Towards the new Thematic Core Service Tsunami within the EPOS Research Infrastructure

Babeyko, Andrey; Lorito, Stefano; Hernandez, Francisco; Lauterjung, Jörn; Løvholt, Finn; Rudloff, Alexander; Sørensen, Mathilde; Androsov, Alexey; Aniel-Quiroga, Inigo; Armigliato, Alberto; Maria Ana Baptista,; Baglione, Enrico; Basili, Roberto; Behrens, Jörn; Brizuela, Beatriz; Bruni, Sergio; Didem Cambaz, M.; Cantavella-Nadal, Juan; Carrilho, Fernando; Chandler, Ian; Chang-Seng, Denis; Charalampakis, Marinos; Cugliari, Lorenzo; Denamiel, Clea; Gözde Güney Dogan,; Festa, Gaetano; Fuhrman, David; Gabriel, Alice-Agnes; Galea, Pauline; Gibbons, Steven J.; Gonzalez, Mauricio; Graziani, Laura; Gutscher, Marc-André; Harig, Sven; Hebert, Helen; Ionescu, Constantin; Jalayer, Fatemeh; Kalligeris, Nikos; Kânoğlu, Utku; Lanucara, Piero; Jorge Macías Sánchez,; Murphy, Shane; Necmioğlu, Öcal; Omira, Rachid; Papadopoulos, Gerassimos A.; Paris, Raphaël; Romano, Fabrizio; Rossetto, Tiziana; Selva, Jacopo; Scala, Antonio; Tonini, Roberto; Trevlopoulos, Konstantinos; Triantafyllou, Ioanna; Urgeles, Roger; Vallone, Roberto; Vilibić, Ivica; Volpe, Manuela; Yalciner, Ahmet C.

doi:10.4401/ag-8762

Tsunamis constitute a significant hazard for European coastal populations, and the impact of tsunami events worldwide can extend well beyond the coastal regions directly affected. Understanding the complex mechanisms of tsunami generation, propagation, and inundation, as well as managing the tsunami risk, requires multidisciplinary research and infrastructures that cross national boundaries. Recent decades have seen both great advances in tsunami science and consolidation of the European tsunami research community. A recurring theme has been the need for a sustainable platform for coordinated tsunami community activities and a hub for tsunami services. Following about three years of preparation, in July 2021, the European tsunami community attained the status of Candidate Thematic Core Service (cTCS) within the European Plate Observing System (EPOS) Research Infrastructure. Within a transition period of three years, the Tsunami candidate TCS is anticipated to develop into a fully operational EPOS TCS. We here outline the path taken to reach this point, and the envisaged form of the future EPOS TCS Tsunami. Our cTCS is planned to be organised within four thematic pillars: (1) Support to Tsunami Service Providers, (2) Tsunami Data, (3) Numerical Models, and (4) Hazard and Risk Products. We outline how identified needs in tsunami science and tsunami risk mitigation will be addressed within this structure and how participation within EPOS will become an integration point for community development.

Towards the new Thematic Core Service Tsunami within the EPOS Research Infrastructure / Andrey Babeyko, Stefano Lorito, Francisco Hernandez, Jörn Lauterjung, Finn Løvholt, Alexander Rudloff, Mathilde Sørensen, Alexey Androsov, Inigo Aniel-Quiroga, Alberto Armigliato, Maria Ana Baptista, Enrico Baglione, Roberto Basili, Jörn Behrens, Beatriz Brizuela, Sergio Bruni, M. Didem Cambaz, Juan Cantavella-Nadal, Fernando Carrilho, Ian Chandler, Denis Chang-Seng, Marinos Charalampakis, Lorenzo Cugliari, Clea Denamiel, Gözde Güney Dogan, Gaetano Festa, David Fuhrman, Alice-Agnes Gabriel, Pauline Galea, Steven J. Gibbons, Mauricio Gonzalez, Laura Graziani, Marc-André Gutscher, Sven Harig, Helen Hebert, Constantin Ionescu, Fatemeh Jalayer, Nikos Kalligeris, Utku Kânoğlu, Piero Lanucara, Jorge Macías Sánchez, Shane Murphy, Öcal Necmioğlu, Rachid Omira, Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos, Raphaël Paris, Fabrizio Romano, Tiziana Rossetto, Jacopo Selva, Antonio Scala, Roberto Tonini, Konstantinos Trevlopoulos, Ioanna Triantafyllou, Roger Urgeles, Roberto Vallone, Ivica Vilibić, Manuela Volpe, Ahmet C. Yalciner. - In: ANNALS OF GEOPHYSICS. - ISSN 2037-416X. - ELETTRONICO. - 65:2(2022), pp. 1-21. [10.4401/ag-8762]