Transcript All-Hazards/Threat Nonfiction System

A “Next-Generation” Seismic Hazards
Alert/Analysis Tool for the Modern EOC
Disaster Resistant California 2004
Hugo Rico Jr.
Project Coordinator
Margaret Vinci
Mgr. Earthquake Programs
[email protected]
[email protected]
The CISN – Who we are?
Founding Members
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OES
USGS
CGS
UC Berkeley
Caltech
Contributing
Members
– Other Universities
– Regional Utilities
– Other Gov.
Agencies
ANSS Member
– CA Component of
Nationwide Initiative
http://www.cisn.org
Motivation of a better tool?
Replace Aging
CUBE/REDI system
– Low throughput
– No Internet
connectivity
– DOS only
– Aging hardware
– Not scaleable
Develop better tools
for Emergency
Managers
The CISN Display – Its Benefits
Seismic hazards
alert tool for the
modern EOC
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Scaleable
Redundant
Persistent
Highly configurable
Automated
Platform
Independent
– Integrated
The CISN Display – How does it work?
Client requests a connection – Port 443
Client redirected to an ‘Event Channel’ - Port 443
Subscribes to ‘Event Channel’ - Port 80
QuakeWatch
Server
CISN Display
Client
Internet
Minicomputer
The CISN Display – How does it work?
Subscribes to ‘Event Channel’ - Port 80
Earthquake/Product Message!
Client may go out-of-band and retrieve information
Internet
Minicomputer
Firewall
Product
Generators
The CISN Display – What it delivers
Products it will
provide
– Focal
Mechanisms/
Moment Tensors
– Waveform Traces
– CIIM pages (Felt
Reports)
– ShakeMap
– Hazus shapefiles*
– Station Lists*
CISN Display - Obstacles to its Release
Geographically Dispersed QWServers
Client to Server Login/Authentication
Adequate User Documentation
Compile a GIS Library
Other Improvements
Addressing “firewall problem” issues
The CISN Display - System Requirements
Hardware (Minimum recommended)
– CPU: PIII, 1 GHz
– RAM: 384 MB or Higher
System Software
– Any OS w/ JAVA (JRE 1.4.X or higher) installed
Network Connectivity
– IP address (Registered or Private)
– Access to our QuakeWatch Servers on ports 80/443
or 39 without Proxy Server
Client Software
– CISN Display
CISN Display User
– Familiarity with their resident operating system
Thank You