The international scientific community has chosen the National Center for Marine Information Services (INCOIS) to adopt a submarine cable initiative to conduct long-term observations in the Indian Ocean.
The multi-parameter observatory of submarine cables is located west of Vendor in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The infrastructure will include two scientific nodes along the cable, equipped with oceanographic and geophysical sensors located at depths of 2,000 to 2,500 meters.
Incois Director TM Balakrishnan Nair said the lifting and landing station will be established at an observatory in Wandoor and a real-time data acquisition and monitoring center will be set up at the Institute’s headquarters in Hyderabad.
The observatory is expected to play a transformative role in understanding the agitation taking place in the ocean, including seismic activity and the potential to trigger tsunamis. He said it will also study various oceanographic, geophysical parameters for climate research and operational applications related to tsunami and storm wave warning systems.
Ocean Ten Year Tsunami Plan
Incois, working under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MOES), has been selected to serve as three of the 10 major research projects of the Ocean Decade Tsunami Program (ODTP) by France-based UNESCO (IOC).
The program aims to expand understanding of past or potential sources of tsunamis, study the impact on critical infrastructure and marine assets, and how to minimize them by improving monitoring and warnings.
Dr. Nair will also be responsible for another project called the Central Tsunami to improve disaster risk knowledge, improve detection, observation and forecasting, communicate progress and increase preparation to improve disaster risk knowledge, improve disaster risk knowledge, improve disaster risk knowledge, and improve disaster risk knowledge.
Part of this study is to establish a knowledge base for tsunami sources in the Indian Ocean, to quickly characterize source by incorporating land survey data and facilitating predictions of probabilistic tsunami predictions. He pointed out that the United Nations (United Nations) called for a global coverage early warning system, acknowledging that the tsunami is one of the deadliest natural disasters.
Tsunami ready for Odisha
The third project is the “Ttsunami Preparation Odisha” (TRO) project, which aims to enhance resilience in coastal communities by increasing awareness and preparation for the protection of life, livelihoods and property from the threat of tsunami. This is related to the UNESCO IOC “Tsunami Preparation Accreditation Program” (TRRP) to prepare coastal communities in Odisha to respond to the tsunami and reduce potential losses associated with the Odisha State Disaster Management Agency (OSDMA).
The institute has been providing access to tsunami hazard maps, evacuation and response plans. He said that although two villages were declared ready for the tsunami, there would be at least 20 villages to work there.
Other global organizations at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) of Belgium are various projects under the leadership of ODTP, which is tasked with connecting 1,034 real-time stations to a network of 170 data providers for early warnings.
The University of Hamburg (Germany) is developing a network of experts in the Global Tsunami Model (GTM) and a global real-time alert for the Global Tsunami (Great) at Cardiff (UK).
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