Introduction - Tsunami Warning and Preparedness - page 9

TAB LE 1.1 Tsunami Program Matrix
Line Ofices

Tsunami
Program
Capabilities NWS OAR NOS NESDIS OMAO

Hazard
Assessment

Modeling and Mapping (tsunami source, propagation, coastal elevations, and
inundation)
Assessments (exposure and vulnerability, historical event records, social and
economic impacts)

Warning
Guidance

Earthquake
Detection

Sea level
Monitoring,
Inundation
Detection

Geophysical and
Oceanographic
Data Management
and Long-Term
Archive

Detections
System
O and M
Support

Bottom
Pressure
(Tsunami)
Detection

Water Current
and Geodetic
Reference

Aerial
and Ship
Coastal
Survey

Data
Management
and
Communication

Ocean-Data Management and
Communications

Warning and
Forecast
Analysis and
Notiication

Warning
and Forecast
Development

Mitigation
and
Preparedness

Coordination (Federal-State-Local-Tribal) for Community-Based
Education, Outreach, and Planning
Capacity Building; Standards and Guidelines; Coastal Resilience
Hazard Awareness and Integrated Coastal Area Management
Technology Transfer, Transition,

and Training
Tsunami Science, Modeling and Mapping, Sensors, Detection and Prediction, Ocean
Exploration

Research

Inter-governmental (IOC, WMO, ISDR, GEO…): a Hazard Mapping,
Technology Transfer and Education, Data/Information Exchange,
Observations and Communication, Standards and Policy
Interagency (USGS, FEMA, NSF, DOS/USAID): b Hazard and Risk
Assessment, Coastal-Ocean Observations, Data Management, Direct
Foreign Assistance, Capacity Building, and Foreign Policy
a IOC: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission; WMO: World Meteorological Ofice; ISDR: Interna-
tional Strategy for Disaster Reduction; GEO: Group on Earth Observations.
b USGS: U.S. Geological Survey; FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency; DOS: Department of State;
USAID: U.S. Agency for International Development.
SOURCE: Data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2008a.

International
Coordination