University experts measure radiation levels in Sendai
(20 Mar 2011) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of city
2. Cyclists on street
3. Pedestrians walking
4. Set up shot of Professor Akira Hasegawa,of the Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering of Tohoku University
5. Hasegawa pointing at a radiation survey meter detector by building entrance
6. Close of radiation detector
7. Tilt down professor demonstrating a radiation detector
8. Close of the detector
9. Zoom in professor holding dust sample on the filter
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Akira Hasegawa, Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering of Tohoku University:
We will quantify the samples, what's kind of nuclearised and how many radioactive material is in the dust.
11. Professor Hirokazu Tamura, Department of Physics of Tohoku University, putting radiation detector on the ground
12. Close-up detector
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Akira Hasegawa, Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering of Tohoku University:
Sendai area, there is no problem (radiation pollution), actually the radiation level is a bit higher than the background, but it's no problem, It's almost the safe level at this moment, based on our data.
14. Various of Hirokazu Tamura checking radiation levels on the computer
15. Close of screen
STORYLINE
Japanese experts are closely monitoring radiation levels in the north-eastern city of Sendai, on the edge of the US recommended nuclear safety zone.
They say checks have detected higher than usual levels of background radiation, but still within safe levels.
Professors and staff from Tohoku University are taking regular samples from the air and from dust particles to assess the level of danger.
The samples will be further analysed by Professor Akira Hasegawa and his team before passing the results to the central government in Tokyo.
Professor Hasegawa says the radiation rate is higher than normal, but well within safe limits.
Current readings from Sendai show a background radiation level of 0.15 microsieverts. The city's normal background radiation level is 0.03 microsieverts.
Sendai lies on the edge of the 80-kilometre (50 mile) safety zone recommended by the United States and several other nations, and is well outside Japan's 30-kilometre (19 miles) warning zone.
Low levels of radiation have also been detected well beyond Tokyo, which is 220 kilometres (140 miles) south of the plant.
On Sunday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the plant will have to be closed once its overheating reactors are brought under control.
Closing the plant is inevitable, since the seawater that emergency crews are using to cool the reactors is corrosive, rendering key parts of the complex unusable.
The Japanese government has tried to allay the public's fears about the spread of radiation.
Hazardous levels of radiation have been limited to the crippled Fukushima plant itself.
People evacuated from around the plant, along with some emergency workers, have tested positive for radiation exposure.
Three firefighters needed to be decontaminated with showers, while among the 18 plant workers who tested positive, one absorbed about one-tenth of the amount that could induce radiation poisoning.
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Reconstruction Archive video from the Great East Japan Earthquake（Digest Edition）
On March 11, 2011
The Great East Japan Earthquake caused unprecedented damage to Miyagi Prefecture.
In order to overcome the earthquake disaster and achieve further development, we are doing various initiatives in the prefecture.
Go for it! Tohoku Big Bang. ~Making the International Linear Collider (ILC) a Reality~
Here is the updated version of ILC-Tohoku promotion video according to the comment given.
The Japanese version めざせ！東北ビッグバン ILC国際リニアコライダー実現に向けて is
This is the English version of the promotion video of the ILC (International Linear Collider : in Japanese 国際リニアコライダー) to Kitakami Mountain in Tohoku distinct made by the Tohoku Conference for the Promotion of the ILC.
The ILC reproduces early universe by colliding extremely high energy electrons and positrons. The main purpose of the ILC is to measure properties of a Higgs boson very precisely, and to search for the new particles beyond the standard model of the elementary particle physics.
The main casts are Hana Konoe (an actress and scenario writer), Susumu Satomi (the president of Tohoku University), Hitoshi Murayama (Professor UC Berkeley, the Director of Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe), Keisuke Meshitsuka (Nishi-shinjuku Yamate Clinic Head of Doctor), Nobuko Ito (Principal of St, Ursula Gakuin Eichi School) , Katsumi Shirahata (Educational Leader of Kesennuma CIty).
Elementary Particle Group of Tohoku University also helped to make the promotion video.
