This page includes materials and information about trainings held by Dr. Mooney in the Indian Ocean Region,
Afghanistan and the Caribbean. The information
below includes all presentations, documents and lectures that contributed
to the sucess of the various trainings. Additional trainings continue to be held in the Indian Ocean region and will be available
online upon completion.
Introduction:
The December, 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami highlighted the need to increase capacity building in the countries most severely affected by the international disaster. In response to this need, the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System (IOTWS) Program, under the framework of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), was developed to create "tsunami resilient" communities in the Indian Ocean region. The IOTWS has several components including technical assistance, regional hazard detection, prediction, and warning formulation, national dissemination and communication of warnings, local knowledge and preparedness to act, and regional or sub-regional exchange of lessons learned and best practices.
A series of training courses have been underway in the Indian Ocean region designed to improve the understanding of earthquake seismology and tsunami warnings of staff employed in the day-to-day running of the national tsunami warning systems. Learning is directed through lecturers complemented with computer-based practical sessions. This training program in Seismology and Tsunami Warning is an integral part of the IOTWS effort to provide technical assistance to the region using "end-to-end" approach. This approach involves providing assistance in all stages of hazard mitigation, from identifying earthquakes and tsunami to disseminating a warning to the public. The particular focus of this course will be to provide a solid background in seismology, relevant for developing a tsunami warning system. With this information, participants will, in turn, be expected to educate other members of their community, or be actively engaged in tsunami warning efforts.
The learning program of these courses is through a series of lectures and hands-on learning during practical sessions. All lectures are copied to CD's available for distribution at the end of the course. In addition, these handbooks contain information on the key aspects of the courses, and are designated to provide supplemental material to the lectures.
Sponsoring Agencies:
The U.S. Geological Survey provides support for seismic and tide station
technology transfer, regional and global interoperability through the IOC
framework, and capacity building at both the detection/warning formulation
and local preparedness levels. This is done at the data analysis and prediction
stage, as well as in hazard/vulnerability/risk mapping and modeling standards,
protocols, and methods. Training is one of the primary mandates of the USGS
effort.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) functions as a laboratory of ideas and a standard-setter to forge
universal agreements on emerging issues. The Organization also serves as a
clearinghouse for the dissemination and sharing of information and knowledge
while helping Member States to build their human and institutional capacities
in diverse fields. UNESCO promotes international co-operation among its 191
Member States and six Associate Members in the fields of education, science,
culture, and communication.
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) is a branch of
UNESCO that provides Member States of the United Nations with an essential
mechanism for global cooperation in the study of the ocean. The IOC assists
governments to address their individual and collective ocean and coastal
problems through the sharing of knowledge, information, and technology, and
through the coordination of national programs. Starting immediately after the
December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the IOC has worked with countries to
develop regionally coordinated systems in the Indian Ocean, Caribbean and
north Atlantic and Mediterranean.
The International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC) is hosted by the U.S.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the IOC. Since 1965, the
Center's mission has been to mitigate the effects of tsunamis throughout the
Pacific. ITIC monitors and evaluates the performance and effectiveness of the
Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System. This effort helps countries to
establish or strengthen their national system by building capacities through
training and expert consultation for end-to-end tsunami warning and in tsunami
preparedness. Since 2004, it has supported the IOC’s efforts to develop a
global tsunami warning and mitigation.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provides
overall management, coordination, and administrative support for the
integrated U.S. program from its Regional Development Mission for
Asia, located in Bangkok, Thailand. USAID coordinates directly with appropriate USAID Mission
personnel and programs in India, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka, with the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster
Assistance (OFDA) offices in Bangkok and Kathmandu, and with USAID/Washington. USAID manages
the Program Integrator for the US IOTWS program, and works and coordinates directly with each of its
U.S. agency partners.
Workshops, Meetings and Trainings:
This area includes materials and information about trainings held by Dr. Mooney, his team and the US IOTWS Program and related organizations. The materials are organized into files that include Presentations, Fact Sheets, and Documents. Trainings have been held in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Maldives.
Day One: Introduction and the Tectonic Situation of Sri Lanka, Introduction to Earthquakes.
Download lecture 1: Introduction to Earthquake Science: A Historical Perspective
Download lecture 2: The Earth’s Structure and Seismicity
Download lecture 3: Seismotectonics of Southeast Asia
with special reference to Sri Lanka
Download lecture 4: Theoretical Seismology 1: Sources
Day Two: Seismic Theory and Applications.
