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An operational multiscale system for hazards prediction, mapping, and response

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  • David Bacon
  • Nash’at Ahmad
  • Thomas Dunn
  • Michael Monteith
  • Ananthakrishna Sarma

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By definition, a crisis is a situation that requires assistance to be managed. Hence, response to a crisis involves the merging of local and non-local emergency response personnel. In this situation, it is critical that each participant: (1) know the roles and responsibilities of each of the other participants; (2) know the capabilities of each of the participants; and (3) have a common basis for action. For many types of natural disasters, this entails having a common operational picture of the unfolding events, including detailed information on the weather, both current and forecasted, that may impact on either the emergency itself or on response activities. The Consequences Assessment Tool Set (CATS) is a comprehensive package of hazard prediction models and casualty and damage assessment tools that provides a linkage between a modeled or observed effect and the attendant consequences for populations, infrastructure, and resources, and, hence, provides the common operational picture for emergency response. The Operational Multiscale Environment model with Grid Adaptivity (OMEGA) is an atmospheric simulation system that links the latest methods in computational fluid dynamics and high-resolution gridding technologies with numerical weather prediction to provide specific weather analysis and forecast capability that can be merged into the geographic information system framework of CATS. This paper documents the problem of emergency response as an end-to-end system and presents the integrated CATS–OMEGA system as a prototype of such a system that has been used successfully in a number of different situations. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2008

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  • David Bacon & Nash’at Ahmad & Thomas Dunn & Michael Monteith & Ananthakrishna Sarma, 2008. "An operational multiscale system for hazards prediction, mapping, and response," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 44(3), pages 317-327, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:44:y:2008:i:3:p:317-327
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9132-3
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