Tohoku Conference for the Promotion of the ILC
The Tohoku University Council for the Promotion of the ILC
facebook for ILC-Tohoku
== Navigator ==
Hana Konoe
== Featuring ==
St. Ursula Gakuin Eichi School
Tohoku University
== Cooperation ==
Iwate Prefecture Conference for the Promotion of the ILC
Iwate Prefecture
Ichinoseki City
Kesennuma City
Oshu City
Sendai City
Tono City
== Archives and Locations provided by ==
AAA (Advanced Accelerator Association Promoting Science and technology)
CERN
DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron)
GDE (ILC Global Design Effort)
KEK (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization)
NASA
The University of Tokyo
ICEPP
Kavli Institue for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
== Special thanks to ==
Chusonji Temple
Motsuji Temple
Japan Airlines
NYK Line
Gakken Education Publishing
Japan Educational Council for Children
Miyazawa Kenji Museum
Nishi-Shinjuku Yamate Clinic
Foxfire
Office Sasaki
== Performed by ==
The Little Singers of Tokyo (Victor Entertainment)
Natsuko Kotake (G.Tailleferre Sicilienne)
Mari Takahashi (title calligraphy)
== Creative Unit ==
COMMONS CO., LTD.
== Scientific Supervisor ==
Hitoshi Yamamoto (Tohoku University)
Tohoku Preps for Disaster with EVs
Sendai, Japan is home to the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku University. IRIDeS recently conducted a preparatory simulation drill using electric vehicles and portable batteries as key mobile power supply units, factoring an EV strategy as part of their operational contingency plans. 日産は東北大学災害科学国際研究所と共同で災害対応訓練を実施。電気自動車やポータブル電源が災害対策本部等でどのように貢献できるかを検証しました。
Museum of Natural History - Tohoku University
Passeio por Sendai
DOCK THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY BY JAPAN TSUNAMI COMES ASHORE
(7 Jun 2012) A nearly 70-foot-long (21-metre) dock that floated ashore on an Oregon beach was torn loose from a fishing port in northern Japan by last year's tsunami and drifted across thousands of miles of Pacific Ocean, a Japanese Consulate official said Wednesday.
A commemorative plaque on the dock showed it was one of four owned by Aomori Prefecture at the port of Misawa on the northern tip of Japan.
One of the four docks turned up several weeks later on an island south of Misawa, but the other two are still missing, said Akihisa Sato, an engineer with Zeniya Kaiyo Service, the dock's Tokyo-based manufacturer.
The docks weigh 165 tons each, Sato said.
The one that floated to Oregon was first spotted floating offshore Monday, and mistaken by several people for a barge, said Chris Havel, spokesman for the Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation.
Havel said it was the first real verifiable evidence in Oregon of debris of this type.
It washed ashore early Tuesday on Agate Beach, a mile north of Newport on the central Oregon Coast.
It's made of concrete with a metal pontoon and measures 66 feet (20 metres) long, 19 feet (5.8 metres) wide and 7 feet (2.1 metres) high.
The distance between Japan and Oregon is roughly 5,000 miles. (8,046 kilometres)
A radiation check of the dock came up negative, which was to be expected if the dock broke loose before the nuclear power plant accident triggered by the waves.
The parks department was overseeing efforts to identify and remove the dock.
State police were posted to keep people from climbing on the dock, said Mitch Vance, shellfish programme manager for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Beach-goer Marjie Cannon described the event as a piece of history, right here in front of us.
The Japanese coastal town of Misawa, where the dock originated, sustained extensive tsunami damage but is north of the most heavily hit areas in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures.
The four docks that swept away from Misawa were installed four years ago, Sato said.
They were used to transfer fish from fishing boats to trucks waiting to transport them to market.
Sato said the March 2011 tsunami also destroyed many buildings and structures around the port.
The bulk of the debris from the tsunami is not expected until winter, but fast-moving examples have been arriving on North America's shores.
They include a soccer ball that washed up in Alaska and a shipping container holding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with Japanese license plates that turned up in British Columbia earlier this year.
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Go for it! Tohoku Big Bang. ~Making the International Linear Collider (ILC) a Reality~
This is the updated version of ILC-Tohoku promotion video according to the comment given to previous version. Here is the previous version.
The Japanese version めざせ！東北ビッグバン ILC国際リニアコライダー実現に向けて is
This is the English version of the promotion video of the ILC (International Linear Collider : in Japanese 国際リニアコライダー) to Kitakami Mountain in Tohoku distinct made by the Tohoku Conference for the Promotion of the ILC.
