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The National Center for Meteorology (NCM; Arabic: المركز الوطني للأرصاد) is the national meteorological research and forecasting organization of United Arab Emirates, working under the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (United Arab Emirates) of the United Arab Emirates.
For example, DubaiSat-1 images have been used, to monitor progress on The World megaproject, Palm Islands, and the Al Maktoum International Airport. [9] [10] The United Nations also used DubaiSat-1 images to monitor relief efforts following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. [11] [12] The satellite accommodates two main payloads.
Japan's Earthquake Early Warning system was put to practical use in 2006. The system that warns the general public was installed on October 1, 2007. [25] [26] It was modeled partly on the Urgent Earthquake Detection and Alarm System (UrEDAS ) of Japan Railways, which was designed to enable automatic braking of bullet trains. [27]
Earthquake Network [1] research project that aims to develop and maintain a crowdsourced smartphone-based earthquake warning system at a global level. The system uses the on-board accelerometers in privately owned smartphones of volunteer participants to detect earthquake waves (rather than conventional seismometers ).
An earthquake magnitude should be measured at a 4.5 size for the ShakeAlert system to go into action. Wednesday’s earthquake was originally clocked at 4.7, but later downgraded to 4.2.
The World-Wide Standardized Seismograph Network (WWSSN) – originally the World-Wide Network of Seismograph Stations (WWNSS) [1] – was a global network of about 120 seismograph stations built in the 1960s that generated an unprecedented collection of high quality seismic data. [2]
Logo of the ANSS. The Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) is a collaboration of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and regional, state, and academic partners that collects and analyzes data on significant earthquakes to provide near real-time (generally within 10 to 30 minutes [1]) information to emergency responders and officials, the news media, and the public. [2]
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