From April 19, 2021, the team of the Storm Warning System and the Meteorological Service of the Chilean Navy will work together to generate even more reliable storm surge warnings, this in the context of the FONDEF project: "Development of a scale storm surge impact for effective communication and disaster risk reduction "awarded by the University of Valparaíso together with DIRECTEMAR, ONEMI and the company ECOTECNOS SA, and which is financed by ANID.
This project, which also has the collaboration of the I. Municipality of Viña del Mar, the Valparaíso Lifeboat Volunteer Corps, the Valparaíso Port Captaincy, SERNAPESCA, SUBPESCA, SHOA and the Valparaíso regional office of the Directorate of Port Works, will seek to improve the wave forecasting tools that we have through observations in the field and tests in the physical and numerical laboratory of the School of Oceanic Civil Engineering. which will be extended during 2021 and 2022.
As a result of this agreement, the storm surge warnings that you will find on our website will be those issued by the Navy's Meteorological Service.
Convinced that this step will benefit the community of coastal users in Chile, he cordially greets you. Surge Warning System Team of the University of Valparaíso.