The ILC reproduces early universe by colliding extremely high energy electrons and positrons. The main purpose of the ILC is to measure properties of a Higgs boson very precisely, and to search for the new particles beyond the standard model of the elementary particle physics.
The main casts are Hana Konoe (an actress and scenario writer), Susumu Satomi (the president of Tohoku University), Hitoshi Murayama (Professor UC Berkeley, the Director of Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe), Keisuke Meshitsuka (Nishi-shinjuku Yamate Clinic Head of Doctor), Nobuko Ito (Principal of St, Ursula Gakuin Eichi School) , Katsumi Shirahata (Educational Leader of Kesennuma CIty).
Elementary Particle Group of Tohoku University also helped to make the promotion video.
Tohoku Conference for the Promotion of the ILC
The Tohoku University Council for the Promotion of the ILC
facebook for ILC-Tohoku
== Navigator ==
Hana Konoe
== Featuring ==
St. Ursula Gakuin Eichi School
Tohoku University
== Cooperation ==
Iwate Prefecture Conference for the Promotion of the ILC
Iwate Prefecture
Ichinoseki City
Kesennuma City
Oshu City
Sendai City
Tono City
== Archives and Locations provided by ==
AAA (Advanced Accelerator Association Promoting Science and technology)
CERN
DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron)
GDE (ILC Global Design Effort)
KEK (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization)
NASA
The University of Tokyo
ICEPP
Kavli Institue for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
== Special thanks to ==
Chusonji Temple
Motsuji Temple
Japan Airlines
NYK Line
Gakken Education Publishing
Japan Educational Council for Children
Miyazawa Kenji Museum
Nishi-Shinjuku Yamate Clinic
Foxfire
Office Sasaki
== Performed by ==
The Little Singers of Tokyo (Victor Entertainment)
Natsuko Kotake (G.Tailleferre Sicilienne)
Mari Takahashi (title calligraphy)
== Creative Unit ==
COMMONS CO., LTD.
== Scientific Supervisor ==
Hitoshi Yamamoto (Tohoku University)
AGU FM11 - The 11 March 2011 Japan Tsunami 2
Press Conference from 2011 AGU Fall Meeting - Mon. Dec 5, 1 p.m. PST
Since the 11 March 2011, magnitude 9 Tohoku megaquake and tsunami in Japan, scientists have gained new insights into the behavior of the tsunami and its effects from Japan to sites thousands of kilometers away, including the Galapagos Islands. A previously unknown doubling of tsunami height and amplified destructive power may help explain why damage varies so greatly from place to place along an inundated coastline. In the Galapagos, the tsunami caused widespread physical and ecological damage. Field surveys of Japanese coastal areas hit by the tsunami assess the waves' impacts on buildings, gauge the performance of protective structures, and reveal rapid, natural rebuilding of beaches severely eroded by the tsunami.
Participants:
Kazuhisa Goto
Research Associate, Planetary Exploration Research, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino, Japan and Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan;
Patrick Lynett
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA;
Y. Tony Song
Research Scientist, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA;
Costas Synolakis
Professor, Hellenic Center of Marine Research, Anavissos, Athens, Greece and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Session: NH11A, NH14A, NH51C
Japanese mark the coming of spring as cherry trees reach full bloom earlier than normal
1. Close pull focus of cherry blossoms in Tokyo's Ueno Park
2. Wide tilt down of cherry blossoms
3. Close of cherry blossom
4. People walking under the cherry blossom trees
5. Close of cherry blossom
6. Wide of people walking under cherry blossom trees
7. Close of picnic
8. Mid of young people eating a picnic lunch under cherry blossoms
9. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Ryunosuke Ito, university student:
I'm now a university student over here (in Tokyo), so this is moment of happiness- it's happiness to be able to fully appreciate nature.
10. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) names not given, park visitors:
Woman: It's uplifting.
Man: I think Japan will regain its vigour.
11. Wide tilt down of from cherry blossom to visitors at the park
12. Mid of people in park, pull focus to blossom
13. Mid of cherry blossom trees
STORYLINE:
Thousands of people made their way through Tokyo parks on Friday to celebrate the arrival of Japan's cherry blossom season and the coming of Spring.
Japan's Meteorological Agency announced on Friday that Tokyo's cherry blossoms had reached full bloom about 10 days earlier than usual.
