scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF A SENSOR-BASED DIKE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR COASTAL DIKES

2017 ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verena Krebs ◽  
Till Quadflieg ◽  
Christian Grimm ◽  
Max Schwab ◽  
Holger Schüttrumpf
Keyword(s):  
Early Warning ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Coastal Protection ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Wave Load ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research Project

Sea and estuarine dikes are one of the most important structures when it comes to coastal protection in Germany. Therefore, the implementation of sea dike monitoring systems is of great value to improve the reliability of flood protection. The interdisciplinary research project, EarlyDike, attempts to develop an innovative early warning system, which works not only based on water level forecasts, but also considers wave load, improved storm surge monitoring, and inner dike conditions. The implementation of a web-based Geo-Portal, which integrates the information generated by sensors and numerical simulations, enables decision makers to access reliable real-time data. Thereby, the intended sensor- and risk-based early warning system allows in time warnings and improves present disaster prevention and management. Objective of this paper is to depict the integration of sensor-based dike monitoring within the project.

The Complexities in Risk Communication for Flood Early Warning System in Nepal and India.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaurab Sagar Dawadi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Communication ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The People ◽  
Vulnerable People ◽  
Awareness Raising

<p>The Early Warning System (EWS)  is recognized as a crucial mechanism for disaster risk reduction. Despite advances in technologies, the biggest shortcoming of EWS is that risk information is still failing to reach the people at risk in developing countries like Nepal and India. This presentation is based on the qualitative analysis of 90 interviews conducted for my Ph.D. thesis, in the Kosi River basin, across the Nepal-India border. Annually the Kosi River and its tributaries cause widespread flooding and inundation in Nepal and India. Recently, significant advancements have occurred in the sector of risk communication for Flood-EWS in Nepal and India. Government institutions use mobile text messages, web-based Apps, flood bulletins, and other measures to inform people about the flood. Despite the efforts, significant challenges were observed in the information outreach, especially to the women and vulnerable people living in the study area. Challenges were also identified in understanding the received text messages by flood vulnerable people, and spatially relating the information about river depth for their evacuation decision.  Recommendations were made for inclusive and people-centered EWS based on Impact based forecasting as well as on awareness-raising activities through mobile applications.</p>

scholarly journals Near real-time GPS applications for tsunami early warning systems

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Falck ◽  
M. Ramatschi ◽  
C. Subarya ◽  
M. Bartsch ◽  
A. Merx ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Tide Gauge ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Tsunami Early Warning ◽  
Land Mass

Abstract. GPS (Global Positioning System) technology is widely used for positioning applications. Many of them have high requirements with respect to precision, reliability or fast product delivery, but usually not all at the same time as it is the case for early warning applications. The tasks for the GPS-based components within the GITEWS project (German Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System, Rudloff et al., 2009) are to support the determination of sea levels (measured onshore and offshore) and to detect co-seismic land mass displacements with the lowest possible latency (design goal: first reliable results after 5 min). The completed system was designed to fulfil these tasks in near real-time, rather than for scientific research requirements. The obtained data products (movements of GPS antennas) are supporting the warning process in different ways. The measurements from GPS instruments on buoys allow the earliest possible detection or confirmation of tsunami waves on the ocean. Onshore GPS measurements are made collocated with tide gauges or seismological stations and give information about co-seismic land mass movements as recorded, e.g., during the great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 2004 (Subarya et al., 2006). This information is important to separate tsunami-caused sea height movements from apparent sea height changes at tide gauge locations (sensor station movement) and also as additional information about earthquakes' mechanisms, as this is an essential information to predict a tsunami (Sobolev et al., 2007). This article gives an end-to-end overview of the GITEWS GPS-component system, from the GPS sensors (GPS receiver with GPS antenna and auxiliary systems, either onshore or offshore) to the early warning centre displays. We describe how the GPS sensors have been installed, how they are operated and the methods used to collect, transfer and process the GPS data in near real-time. This includes the sensor system design, the communication system layout with real-time data streaming, the data processing strategy and the final products of the GPS-based early warning system components.

scholarly journals A Framework of Evaluating Food Security and Nutrition Monitoring Systems

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 01-26
Author(s):  
Babu Suresh ◽  
◽  
A. Ergeneman
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Security Monitoring ◽  
Nutrition Monitoring ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Food Security And Nutrition