Download lecture 5: Theoretical Seismology 2: Wave Propagation
Download lecture 6: Structure and Interpretation of Seismograms 1: Waveforms and Hypocentral Locations.
Download document: Seimic Waves and Earthquake Location
Download lecture 7: Structure and Interprestation of Seismograms 2: Magnitude and Source Mechanisms.
Download document: Earthquake magnitude, Intensity, Energy, Power Law Relations and Source Mechanism.
Download lecture 8: Review of the great Sumatra-Andaman Islands earthquake
Day Three: Global and Local Seismic networks, Instrumentation and Seismic data Analysis.
Download lecture 9: Forecasting Earthquakes
Download lecture 10: Instrumentation, Recording systems
Data transmission & Archiving
Download lecture 11: Global and Local Arrays
Download lecture 12: Damaging Effects of Earthquakes
Day Four: Earthquake Hazard Assessment and Conclusion of Seismology Training, Introduction to Tsunami.
Download lecture 13: Earthquake Hazard Assessment
Download lecture 14: Challenges in Observational Seismology in the Indian Ocean
Download lecture 15: Review of the Seismology component of the training course
Download lecture 16: Web Resources for Earthquake Information
Download lecture 17: Tsunami Generation
and Propagation
Day Five: Seismology, Tsunamis and Tsunamis Warnings in Sri Lanka, Summary, Discussion, Recommendations and Conclusions.
Download lecture 18: Developing a Global Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System: From Commitment to Action
Download lecture 19: Status of Seismic Monitoring at the USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Download lecture 20: Indian Ocean Bathymetry
Download lecture 21: Management of the Organization for Sustainable Operation of the Tsunami Early Warning System
Download lecture 22: Interim Warning Procedures and the
Communication Plan for the Interim Tsunami Advisory Information Service
Download lecture 23: Structural Response to Tsunami Loading
Download lecture 24: Hazard Reduction Strategy:
Warning Guidance
Download lecture 25: NDMO Case Study: HAWAII, USA. Emergency Response
and Tsunami Preparedness
Download lecture 26:
Ranet, Dissemination and Communication of Environmental Information
Download lecture 27: Three Basic Warning Needs
Download lecture 28: IOC Products and Services
Download lecture 29: Disaster Management Centre, Sri Lanka
Download lecture 30: Tsunami Early Warning System, Sri Lanka
Download lecture 1: Introduction to Earthquake Science, Historical Perspective
Download lecture 2: Theoretical Seismology 1: Sources
Download lecture 3: Tsunami Response, Preparedness and Mitigation in Thailand
Download lecture 4: Seismic Waves and Earthquake Location
Download lecture 5: Theoretical Seismology 2: Wave Propagation
Download lecture 6: Seismiscity in Sumatra-Andaman, Seismic Belt during 1960-2005
Download lecture 7: Damaging Effects of Earthquakes
Download lecture 8: Global and Local Arrays
Download lecture 9: Instrumentation, Recording systems
Data transmission & Archiving
Download lecture 10: Active Fault Research in Thailand
Download lecture 11: Forecasting Earthquakes
Download lecture 12: Challenges in observational seismology with
special reference to the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Islands earthquake
Download lecture 13: Web resources
Download lecture 14: Summary of seismology component of the course
Download lecture 15: Tsunami Warning Center Operations
(Local Tsunami)
Download lecture 16: Seismic and Sea Level Monitoring and Analysis Procedures
Download lecture 17: Guiding Principles of the
Richard H. Hagemeyer Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
Download lecture 18: Three Basic Warnings Needs
Download lecture 19: Data Processing for National Tsunami Warning Center in Japan
Download lecture 20: Numerical Modeling:
What, Why, and How
Day One: Introduction to Earthquakes and the Tectonic Situation in Indonesia.
Download lecture 1: History of Seismology
Download lecture 2: Theorical Seismology 1 :
Media and Seismic Tomography
Download lecture 3: The Earth’s Structure and Seismicity
Download lecture 4: Sources of Tsunami
Download lecture 5: Overview of the U.S. Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System (IOTWS) Program
Day Two: Seismic Theory and Applications
Download lecture 6: Earthquakes Around the World
Download lecture 7: Theoretical Seismology: Wave Propagation
Download lecture 8: Seismic Waves and Earthquake Location
Download lecture 9: Damaging Effects of Earthquakes
Download lecture 10: The Discovery of the Earth: The Quest to Understand the Interior of our Planet
Day Three: Global and Local Seismic networks, Instrumentation and Seismic Data Analysis.