It was the second earliest time since records began in 1953, and 15 days earlier than in 2012.
The agency said they were blooming earlier than normal due to warmer temperatures and longer than average daylight.
Visitors at Ueno Park strolled, picnicked and dozed under the cherry blossoms as warm weather arrived at the city.
The park boasts about a thousand cherry blossom, or sakura trees, ranging from the most famous pastel pink somei yoshino to the shidare sakura.
The cherry blossoms bloom on branches that hang down from the trees like a weeping willow.
Ryunosuke Ito, a Tokyo university student who originally came from the disaster-hit city of Sendai was touched by the sakuras in full bloom.
I'm now a university student over here, so this is moment of happiness- it's happiness to be able to fully appreciate nature.
It's uplifting said one woman, who was strolling the park with her husband.
He was optimistic that both the nation and its economy will now take a turn for the better.
I think Japan will regain its vigour he said.
The sakura cherry blossom is a symbolic and special flower for the Japanese people marking the arrival of Spring.
Many make it an annual custom to eat and drink while viewing the flowers, which bloom for about a week each year.
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Animals get cared for in the wake of Japanese tsunami
(27 May 2011) SHOTLIST
AP Television
Rikuzen Takata, Dai Ichi Junior High School Evacuation Centre, Japan - April 16, 2011
1. Various of dogs, cats and their owners waiting to be seen by members of the Iwate University Veterinary Teaching Hospital
2. Wide of the Canine and Feline Medical Rescue Car of Iwate University Veterinary Teaching Hospital
3. Set up shot of Reeko Sato
4. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Reeko Sato, Professor, Iwate University Veterinary Teaching Hospital:
A month on from the disaster the rescue and first aid part of our operation came to an end. Now what we are doing is visiting evacuation centres around Iwate Prefecture and helping evacuees manage health care for their pets.
Rikuzen Takata, Japan - April 21, 2011
5. Various of the destruction in Rikuzen Takata town centre
6. Various of pet owners queuing to see Iwate University vets
7. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Reeko Sato, Professor, Iwate University Veterinary Teaching Hospital:
There are various patterns. Sometimes evacuees living in the centres will keep their pets outside somewhere in the centre grounds. Others whose homes have been partially destroyed will leave their pets in their houses and visit them there while staying in the evacuation centres themselves. Others will leave their pets in the care of friends whose homes were not damaged. There are a number of different ways that people work it out.
8. Various of evacuees living at the Rikuzen Takata, Dai Ichi Junior High School Evacuation Centre
9. Set up shots of Handa Yuzuki and Marin and Ito Yumiko with their dogs
10. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Handa Yuzuki, student at Rikuzen Takata, Dai Ichi Junior High School:
At the time of the earthquake she was alone in the house. I am sure she was very frightened by the things that were falling down but she survived and I am just glad that she is alive.
Rikuzen Takata - April 16, 2011
11. Various of destruction caused by the tsunami
Rikuzen Takata Dai Ichi Junior High School Evacuation Centre - April 16, 2011
13. Close of medical supplies
14. Wide of vets treating a cat
15. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Handa Yuzuki, student, Rikuzen Takata, Dai Ichi Junior High School:
There is nothing particularly wrong with her. She is in good health but because all the animal hospitals in the area have gone I wanted the vets here to give her a health check just in case.
16. Various of dog (Kentsuke) and his owners Murakami Yuki and wife Murakami Hitomi
17. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Murakami Hitomi, pet owner:
The tsunami reached the second floor, so our house is ruined.
18. Mid of the Murakamis talking to an Iwate University vet
19. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Murakami Hitomi, pet owner:
When the earthquake struck we were both at work in Ofanato, a neighbouring town. Kentsuke (their dog) was alone in the house so I rushed back to Takata to collect him. The tsunami had already reached the road so I had just enough time to escape with Kentsuke to high ground.
20. Various of Kentsuke and the Murakamis with the University vet
LEADIN:
Thousands of domesticated animals are struggling to survive in the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
Taking care of the human survivors is the obvious priority, but even amid such chaos a team of vets is providing mobile health care for the surviving pets of victims and evacuees.
STORYLINE:
This pet dog is homeless. He survived the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan two months ago but now, like so many of his human counterparts, is entirely dependent on aid.
