GTM - Global Tsunami Model

The Global Tsunami Model (GTM) Network aims to assess and provide community-based standards, good practices and guidelines for Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard and Risk Analysis (PTHA and PTRA) The GTM overall vision and goals are to collaboratively achieve a thorough understanding of tsunami hazard and risk, together with the processes that drive them.

To this end, specific goals and actions are: facilitate compatibility and improve probabilistic tsunami hazard and risk analysis methods through the development of standards, guidelines, methods, tools, and identification of key research questions; the development of regional and global reference probabilistic tsunami hazard and risk maps, as well as standardized processes for developing local hazard and risk analyses; establish reference pools of experts for completing and reviewing tsunami hazard and risk assessments from stakeholders; the provision of a consistent input and contribution to multi-hazard risk assessment through high-level harmonization with organizations covering other natural hazards; the interaction with stakeholders to ensure relevance and proper dissemination of results and uncertainty communication to non-scientists; to develop the above products while being mindful of their benefits for society

Link to Global Tsunami Model (GTM) web page

 

What is GTM?

The GTM is presently a self-convened group of tsunami scientists affiliated to research, academic and private organizations around the world to focus efforts and provide coordinate action for tsunami hazard and risk assessment.

Participant organizations are working together toward a science-based understanding of tsunami hazard and risk and the development of standards and methods accepted by the tsunami community. Several other individuals and organizations are presently collaborating to GTM activities.