2017 GNSS Tsunami Early Warning System Workshop
Venue: Westin Hotel Sendai, Miyabi Room, 25th Floor
From the first floor lobby, proceed to the elevators on the right to the 25th Floor.
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Tuesday July 25: Setting the Stage
Presentations and discussion of the current state of research in the Application of GNSS Science and Technology for more effective and efficient Tsunami Early Warning Systems.
Morning
08:30-10:00 Plenary Session I
08:30-09:00 Opening Ceremony: Welcome with brief introductions.
09:00 -10:00 Agency Perspectives
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-12:00 Plenary Session II – Capabilities of GNSS Science and Technology
10:15-10:45 Basics of GNSS positioning, and how that shapes the GNSS contribution to tsunami early warning, Jeff Freymuuller, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
10:45-11:15 How the real-time GNSS can contribute to tsunami early warning in association with other geophysical measurements, Yusaku Ohta, Tohoku University
11:15-12:00 Discussion: GNSS Capabilities for TEWS
12:00-13:00 Lunch on your own
Afternoon
13:00-14:30 Plenary Session III - Seismic Source Modeling
13:00-13:30 Spontaneous rupture simulations of large earthquakes for tsunami early warning system, Eiichi Fukuyama, NIED
13:30-14:00 Tsunami Squares Approach to Water Wave Generation and Propagation, Steven Ward, University of California, Santa Cruz
14:00-14:30 Andrew Newman, Georgia Institute of Technology
14:30-14:45 Break
14:45-15:45 Plenary Session III - Tsunami Modeling
14:45-15:15 Rapid tsunami inundation and damage forecasting with precise tsunami source model with GNSS data, Shunichi Koshimura, Tohoku University
15:15-15:30 Connecting earthquake source models to tsunami forecasts, Diego Melgar, University of California, Berkeley
15:30-15:45 GPS-aided tsunami early detection System (GATES)—tsunami source modeling and requirements, Tony Song, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
15:45-17:00 Breakout Sessions
Breakout Groups: Seismology, Tsunami, Landslides, Other
18:00-20:00 Dinner
Evening
20:00-22:00 Informal consultations and planning
Wednesday, July 26: Data Issues
Focuses on data sharing, NGO data, data gaps, and data needs for geodetic and ionospheric observations. Panel discussions and working groups, allowing the identification of challenges.
Morning
08:30-10:00 Plenary Session IV – Real Time Detection of Tsunamis from GNSS derived TEC Perturbations.
08:30-09:00 Advances in Understanding Natural-Hazards-Generated TEC Perturbations Using Ground-Based and Spaceborne Measurements, Attila Komjathy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
09:00-09:30 Real-Time Detection of Tsunami Ionospheric Disturbances with Stand-Alone GNSS Receivers: A Prototype Implementation in the JPL’s GDGPS System, Giorgio Savastano, U. Rome / Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Mattia Crespi, U. Rome
09:30-09:45 Ionospheric detection of tsunami earthquakes: observation, modeling and ideas for future early warning, Giovanni Occhipinti, IPGP
09:45-10:00 Discussion
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-12:00 Plenary Session V - Real Time Earthquake Characterization
10:15-10:45 Real-time high-rate multi-GNSS and its noise characteristics for tsunami early warning over Asia-Pacific regions, Jianghui Geng, GNSS Res. Ctr. ,Wuhan U
10:45-11:15 Global seismic monitoring with real-time GPS, Tim Melbourne, Central Washington U.
11:15-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch on your own
Afternoon
13:00-15:15 Plenary Session VI - GNSS Networks
13:00-13:30 The New Zealand GNSS Network, Elisabetta D’ Anastasio GNS New Zealand
13:30-14:00 GNSS data sharing in the Asia Pacific region: a governmental perspective on progress and challenges, John Dawson, UN-GGIM-AP
14:00-14:15 International Network Capabilities and Challenges, David Phillips, UNAVCO
14:15-14:30 Seismogeodesy applied to large earthquake characterization in Chile, Sebastian Riquelme, University of Chile
14:30-14:45 GNSS waveform tomography, Kristy Tiampo, University of Colorado, Boulder
14:45-15:15 Discussion
15:15-15:30 Break
15:30-17:00 Breakout Sessions
Breakout Groups: Networks, Data, Software
18:00-20:00 Dinner on your own
Evening
20:00-22:00 Informal consultations and planning
Thursday July 27: The Way Forward
Morning
09:00-11:45 Plenary Session
- Plenary Discussion of Workshop report
- Identify membership of the GNNS-TEWS Steering committee
11:45-12:00 Closing ceremony
12:00-13:00 Lunch Advisory Committee only
Afternoon
13:00-17:00 Advisory Committee and Operational Agencies closed meeting
- Future plans actions and commitments
- Assign responsibility for tasks