And he's not the only one.
There are thousands of cats and dogs belonging to owners living in evacuation centres after their homes were destroyed.
The team is led by Professor Reeko Sato.
Fortunately the news is good for Yuzuki.
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Japan - Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power station crisis
(23 Mar 2011)
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Japan - Magnitude 8.8 quake hits off Japan's northeast coast; tsunami warning
AP TELEVISION
Tokyo, 11 Mar 2011
1. Continuous shot of newsroom and view from window as earthquake strikes
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Japan - Moment the earthquake struck Shin Urayasu in Chiba near to Tokyo
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Shin Urayasu, 11 Mar 2011
2. People running along street as earthquake hits
3. People crouching
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Japan - AP aerials from Sendai showing fires, damage from town near epicentre
AP TELEVISION
Sendai, 12 Mar 2011
++AERIAL SHOTS++
4. Industrial complex in Sendai on fire, black smoke
5. Wide of submerged city after the tsunami
6. Close up of submerged houses.
7. Wide shot of submerged city
8. Stranded ship
9. Wide shot of Sendai Airport surrounded by water
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Japan - ground shots from nearest city to quake epicentre
AP TELEVISION
Sendai - 12 Mar 2011
10. Small plane in airport carpark, stranded amidst devastation
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Japan - Long queues form as petrol supplies in the quake zone run low
AP TELEVISION
Sendai - 14 Mar 2011
11. Wide of people in emergency shelter
12. Mid of children
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Japan - Search and rescue teams continue to look for survivors
AP TELEVISION
Matsukawaura fishing port, Soma City, Fukushima prefecture - 14 Mar 2011
13. Tracking shot of damaged fishing boats
14. Close of destroyed car
15. Destroyed cars in fishing port
16. Zoom in on soldiers evacuating a woman after the local government sounded tsunami alarm
Soma city, Fukushima prefecture - 14 Mar 2011
17. Wide of rescue team officials searching for missing people amongst the rubble
18. Wide of Shishido Atsushi sitting alone next to his destroyed house
19. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Shishido Atsushi, 30 year old tsunami survivor:
My relatives and friends are missing after the tsunami destroyed the village. They were all washed away.
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Japan - Queues for transport, food and fuel as shortages begin to bite
AP TELEVISION
Tokyo - 14 Mar 2011
20. Pan along queue of cars waiting for petrol
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Japan - Town destroyed by tsunami, bodies being recovered
AP TELEVISION
Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture - 14 March 2011
21. Pan from digger to devastation, house on top of rubble
22. Mid of overturned emergency vehicle in rubble
23. Wide of police carrying body
24. Wide of local resident watching rescue operations
25. Close of man's face
26. Japanese army vehicles passing through rubble
27. Wide of people walking past rubble
28. Wide of broken railway bridge
29. Wide of houses on rubble
30. Close of toy through rubble
31. Pan of devastated area swept by tsunami
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Japan - Evacuees given radiation check at screening centre
AP TELEVISION
Koriyama -13 March 2011
32. Evacuees receiving radiation check-up at screening centre
33. Mid of adult holding baby as baby receives radiation check-up
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Japan - Damage and survivor in Sendai, aerials of city where thousands missing
AP TELEVISION
Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture - 13 March 2011
++QUALITY AS INCOMING++
34. Wide of car on top of small building
35. Wide of damaged house on street littered with debris
36. Wide of cars piled up on each other
37. Car wedged among debris of destroyed house
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Japan - Survivors search debris for belongings, comment on nuclear leak
AP TELEVISION
Soma - 15 Mar 2011
38. Pan of destroyed houses along the coast line in Soma City, Fukushima prefecture
39. Mid of damaged car buried by debris
40. Mid of destroyed house.
41. Various of local survivors returning to their houses to search for belongings
679875
Japan - Japanese emperor expresses deep concern over nuclear plant crisis
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Tokyo, 16 Mar 2011
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Japan - Mass burials continue in tsunami ravaged region
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Sendai Kiyari-uta, Aoba Festival 2017
Sendai Kiyari-uta, local folk song by forest workers restored in 2014.
Rallying call for physical labor among workers turned out to work song and song for celebration.
