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New Delhi, Aug 30 (IBNS) The Indian tsunami early warning centre (ITEWC) will start providing the tsunami warning service bulletins to the Indian Ocean Rim Countries on an operational basis after the Indian Ocean Tsunami drill scheduled for 12 October.
India has been providing IOC benchmarked Level-1 tsunami regional service since July 2008. Subsequently, from May 2011, India started rendering Level-2 tsunami regional service on trial basis to the entire Indian Ocean rim countries.
The Indian tsunami early warning centre (ITEWC) is equipped with world-calss computational, communication and technical support facilities and is considered as one of the most modern tsunami warning centres as on date.
The instrumentation of the ITEWC is built in a way to detect tsunamis originating from both identified tsunamigenic sources in the Indian Ocean and to become world class in respect of the quality of the warning service with minimal false alarm scenario generation possibility.
Through critical monitoring and performance evaluation of the services provided by the ITEWC over the Indian Ocean, the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigations System (ICG/IOTWS) of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Economic Social and Cultural Organization (IOC/UNESCO) has accepted the offer of India to convert/upgrade ITEWC to a status of Regional Tsunami Service Provider (RTSP).
The performance of the ITEWC will then be subjected for continuous scrutiny by an RTSP Task Team duly constituted by the ICG/IOTWS.
India is working together with Indonesia and Australia as well as all other Indian Ocean rim countries as part of the ICG/IOTWS arrangements to provide tsunami early warning services for the entire Indian Ocean Region. INCOIS is in process of establishing a hotline between Police Control Room in Andaman & Nicobar Island and INCOIS for quick dissemination of Tsunami bulletins.
India to provide tsunami warning service bulletins
India has been providing IOC benchmarked Level-1 tsunami regional service since July 2008. Subsequently, from May 2011, India started rendering Level-2 tsunami regional service on trial basis to the entire Indian Ocean rim countries.
The Indian tsunami early warning centre (ITEWC) is equipped with world-calss computational, communication and technical support facilities and is considered as one of the most modern tsunami warning centres as on date.
The instrumentation of the ITEWC is built in a way to detect tsunamis originating from both identified tsunamigenic sources in the Indian Ocean and to become world class in respect of the quality of the warning service with minimal false alarm scenario generation possibility.
Through critical monitoring and performance evaluation of the services provided by the ITEWC over the Indian Ocean, the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigations System (ICG/IOTWS) of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Economic Social and Cultural Organization (IOC/UNESCO) has accepted the offer of India to convert/upgrade ITEWC to a status of Regional Tsunami Service Provider (RTSP).
The performance of the ITEWC will then be subjected for continuous scrutiny by an RTSP Task Team duly constituted by the ICG/IOTWS.
India is working together with Indonesia and Australia as well as all other Indian Ocean rim countries as part of the ICG/IOTWS arrangements to provide tsunami early warning services for the entire Indian Ocean Region. INCOIS is in process of establishing a hotline between Police Control Room in Andaman & Nicobar Island and INCOIS for quick dissemination of Tsunami bulletins.
India to provide tsunami warning service bulletins