Download lecture 11: Earthquake Magnitude, Intensity, Energy,
Power Law Relations and Source Mechanism
Download lecture 12: Instrumentation, Recording systems
Data transmission & Archiving
Download lecture 13: Global and Local Arrays
Download lecture 14: Forecasting Earthquakes
Day Four, Five and Six: IRIS Instrumentation Training, Portable Broadband Seismology.
Download lecture 15: Introduction
Download lecture 16: Functions of an Instrument Center
Download lecture 17: Data Acquisition System Overview
Download lecture 18: Seismometer Overview
Download lecture 19: Communication Options
Download lecture 20: Power Systems
Download lecture 21: Seismic Vaults for Temporary
Installations
Download lecture 22: Best Field Practices
Download lecture 23: Sensor Quality Control
Download lecture 1: The Plate Tectonics and Seismicity
Download lecture 2: Theoretical Seismology 1: Sources
Download lecture 3: Theoretical Seismology 2: Wave Propagation
Download lecture 4: Forecasting Earthquakes
Download lecture 5: Earthquake Location
Download lecture 6: Focal Mechanism Solutions
Download lecture 7: Damaging Effects of Earthquakes
Download lecture 8: Global and Local Arrays
Download lecture 9: Tsunami Science: Sources, Generation, Propagation, Flooding
Download lecture 10: Instrumentation, Recording systems
Data transmission & Archiving
Download lecture 11: IOC Capacity Building: TsunamiTeacher 1
Download lecture 12: IOC Capacity Building: TsunamiTeacher 2
Download lecture 13: Tsunami Warning Center Operations
(Local Tsunami)
Download lecture 14: Interim Provision of Tsunami Watch Information for the Indian Ocean Countries
Download lecture 15: Table-Top Exercise: Indian Ocean Scenario
Indonesia Source
Download lecture 16: Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center
Download lecture 17: Early Warning Systems Tsunami Warning Centers Case Study: South China Sea
Download lecture 18: Why is a Tsunami a Hazard?
Download lecture 19: Numerical Modelling:
What, Why, and How
Download lecture 20: Hazard Reduction Strategy:
Assessment
Download lecture 21: NDMO Case Study: Hawaii, USA Emergency Response and Tsunami Preparedness
Afghanistan is located in a tectonically active region where ongoing deformation has generated
rugged mountainous terrain, and where large earthquakes occur frequently. These earthquakes can
cause damage, not only from strong ground shaking and surface rupture, but also from liquefaction
and from extensive land sliding. The Magnitude 6.1 earthquake of March 25, 2002 highlighted the
vulnerability of communities to such hazard and resulted on over 1000 fatalities.
To prevent loss of life and destruction of property, and mitigate against catastrophic
economic impacts, the people of the Caribbean region have an immediate need for a
Coastal Hazards Warning System linked to the soon-to-be-established Global Earth
Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). The primary purpose of the system will be to provide
timely and accurate forecasts and warnings of coastal flooding and associated hazards due
to tsunami, storm surge and hurricanes.
Considering conclusions reached at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction
(Kobe, Japan, 19–22 January 2005) and UNESCO/IOC call to establish a Global Tsunami
Warning System within the Global System of Systems (Ref. UNESCO DG speech
31.01.2005, Ministerial Meeting on Regional Cooperation on Tsunami Early Warning
Arrangements, Phuket, Thailand), the UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
(IOC) through its IOCARIBE-Sub-Commission and jointly with UN-ISDR, WMO and
UNEP CAR-CU organized the "International Conference for the Development of a
Tsunami and Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean Sea and Adjacent Regions"
in Mexico City, Mexico, from 1 to 3 June 2005. In line with the recommendations of the
Communiqué adopted at this international conference, the 23rd session of the UNESCO/IOC
Assembly adopted IOC Resolution XXIII-13, by which it decided to establish an
Intergovernmental Coordination Group (ICG) for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning
System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions.
This training program in Seismology and Tsunami Warning is an integral part of the effort
to provide technical assistance to the region using an "end-to-end" approach. This approach
involves providing assistance in all stages of hazard mitigation, from identifying
earthquakes and tsunamis to disseminating a warning to the public. The particular focus
of this course is to provide a solid background in seismology, relevant for developing
a tsunami warning system. With this information, participants are, in turn, expected to
educate other members of the community, or be actively engaged in tsunami warning system
efforts.