[JICA-Net Library]Higashimatsushima's Reconstruction Efforts from the Great East Japan Earthquake
Higashimatsushima City has promoted “Citizen collaborative community building” initiative since two towns were merged into the City in 2005. This material shows how these initiatives worked for the recovery and what were trials to tackle challenges after the earthquake in 2011. This materials also shows, as one of case studies, key roles of local government and key relations between citizens and the government by interviews to the mayor and city government officials who made efforts for recovery planning. Full version [44min.] in JICA-Net Library website;
JICA-Net Library
How to read a basic seismogram/waveform plot - Waveforms do contain frequencies
Please utilize the parts sections below if this video is too long for you and do not forget to visit the link below which goes to the page that this video was meant for. This video will show you basic information and will show you how to read a basic seismogram/waveform plot. Once again, this video is for an updated page on my website showing many different things. Don’t forget to visit it (link below)!
Parts:
00:01 – Intro
00:40 – How to read seismogram/waveform plots
04:01 – Showing how data gets smaller when you add more data to the same sized plot
06:17 – Showing how waveforms can still show frequencies/Showing the different filter options
Links:
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-Resources:
-IRIS station and network search map:
-IRIS DataSelect Data Download Archive:
-JamaSEIS download:
-SWARM download:
-WAVES:
- IRIS Time Series Database (2nd data download option; includes seismic audio option):
-USGS Quake Catalog:
-Cool Real-Time Satellite Imagery:
-Supervolcano Triggered by Outside Forces:
-Cool Real-Time Tremor Map:
-Canada Seismic Agency:
- ANSS Stations and Plots:
-USGS Volcanoes: (Simply select your volcano at the top of the page and then click monitoring. Can monitor tilt, seismograms, gps uplift, etc)
-Pacific NW Spectrograms:
-MBMG Network Seismograms:
-University of Utah Seismograms:
-Yellowstone Seismograms Daily plus Archive: (Uses University of Utah seismographs; great tool nonetheless)
-Old Faithful Live Webcam:
-USGS Earthquakes: (for catalog, scroll down and click “earthquakes” then click” earthquake catalog”, amazing tool)
-MT HOOD has a big fault; capable M7.2:
-UNAVCO Tilt Meters: (click on plots)
-California Seismograms: (some in the Long Valley caldera area)
-GSN Heliplots:
-USGS Heliplots:
- (goto where you want, click “earth”, click “chem” mode, click SO2sm to see sulfur dioxide ground emissions)
-Volcanic Tremor and Volcanic Processes:
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Fii welcomes Tohuku Japan students
6th January 2012, Nadi: Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation, Captain (N) Timoci Natuva this morning welcomed five (5) high school students from Japan who will be studying in Fiji for a year under Fiji Government's Humanitarian Assistance Project for the Tohoku Region -- Japan. These students are part of a group of eleven students who were affected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan early last year and who will studying in Fiji for one year.
Following the recent devastating earthquake and tsunami in Eastern Region [Tohuku Region] of Japan, Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama offered to assist families devastated by this disaster by relocating their children to Fiji to study for up to one year as guests of the Fiji Government.
The two female high school students will be studying at Adi Cakobau and the three male students will be studying at Nasinu Secondary Schools. The remaining six students who are due to arrive on 17th February 2012 will be admitted to the Fiji National University (FNU).
The five high school students are currently undergoing orientation and language refresher training at the Freebird Institute in Nadi for two weeks before they travel to their new schools in Sawani and Nasinu.
In welcoming the students , the Acting Minister Timoci Natuva expressed Governments delight in being able to host the students:
We are thrilled to have you here and we hope that during your stay, you will not only benefit on an academic level but you will also learn much about Fiji and its culture.
We trust that those around you will also benefit from your enthusiasm, your intelligence and your culture.
Japan Tsunami Debris Conference - Part 1.mov
Surfrider Kaua`i and Kaua`i Community College Marine Option Program sponsored this important conference. This talk given by Dr. Nikolai Maximenko of the University Of Hawai`i explains about ocean currents and the arrival of marine debris. There are three more videos, parts 2, 3, 4. All videos are closed captioned.
