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- Focuses on the accomplishments of a single program in the US to reduce the impacts of tsunamis to threatened communities
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Eddie Bernard has served as Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) since 1982, where he leads a staff of 175 scientists, engineers, and technical support specialists in oceanographic research related to El Ninos, fisheries/ climate interactions, impact of underwater volcanoes on the oceans, and tsunami. Since receiving his Ph.D. in physical oceanography in 1976, he has published over 70 scientific/technical articles on tsunamis and other oceanographic topics. During his 34 year career in NOAA, he has also sailed on oceanographic research vessels and directed the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. In 1997 he was elected the first Chair of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program- a five state, three agency partnership to reduce the impact of tsunamis on US coastlines. In 2002 he received the prestigious Presidential Rank Award from President Bush for his exceptional service to the public.
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Book Title: Developing Tsunami-Resilient Communities
Book Subtitle: The National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program
Editors: E. N. Bernard
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3607-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3353-7Published: 24 March 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-8905-0Published: 16 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3607-1Published: 11 August 2005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 184
Additional Information: Reprinted from NATURAL HAZARDS, 35:1 (2005)
Topics: Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Popular Science in Nature and Environment, Social Sciences, general, Science Education, Oceanography