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Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel talking with Prof. Reinhard Hüttl (GFZ), E.E. Mangindaan (Minister of Transportation, Indonesia) and Dr. Jörn Lauterjung (GFZ) [from left to right] during the visit of the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning Center (GITEWS) in Jakarta. Photo: GFZ
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GITEWS: www.gitews.org
GITEWS in Indonesia
In July, Federal Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel visited the tsunami early warning centre in Jakarta, which was established by the Helmholtz Association upon commission by the German federal government in the wake of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. For this purpose, Helmholtz experts around Dr Jörn Lauterjung from the GFZ have developed a comprehensive concept for a German-Indonesian-Tsunami-Early-Warning-System (GITEWS). In presence of Prof. Reinhard Hüttl, Head of the GFZ Executive Board, Chancellor Merkel praised the implementation and the scientific quality of the GITEWS concept. At the end of March 2011, according to schedule, the early warning system was officially delivered to Indonesia; the German partners continue to be involved in the training and continuing education of the Indonesian staff.
