Tsunami Early Warning System

Application Background

Natural disasters such as tsunamis often occur without warning to people living on or close to the coastline. In such circumstances, personal injury and death may occur. Any early warning of an approaching tsunami is very important.
Depending on the coastline, a tsunami may arrive at one location before arriving at another location; hence observation points along the coastline can be equipped with a system to allow an observer to activate notice of an impending tsunami.

Application Detail

Often there will be a central authority which maintains contact with ocean based tsunami monitors and the staff at that central authority may also have knowledge of an approaching tsunami.

Unidata equipment, primarily Neon Remote Loggers can be set up with cell phone or satellite internet connections to provide two specific early warning functions, local activation of an alarm and central activation of an alarm.
For local activation of an alarm on sighting of an approaching tsunami, a person can go to the Tsunami Early Warning Equipment (TEWE) located on or near the shore and operate a button which activates the local alarm siren, strobe light and communicates that alarm to the central Neon Server by cell phone or satellite.

Upon receipt of the alarm at the central location, authorities can then choose to manually activate other TEWE at different locations, perhaps in the same region, to alert the people in the area of the approaching tsunami.
The centrally located system personnel may choose to activate all or a selected regional subset of the remotely located TEWE on advice from other local authorities or a central ocean Tsunami Warning Centre.

The TEWE includes a Neon Remote Logger, a small redundant solar charging system, a redundant battery system, a high power siren, capable of sending an audible warning signal more than 1km away and a high intensity strobe warning light capable of being seen up to 2km away. The TEWE is a complete package, capable of being installed on or close to the coast. The TEWE systems routinely communicate with the central Neon Server to confirm operational status on an hourly basis.

Typical Configuration

Options for Application Specific Instruments / InputsUnidata Part NumberDescription
StrobesCustom PartAs per customer requirements
SirensCustom PartAs per customer requirements

Options for Neon Telemetry - NRL / NRT / RTU / Field UnitsUnidata Part NumberDescription
Industrial (Metal Enc) Neon Remote Logger 16 Channels3016Options Available: 3G/4G Cellular, Ethernet, Inmarsat, Iridium SBD and LoRa
Industrial (Metal Enc) Neon Remote Logger 8 Channels3008Options Available: 3G/4G Cellular, Ethernet, Inmarsat, Iridium SBD and LoRa
Industrial (Metal Enc) Neon Remote Logger 4 Channels3004/3006Options Available: 3G/4G Cellular, Iridium SBD and LoRa
Neon Remote Logger (Polycarbonate Enc) 4 Channels M Series3004M/3006MOptions Available: 3G/4G Cellular, Microsatellite, Iridium SBD and LoRa
Equatorial Orbit Satellite - Inmarsat2018F-AB0-1 or 3NRT Ethernet with single or triple Ethernet Ports with three Li Batteries
NRT Field Termination Strip2103F2018F and 2022 NRT FTS
NRT Firmware Option2303A-8M8M Extended Memory Option
NRT Firmware Option2303A-8M-CAM8M Extended Memory & Serial Camera Option
NRT Firmware Option2303A-CAMSerial Camera Option

Options for Neon Application Software - Customer ServerUnidata Part NumberDescription
Neon Application Software2302ANeon Server Software Licence Incl 5 NAL
Neon Application Software2302A-10Additional 10 NRT Access Licences
Neon Application Software2302A-20Additional 20 NRT Access Licences
Neon Application Software2302A-50Additional 50 NRT Access Licences

Options for Neon Application Software - Unidata ServerUnidata Part NumberDescription
Neon Application Software2301ANeon Data Initial Subscription Setup Fee
Neon Hosting Service2301A-01Neon Data Service Fee for 1-50 NRTs
Neon Hosting Service2301A-02Neon Data Service Fee for 51-100 NRTs
Neon Hosting Service2301A-10Neon Data Service Fee Metering

Options for Conventional Dataloggers / Field UnitsUnidata Part NumberDescription
Neon Remote Logger 16 Analog Channels / Touch Screen Display3016-00016 Ch NRL (Superseded Prologger 7001D)
Neon Remote Logger 8 Analog Channels / Touch Screen Display3008-0008 Ch NRL (Superseded Stalogger 6004D)
Neon Remote Logger 4 Analog Channels / Touch Screen Display3004M-0004 Ch NRL (Superseded Micrologger 8010C)
Starlog V4 Management Software6308A-AUEStarlog V4 Full Licence Key