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September 01, 2005
SDSC Supports Tsunami Data Collection
More than 20 National Science Foundation-funded scientific reconnaissance teams have gone to work in Asia capturing data from 2004's terrible Tsunami -- the deadliest in recorded history. The information collected will be preserved, curated and used by researchers to better understand the far-ranging impact of tsunamis on communities, buildings, ecology and people.
The research is being led by San Diego Supercomputer Center's Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Cyberinfrastructure Center (NEESit) team. This group operates and supports an extensive central information technology infrastructure for earthquake scientists and researchers.
"The teams are working with regional partners to gather and translate data in support of research projects aimed at better understanding the impact of this unique event." said Anke Kamrath, director of NEESit. "We're looking forward to capturing and preserving these findings to support research endeavors on this tsunami which may continue for decades or even centuries from now."
More than 20 teams were deployed from the NSF looking at many types of impact the tsunami had on the world. Six teams focused on collecting social, environmental, geological and ecological data. They spent several months in the region. Below are details on the half-dozen teams:
- Team 1 collected social data from survivors along the Andaman coast in Thailand -- one of the most severely hit areas -- to understand human behavior and responses to the recent Tsunami.
- Team 2 focused on social data on the recovery process in Southern Thailand. This data will be used in models to test the hypothesis of coupling between physical and social systems and how this relates to tourism.
- Team 3 studied government and non-government responses to body recovery, identification and disposal of deceased victims and how this compares to traditional Western methods.
- Team 4 collected census data, local government records and household interviews and remote sensing data such as satellite images. They will also address the gaps in scientific research on social and physical vulnerability assessments.
- Team 5 studied and provided insight into ecosystem degradation, remote sensing as a research tool and environmental conservation as a mitigation strategy.
- Team 6 collected a variety of data such as tsunami deposits, paleo-tsunami data, sedimentology data, fishing records, interviews and plans for recovery.
The teams were comprised of researchers from University of Southern California, University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of Albany, Millersville University, Texas A&M, University of North Carolina, University of Pennsylvania and the University of Oregon. Their data will be made public through the NEES tsunami data repository, which is targeted for deployment at tsunami.nees.org in 2006.
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