Distant early warning System

Project Information

DEWS

Grant agreement ID: 045453

Project closed

Start date 1 February 2007

End date 31 May 2010

Funded under

• Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006).

Total cost € 6 168 624,00

EU contribution € 4 016 865,00

Coordinated by

ATOS ORIGIN SOCIEDAD ANONIMA ESPANOLA
Spain

Objective

The Distant Early Warning System (DEWS) proposal addresses the present major shortcomings and important societal problems related to early warning systems for tsunamis and other coastal hazards. DEWS will develop an innovative platform and services for the disaster management cycle between GITEWS hazard detection and warning/alarm. DEWS software will include models for tsunami wave spreading, assessment of vulnerabilities/consequences of natural disasters and systems for monitoring and crisis management, including information and decision support.

Early warning distribution architectures will be developed, including systems for prompt local warning of citizens and managing efficiently tsunami hazards and natural disasters in general. The project will provide an important innovative research contribution and improve EU competitiveness in the crisis management area. DEWS will build on existing capacities, cooperate with other EU research and develop a platform and services, allowing for flexible practical implementation to meet different requirements in countries. DEWS will have interoperability with international cooperation mechanisms, including UNESCO-IOC, to ensure relevance and transferability of results to other tsunami-prone areas.

DEWS will develop integrators for sensors and sensor networks, information logistics and dissemination modules, an early warning and warning distribution system, integrators for systems for local warning of the public, information and decision support products and a service bus. Testing will ensure future implementation and exploitation in different parts of the Indian Ocean Region. End-users will be involved in the development and testing to ensure the practical usefulness of the results. The consortium consists of large and small partners from EU MS and INCO countries, combining qualified technological competence and application experience. Exploitation and dissemination of results will be an important task for the project.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › software
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › sensors › smart sensors
• social sciences › sociology › governance › crisis management
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › physical geography › natural disasters

Programme(s)

• FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006).

Topic(s)

• IST-2005-2.6.5.1.e - Tsunami

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinator

ATOS ORIGIN SOCIEDAD ANONIMA ESPANOLA

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: CALLE DE ALBARRACIN 25 ; 28037 MADRID ; Spain
• Total cost: No data

Participants (18)

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: VIA ZAMBONI 33 ; 40126 BOLOGNA
• Total cost: No data

BADAN METEOROLOGI DAN GEOFISIKA

Indonesia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: JL ANGKASA 1 NO 2, KEMAYORAN ; 10720 JAKARTA
• Total cost: No data

CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY

Thailand

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: HUAY KAEW ROAD 238 ; CHIANG MAI
• Total cost: No data

CITIZEN ALERT SERVICES B.V.

Netherlands

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: SCHEVENINGSEWEG 1 ; 2517KS 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Total cost: No data

DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER PREVENTION AND MITIGATION, MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

Thailand

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 3/12 U-THONG NOK ROAD, DUSIT DISTRICT ; 10300 BANGKOK
• Total cost: No data

DISASTER MANAGEMENT CENTRE

Sri Lanka

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: ROOM 2-222, BMICH, BAUDHALOKA MAWATHA ; COLOMBO 07
• Total cost: No data

ELSAG DATAMAT S.P.A.

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: VIA PUCCINI GIACOMO 2 ; 16154 GENOVA
• Total cost: No data

ENGINEERING - INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA - S.P.A.

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: VIA SAN MARTINO DELLA BATTAGLIA 56 ; 00185 ROMA
• Total cost: No data

GEOFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM POTSDAM

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: TELEGRAFENBERG ; 14473 POTSDAM
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI BANDUNG BHMN

Indonesia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: JL TAMANSARI 64 ; 40132 BANDUNG
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR SCIENCES LIMITED

New Zealand

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 1 FAIRWAY DRIVE, AVALON ; 5040 LOWER HUTT
• Total cost: No data

NATIONAL DISASTER WARNING CENTER

Thailand

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: RATTANATHIBET ROAD BANG KRA SOR MUANG ; 11000 NONTHABURI
• Total cost: No data

NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION

Japan

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 3-1 TENNODAI ; 305-0006 TSUKUBA-SHI
• Total cost: No data

PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY

Thailand

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 15 KANJANAWANICH ROAD HATYAI DISTRICT ; 90110 SONGKHLA
• Total cost: No data

SAAB AKTIEBOLAG

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: BRODERNA UGGLAS GATA ; 58188 LINKOEPING
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SEISMOLOGICAL BUREAU, THAI METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

Thailand

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 4353 SUKHUMVIT ROAD ; 10260 BANGKOK
• Total cost: No data

STATENS RAEDDNINGSVERK

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: RADDNINGSVERKET 1 ; 651 80 KARLSTAD
• Total cost: No data

TEKNILLINEN KORKEAKOULU

Finland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: OTAKAARI 1 ; 02015 ESPOO
• Total cost: No data