IOC training for seismic and sea level operators: enhancing the capacity of tsunami observation and data sharing in the South China Sea region

21 - 25 October 2019,

Hangzhou
China

Annotated Agenda

1 Opening + Group Picture
2 Introduction – Pacific and South China Sea Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System
2.1 Pacific Tsunami Warning System and Mitigation System (PTWS) (30 min)
2.2 Working Group on the South China Sea region Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (WG-SCS) (30 min)
2.3 South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC)
3 Historical and Potential Tsunami Hazards for the South China Sea region
3.1 Scientific meeting of experts for coordinated scenario analysis of future tsunami events and hazard mitigation schemes for the South China sea region, 16-18 November 2015, Xiamen, China, WR-275 (45 min)
4 South China Sea region oceanography (45 min)
5 Introduction – sea level monitoring for tsunami warning
5.1 Introduction to Sea Level and Its Variations (long term sea level variations-tides–storm-tsunamis) (45 min)
5.2 How sea level is measured (Tide Gauges, altimetry) (45 min)
6 Introduction – seismic monitoring for tsunami warning
6.1 Seismic waves and earth structure (45 min)
6.2 Seismic instrument and operation of seismic stations (45 min)
7 Regional Tsunami Services Providers (RTSPs)
7.1 Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) Enhanced Products - What, Why, SOPs (Criteria, Formats, Staging, Products) (45 mi
7.2 South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) Products - What, Why, SOPs (Criteria, Formats, Staging, Products) (45 min)
8 Demonstration – decision tools
8.1 Demonstration: Decision Support Tools of Monitoring, Detection, Assessment – Earthquakes: Real-time Earthquake Display (CISN), USGS web site (45 min)
8.2 Demonstration: Decision Support Tools of Monitoring, Detection, Assessment – Tsunamis: TideTool with Tsunami Travel Times, IOC Sea Level Monitoring Facility web - (45 min)
9 Instruments and Monitoring
9.1 Installation and Operation of Sea Level Stations, including Leveling (45 min)
9.2 Tsunami measurements in sea level stations (45 min)
10 Instruments
10.1 Building seismic stations and seismic networks (45 min)
10.2 The routine data processing and application in seismic monitoring (45 min)
10.3 Joint inversion of source parameters and rupture process by multiple datasets
11 Tsunami Warning Operations
11.1 TSP Operations Panel (PTWC, SCSTAC) on Earthquake Detection and Fast Source Characterization - Discussion and Question-and-Answer (90 min)
11.2 TSP Operations Panel (PTWC, SCSTAC) on Travel Time and Wave Forecasting - Discussion and Question-and-Answer (90 min)
11.3 Tsunami modelling and source inversion using deep-ocean tsunami measurements (30 min)
11.4 SIFT methodology and improving SIFT tsunami forecast using high-performance computing and rapid GNSS source estimate (60 min)
11.5 How to install and operate the SeisComP3 system (45 min)
11.6 Rapid source inversion of W-phase for SCSTAC tsunami warning (45 min)
11.7 TWC Operations: Real-time Earthquake Detection and Fast Source Characterization - Sparse networks, Magnitudes, W-Phase
12.1 Sea level data sharing in the South China Sea region –network session (90 min) - including FTP data sharing service of SCSTAC – NMEFC and IOC Sea Level Monitoring Facility
12.2 Seismic data sharing in the South China Sea region –network session (90 min) – SEEDLINKS, Seismic data formats, archival and exchange