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PDC Mission …

Provide

applied

information research and analysis

support for the development of more effective

policies, institutions, programs

and information

products for the disaster management and
humanitarian assistance

communities of the Asia Pacific
region and beyond.

Hawaii, Alaska, and the
Pacific and Indian Ocean Regions

•

38% of World’s Disasters

•

80% of World’s Casualties

The PDC Is …

•

A center created to establish

access

to new and more effective

information resources

supporting all levels of emergency

management.

•

An information resource and technology applications center
providing products and services to the

emergency

management

agencies and organizations in the Pacific.

•

Since 2001, run as Cooperative Agreement (CA), enabling the
Center to enter into contractual agreements and develop

externally funded

projects, augmenting its capabilities and

expanding its constituencies. UH is the Managing Partner (06).

Building a Bridge

Peer Review

Science

Community

The Public

Decision

Makers

Audience

Comfort with uncertainty

Vocabulary

Associations

High

Low

Complex

Simple

Technical

Groups

Very

Public

Integrating

Information, Science,

Technology

Our Center …

Applied Science &
Technology
Information Products
Supporting:

Policy & Decision
Makers,
Disaster Managers
Humanitarian
Assistance

Observation Systems

/Data

Advanced Applications,

Algorithms, Models

GIS

, Visualization and

Display Systems

Improve

Decision-

Support

Capabilities

Communication

Systems

and Networks

Policy & Decision Support

Facilitating the technical and institutional
development of information sharing networks in
support of decision and policy makers.

Developing new ways of sharing knowledge,
Hosting and participating in regional conferences

Developing a suite of tools and applications to
provide disaster and humanitarian assistance
managers at all levels of decision-making with a
common operating picture

Common Operating Picture

HURRICANE DAVID FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 15
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL EP0402
0000Z WED AUG 29 1979

HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR

13.7N 58.0W AT 29/0000Z

POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NM

PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 11
KT
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 942 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 120 KT WITH GUSTS 135 KT.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT. RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.

REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 13.7N 58.0W AT 29/0000Z
AT 28/2300Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 13.7N 57.0W

FORECAST VALID 29/0600Z 14.2N 59.2W
MAX WIND 120 KT...GUSTS 135 KT.
64 KT... 35NE 35SE 35SW  35NW.
45 KT... 45NE 45SE 45SW  45NW.
34 KT... 135NE 135SE 135SW  135NW.

FORECAST VALID 29/1200Z 14.8N 60.3W
MAX WIND 125 KT...GUSTS 140 KT.
64 KT... 40NE 40SE 40SW  40NW.
50 KT... 50NE 50SE 50SW  50NW.
34 KT... 130NE 130SE 130SW  130NW.

FORECAST VALID 29/1800Z 15.3N 61.6W
MAX WIND 125 KT...GUSTS 140 KT.
64 KT... 40NE 40SE 40SW  40NW.
50 KT... 50NE 50SE 50SW  50NW.
34 KT... 130NE 130SE 130SW  130NW.

REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 15.3N 61.6W

EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE

OUTLOOK VALID 30/0000Z 15.6N 62.8W
MAX WIND 130 KT...GUSTS 145 KT.
64 KT... 50NE 50SE 50SW  50NW.
60 KT... 60NE 60SE 60SW  60NW.
34 KT... 140NE 140SE 140SW  140NW.

Risk & Vulnerability Assessment

Moving from a reactive to a proactive approach to
emergency management

Improved capability to predict levels of damage, and
the economical and social impacts of different
disaster types

Tsunami Visualization

Coastal Flooding

Earthquake Risk

Storm Risk

Tsunami Risk

Vulnerability Analysis (Mitigation)

Literacy

Electricity

Infant Mortality

Disaggregated GDP

Exposure

Sensitivity

Resilience

Vulnerability Surface

(Most Vulnerable Areas)

Institutional Capacity Development

Bridging the gap between the users and the
developers of information resources,
technologies, and assessments.
Enhance regional capacity in addressing natural
and non-natural disasters affecting

Institutions
Infrastructure
Information Resources

• Hawaii Remote Info Svc
• National Disaster Warning Center, Thailand
• Hawaii State Civil Defense

Humanitarian Assistance

Assisting the United States and the
international community in support of
humanitarian relief activities

US State Department Humanitarian Information Unit (HIU)

Afghanistan

Indian Ocean Tsunami

Afghanistan’s Refugee Camps
In the PDC’s Geospatial
Database & Viewer