Identifying cost and time-efficient approaches to food security and nutrition monitoring programs is fundamental to increasing the utility and sustainability. Food security and nutrition monitoring systems should be periodically evaluated to ensure that their objectives are met, and re-oriented towards the changing information needs for food policy interventions. In meeting these challenges, the role of continued evaluation of food security monitoring systems - for their impact on food security decision-making - cannot be overemphasized. The linkage between the information generated by these systems, planning and policy processes to improve food security remains weak in several sub-Saharan African countries. This paper aims at developing a framework for evaluating food security and nutrition monitoring systems. Among the criteria used for evaluation are the capacity for data processing, analysis and, reporting, timely generation of information, commitment of decision makers and cost-effectiveness. Using this framework, the paper evaluates the National Early Warning System (NEWS) and the Famine Early Warning System (FEWS) programs in Uganda, to gain useful lessons for other countries in sub-Saharan Africa. A majority of food security monitoring systems continues to be based on macro-level information and operated at the national level. Future challenges in addressing household food security will require devolution of the process of food security monitoring and intervention systems to decentralized levels. The authors also find that a sound food security and nutrition monitoring system is simple, user-driven and has the commitment of relevant decision-makers, who will use the information in planning and policy design. The paper stresses that frequent evaluation of the methods and systems of monitoring food security is essential for sustaining the commitment of decisionmakers. Also, ongoing assessments will facilitate existing monitoring systems to develop into ones that encompass the sphere of livelihood security. The use of the livelihood approach in food security monitoring in turn will support preventive and proactive solutions, rather than curative approaches to food insecurity.

RSV-Prevention in Children Guided by a Web-Based Early Warning System

2005 ◽  
Vol 217 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. I. Weigl ◽  
W. Puppe ◽  
C. U. Meyer ◽  
R. Berner ◽  
J. Forster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Warning ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Web Based

scholarly journals PENGARUH EDUKASI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (EWS) TERHADAP RESPON TIME PERAWAT DI IGD BRSUD KABUPATEN TABANAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 358-363
Author(s):  
Ni Made Budiari ◽  
I Made Dwie Pradnya Susila ◽  
Gede Arya Bagus Arisudhana
Keyword(s):  
Response Time ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Process Indicator ◽  
Computerized System

Emergency patient care is a service that requires immediate service, namely fast, precise, and accurate to prevent death or disability. One of the indicators of service quality is in the form of response time, which is a process indicator to achieve the outcome indicator, namely survival. To achieve a fast response time, a systematic approach system is needed in dealing with patients who experience emergencies, one of which is by using the Early Warning System (EWS). This study aims to determine the effect of early warning system education on the response time of nurses in Emergency Room Tabanan Hospital. This study used an experimental method with a pre-experimental design (one-group pre-test-posttest design) involving 39 samples selected by total sampling technique. Data collection in providing EWS education is in the form of modules, and the research material is in the form of a clock used to measure the response time. Data analysis uses a computerized system with univariate and bivariate analysis. This study showed that the response time for nurses before the early warning system education was fast, namely 15 (39.5%). Most of the nurses' response time after the early warning system education was 26 (66.7%). The results of this study can be concluded that there is an effect of early warning system nurse education on the response time of nurses with a significance value (p) of 0.000.

scholarly journals Life Under Coronavirus: Children’s Views on their Experiences of their Human Rights

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-285
Author(s):  
Laura Lundy ◽  
Bronagh Byrne ◽  
Katrina Lloyd ◽  
Michelle Templeton ◽  
Nicolas Brando ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
To Come ◽  
Children’S Views ◽  
Do So ◽  
Public Bodies

Abstract Children have a right to have their views sought and given due weight on all matters affecting them, including at times of emergency and crisis. This article describes the process and findings of the ground-breaking CovidUnder19 survey (“Life Under Coronavirus”) which was co-designed with children for children, capturing the experiences of over 26,000 children in 137 countries as to the realisation of their human rights during the first six months of the covid-19 pandemic. Key findings are discussed through the lens of the crc’ s four general principles, read alongside children’s rights, inter alia, to education, play and to be protected from harm. It argues that governments and public bodies should have sought children’s views – not just because they were under an obligation to do so – but because such engagement, now and in crises to come, provides an early warning system that enables decision-makers to mitigate some of the adverse consequences of their responses for children and their rights.

The Mexican Early Warning System for Space Weather

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (S335) ◽  
pp. 236-239
Author(s):  
V. De la Luz ◽  
J. A. González-Esparza ◽  
M. Sergeeva ◽  
P. Corona-Romero ◽  
J. Mejía-Ambriz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Space Weather ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Automatic System ◽  
Weather Prediction ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Civil Protection ◽  
Web Page ◽  
Local Current

AbstractEarly Warning of Space Weather phenomena is one of the most important products produced by Mexican Space Weather Service (SCiESMEX). The aim is to deliver a verified warning to Mexican National Center for Disaster Prevention (CENAPRED) as well as to general public in near-real time automatically. First, the international pubic warning (or alert) is produced by Space Weather Prediction Center of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.A. Further, the alert is received by SCiESMEX system, decodified, translated in Spanish and put in the context of local current conditions. The alerts are transformed and validated in agreement to Mexican policies of civil protection and CENAPRED protocols. The automatic system segments the information and delivers the corresponding web- page-alerts, emails, twits, facebook messages and SMS. The latency of the alert is 5 minutes. The code is running since January of 2015 without major interruptions.

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