Space-borne tsunami warning system
PAI Brouwer (TU Delft - Biomechanical Engineering)
Mark Visser (External organisation)
RA Molijn (External organisation)
HM Jara Orué (External organisation)
BJA van Marwijk (External organisation)
TCK Bermon (External organisation)
Hans van der Marel (TU Delft - Mathematical Geodesy & Positioning)
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Abstract
In reaction to the devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004, a project team from the faculty of Aerospace Engineering, part of the Delft University of Technology, started to investigate the feasibility of a tsunami global early warning system using reflections of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). A conceptual design of a demonstrator satellite to prove the principles of the Space-borne Tsunami Warning System (STWS) was made. This chapter provides background information about the characteristics and impact of tsunamis, about a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in general, and about the use of GNSS-Reflections (GNSS-R) in detecting disasters, as well as the actual design and a cost estimation for the Space-borne Tsunami Warning System.
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