Great East Japan Earthquake March 10, 2013 Symposium, Part 1 of 8 - Community Responses
This symposium, which took place on Sunday, March 10th, 2013 at Barnard College, Columbia University, shed light on creative responses to the triple-disaster that struck Tohoku and aimed to stimulate critical dialogue for change across social, cultural, political and economic boundaries. The program included exciting presentations by renowned scholars, filmmakers, performance artists, organizers and student-led groups all dedicated to various aspects of relief and community rebuilding. The speakers challenged and inspired us to discuss the place of creativity in disaster-stricken countries and encouraged us to engage in actions for change.
About Susan J. Onuma:
A graduate of Barnard College, Susan J. Onuma is a partner with the law firm Kelley Drye & Warren LLP and has been active in fundraising efforts for Tohoku through her involvement as a board member/officer of the Japanese American Association of New York, the U.S.-Japan Council (Tomodachi Fund), and the Japan Society. In March 2012, she was a part of the Japanese American Leadership Delegation, speaking at a symposium in Sendai whose theme was Empowering a Civil Society for the Future.
About Dr. Robert Yanagisawa:
Dr. Yanagisawa is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Program Director of the Clinical Fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and board member of the Japanese Medical Society of America. He led a team consisting of the 9/11 Family Association, Englewood Rotary and Mount Sinai Global Health to disaster stricken areas in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima. The mission was to share personal stories of transformation, how NY came together and recovered from 9/11 over the past 11 years.
About Dr. Shunichi Homma:
Dr. Homma, Margaret Milliken Hatch Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief of the Cardiology Division at Columbia University, and president of JAMSNET, has been an instrumental faculty member for Consortium for Japan Relief ever since its initial development. Among his many achievements, he has led efforts to enhance mental health initiatives in the Tohoku Region, establishing outpatient mental health clinics in Fukushima and Iwate prefectures.
About the Nishimiya Fellows Program:
The Nishimiya Fellows Program is a weeklong program at Fukushima Medical University (FMU) that introduces students to the topics of disaster medicine and gives them an opportunity to engage in disaster relief activities in Tohoku. This program began in 2012 with funding from the Japanese Medical Support Network (JAMSnet) and support from the Education Center for Disaster Medicine at Fukushima Medical University.
*This event was co-sponsored by Consortium for Japan Relief, Japanese Medical Support Network, US-Japan Foundation, Japan Society, U.S.-Japan Council, Japanese American Association of New York, Columbia Japan Society, Friends of Japan, Peace Education Network, Japan Studies Student Association, Columbia University Renewable Energy Society, Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School, The Japanese Medical Society of America, Kintetsu International, and EN Japanese Brasserie.
Fukushima Tsunami
PEA Japanese Department subtitled video of the 3/11 Tsunami sweeping into Miyako Harbor, Iwate Prefecture.
EDIT: wrong city
Matsushima Bay - Matsushima Islands（松島）Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
ล่องเรือชมอ่าวมัทสึชิม่า เซนได ะ → การไป Matsushimaสามารถเดิน ได้โดย JR train จากสถานีเซนได ด้วยสายเซนเซคี (仙石線 ) และไปลงที่สถานีmatsushima kaigan (松島海岸) ใช้เวลาเดินทางประมาณ 40นาที Matsushima Bay - Sendai - Miyagi
Over 260 splendid islands on calm Matsushima Bay. Zuigan-ji Temple represents ancient 17th century Japanese architecture.
Matsushima was protected by hundreds of small islands, there was not big damage of tsunami compared to the other coastal area. Major tourist attractions including Zuiganji temple and Godaido temple are open. It is recommended to check latest information in advance.
Matsushima is located in the central part of Miyagi Prefecture. Some 260 islands, large and small, are scattered in picturesque Matsushima Bay. The view of Matsushima changes from place-to-place and from-season-to-season, and is so beautiful that it is considered one of the three most beautiful sites in Japan.
Dotted with small islands covered by black and red pines and grayish white rocks, the views of Matsushima Bay from the four view spots of Ogi-tani, Tomi-yama, Otaka-mori, and Tamon-zan are truly spectacular, which is called Matsushima Shidaikan, the four grandest views in Matsushima. With its stunning island scenery, the place is frequented by visitors all year round.
Zuigan-ji Temple, a Zen temple erected in 828, stands facing Matsushima Bay. It took five years to construct the present buildings for Date Masamune, who reigned over this district in 1604. Among them, the main hall and other premises are designated as national treasures. They are highly valued as representatives of the classic Japanese architectural style of that period.
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