To cope with the data tsunami Ofcom has drawn up plans to release more radio spectrum and make the industry's use of existing spectrum more efficient.
Based on available data, the tsunami warning center said there is "no destructive threat" to Hawaii, though it warned that some coastal areas could experience larger waves and strong currents.
We'll also need a massive new library of tools to deal with this tsunami of data.
Participants will assess the feasibility of exchanging sea-level data which can confirm the tsunami and provide information on its amplitude although, in the Mediterranean, due to short tsunami waves travel time, it is not always possible to wait for such confirmation before issuing the alert.
As of March 2012, Australia, France, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Turkey and the USA had taken advantage of incorporating CTBTO seismic data into the use of their national tsunami monitoring.
As an indicator, in 2011, about 2.3 gigabytes of IMS primary seismic, auxiliary seismic and hydroacoustic data were sent in near-real time daily to tsunami warning organizations.
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (UNESCO-IOC) is the UN body for ocean science, observations, data and information exchange, and ocean services such as tsunami warning systems.
Also following the 2004 tsunami, UNESCO-IOC and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) agreed to explore the potential of using data from the International Monitoring System (IMS) for tsunami warning purposes.
This fall Portmann will send one to hover over tsunami sensors embedded on the ocean floor to collect data and beam it back to shore.
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Initially the CTBTO authorized the exploratory provision of data from the IMS requested by national authorities and by international tsunami warning organizations that were recognized by UNESCO-IOC.
In March, a 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami caused widespread disruptions to power supplies and network connectivity to data centers across Japan, causing Japanese companies to rethink their traditional disaster recovery strategies.
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Indeed, the fast transmission of data and reactivity of national centres and country focal points are crucial for the effectiveness of the entire tsunami warning system.
In Japan, such contextual use of Big Data enabled officials to stop every bullet train and factory only seconds before the devastating Tohoku earthquake and tsunami struck in 2011.
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