
Distributor
Washington, DC : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Added Author
Kong, Laura S. L. (Laura Sau Lin), editor.
Dunbar, Paula K., editor.
Arcos, Nicolás (ITIC), editor.
International Tsunami Information Center, publisher.
Gpo Item No.
0250-E-02
Sudoc No.
C 55.2:T 78/15
Research Call Number
JBG 17-20
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