THE INEXPENSIVE DEVICE FOR SEA LEVEL MEASUREMENTS
A new mareograph device has been designed at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) in order improve the sea level network in use for the Tsunami Hazard monitoring in the Mediterranean Sea and in the North Atlantic area (NEAMTWS area of UNESCO). The instrument has the charac...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:145e91852573492dbe429994ddc376c9 2023-05-15T17:32:49+02:00 THE INEXPENSIVE DEVICE FOR SEA LEVEL MEASUREMENTS A. Annunziato 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/145e91852573492dbe429994ddc376c9 EN eng Tsunami Society International http://www.tsunamisociety.org/344Annunziato.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/8755-6839 8755-6839 https://doaj.org/article/145e91852573492dbe429994ddc376c9 Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol 34, Iss 4, Pp 199-211 (2015) Early Warning Systems Tsunami and Sea Level Measurements Oceanography GC1-1581 article 2015 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T13:43:19Z A new mareograph device has been designed at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) in order improve the sea level network in use for the Tsunami Hazard monitoring in the Mediterranean Sea and in the North Atlantic area (NEAMTWS area of UNESCO). The instrument has the characteristic to be cheap and very effective but its reliability, duration and quality need to be determined and qualified. For this reason a number of experimental campaigns are being conducted, whose first results are presented here. In collaboration with the UNESCO/IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission), responsible of the definition of the Tsunami Warning System of this geographical area, a set of 20 devices has been offered by JRC for a period of 1 year of testing of the devices; the surveys for the installation of the devices is under way and the installation should be completed by the end of 2015. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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A new mareograph device has been designed at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) in order improve the sea level network in use for the Tsunami Hazard monitoring in the Mediterranean Sea and in the North Atlantic area (NEAMTWS area of UNESCO). The instrument has the characteristic to be cheap and very effective but its reliability, duration and quality need to be determined and qualified. For this reason a number of experimental campaigns are being conducted, whose first results are presented here. In collaboration with the UNESCO/IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission), responsible of the definition of the Tsunami Warning System of this geographical area, a set of 20 devices has been offered by JRC for a period of 1 year of testing of the devices; the surveys for the installation of the devices is under way and the installation should be completed by the end of 2015. |
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THE INEXPENSIVE DEVICE FOR SEA LEVEL MEASUREMENTS |
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THE INEXPENSIVE DEVICE FOR SEA LEVEL MEASUREMENTS |
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THE INEXPENSIVE DEVICE FOR SEA LEVEL MEASUREMENTS |
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THE INEXPENSIVE DEVICE FOR SEA LEVEL MEASUREMENTS |
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THE INEXPENSIVE DEVICE FOR SEA LEVEL MEASUREMENTS |
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inexpensive device for sea level measurements |
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Tsunami Society International |
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Science of Tsunami Hazards, Vol 34, Iss 4, Pp 199-211 (2015) |
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