With use of modern computing power, advanced sensor networks and information technologies, a project is underway to establish a new system of real-time tsunami inundation forecasting, damage estimation, mapping and robust information dissemination to enhance society’s resilience in the aftermath of major tsunami disaster. The system consists of fusion of real-time crustal deformation monitoring/fault model estimation, high-performance real-time tsunami propagation/inundation modeling with Tohoku University’s vector supercomputer SX-ACE, damage/loss estimation model, geo-informatics and information technologies.

The results are disseminated as mapping products to responders and stakeholders, e.g. national and regional municipalities, to be utilized for their emergency/response activities. In 2014, the system is verified through the case studies of 2011 Tohoku event and potential earthquake scenarios along Nankai Trough with regard to its capability and robustness.

Consortium Member

• International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku Univ.
• Cyberscience Center, Tohoku Univ.
• Research Center for Prediction of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku Univ.
• KOKUSAI KOGYO CO., LTD
• NEC Corporation
• Hitachi Zosen Corporation
• Hitachi, Ltd.
• NTT Communications Corporation
• NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATION SHIZUOKA BRANCH
• Research Organization of Electrical Communication (ROEC), Tohoku University
• Resilient ICT Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
• University of Tokyo