THE FRENCH TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN AND NORTHEAST ATLANTIC: CENALT

CENALT (CENtre d’ALerte aux Tsunamis) is responsible for the French National Tsunami Warning Centre (NTWC). The CENALT is established in the framework of the Unesco/IOC/ICG/NEAMTWS. Its objective is to transmit a warning message in less than fifteen minutes for any events that could trigger a tsunam...

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Main Authors: H. Hébert, J. Guilbert, A. Gailler, P. Duperray, P. Arnoul, N. Alabrune, R. Bossu, F. Schindelé, P. Roudil, A. Loevenbruck
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Tsunami Society International 2013
Subjects:
Tsunami
warning
centre
France
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Oceanography
GC1-1581
Northeast Atlantic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/6b700fa0b98148db9614788e542deb7c
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Summary:CENALT (CENtre d’ALerte aux Tsunamis) is responsible for the French National Tsunami Warning Centre (NTWC). The CENALT is established in the framework of the Unesco/IOC/ICG/NEAMTWS. Its objective is to transmit a warning message in less than fifteen minutes for any events that could trigger a tsunami in the Western Mediterranean Sea and the North- Eastern Atlantic Ocean. The data collected from French installations and from institutions of European and North African countries is processed with software that permits early epicenter location of seismic events and measurements of expected tsunami impacts on the shore. On-duty analysts revise interactively all the generated information and use references of historical tsunami and earthquake databases - as well as computed tsunami scenarios – in order to disseminate the more comprehensive message possible.

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