The Agency for International Development (AID), Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) has commissioned the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PHEL) to conduct a pilot project (titled THRUST). AID is authorized by the U.S. Congress to help alleviate suffering from diasters in foreign countries by providing emergency relief and strengthening the ability of developing nations to cope with disasters by increased reliance on their own resources. Helping host countries achieve adequate levels of preparedness and early warning capabilities represents OFDh's principal focus in disaster preventicn and mitigation. The purpose of the THRUST (Tsunami Hazard Reduction Using Satellite Technology) project has been to examine existing technology and to ascertain if an early warning system can be designed that would fill the 'gap' in nations with minimal or no regional warning system. Specifically, the objectives are to design, assemble, test, install and evaluate a system that can deliver early warnings to a developing country (Bernard et dl., 1982). Before a country could be selected, it had to meet certain criteria. Those criteria were: (1) potential threat due to a tsunami, (2) existing tsunami warning infrastructure compatible with the system technology concept, (3) access to the GOES satellite system, (4) national commitment to the program, and (5) categorized by AID as a developing country. Chile, which met all the above criteria, was selected as the country in which the THRUST project would occur. The pilot system will be used for the valparaiso/vina del Mar areas of Chile. An early warning system would prove to be very beneficial to this large population center.


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    Title :

    Thrust: Second Annual Report


    Contributors:
    E. N. Bernard (author) / R. R. Behn (author)

    Publication date :

    1983


    Size :

    79 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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