Meeting of Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations

TOWS-WG Inter-ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations

14 – 15 Feb 2018, Paris cedex 07, France

Through Resolution XXIV-14 the IOC Assembly at its 24th Session decided to establish a Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), tasked primarily to advise the IOC Governing Bodies on coordinated development and implementation activities on warning and mitigation systems for tsunamis and other hazards related to sea level of common priority to all Intergovernmental Coordination Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation Systems (ICG/TWSs). The Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations advises and reports to the TOWS-WG. A meeting of the Task Team will take place in Room VIII, UNESCO, 15-16 February 2017 immediately prior to the 11th meeting of the TOWS-WG, 16-17 February 2017.

Notes

The meeting will take place in Room VIII, UNESCO Fontenoy Building.

Meeting time: 15:00-18:30 on 14 and 09:00-17:00 on 15 February 2017.

Location

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
7, place de Fontenoy
75732 Paris cedex 07
France

Organisers and Staff

Organisers
Dr Thorkild Aarup
Dr. Srinivasa Kumar Tummala
Ms Elena Iasyreva
1

Opening and Session Organization

2

Review of Action Items from the Previous Meeting

3

Review the Status of Implementation of the TOWS-WG Requests to the TTTWO

6

KPIs for Entire Warning System and Mapping to Sendai Framework

7

World Tsunami Awareness Day

8

Updates to Area of Coverage and ESZ Maps of the ICGs

9

Handling of Tsunamis from Non-Seismic Sources

10

Products for Maritime Community

11

Global Public Access to Tsunami Threat Information

12

Other Harmonization Issues - Optimal Design of Sea-level networks

13

Recommendations and Actions for Reporting to the TOWS WG - Conclusion

Report Documents

Code Title
Report of the TOWS-WG Inter ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations, 2018

Agenda Documents

Agenda Code Title
11 Draft Common Text to be used on the Websites of all Tsunami Service Providers operating under the IOC’s ICG Framework
12 Creating Maps to Assess Response Times and Plan Improvements to Seismic and Sea Level Networks
13 Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations Actions and Recommendations
4 Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations: ICG-CARIBE-EWS Current Status and Plans
4 ICG/PTWS Report
4 IOTWMS Tsunami Watch Operations
5 The Lesvos Isl. (NE Aegean Sea) strong (Mw6.3) earthquake of 12 June 2017 and its associated tsunami
5 Note préliminaire sur la crise sismique des Loyauté et sur les tsunamis observés Entre le 31 octobre et le 19 novembre 2017
5 The 20th July 2017 (22:31 UTC) Bodrum-Kos Earthquake and Tsunami; Preliminary Results of Field Survey and Numerical Modelling
6 Technical guidance for monitoring and reporting on progress in achieving the global targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
9 U. S. Operational consideration of non-seismic source tsunamis

Background Documents

Code Title
Report of the TOWG-WG Inter ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations, 2017
IOC/TOWS-WG-IX/3 Report of the 9th Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems
IOC/2016/TS/130 Global Service Definition Document
IOC/TOWS-WG-X/3 Tenth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems; Paris, France; 23–24 February 2017
TTTWO Provisional Agenda

Participant Stats:

Staff and organisers 3
Confirmed 14
Not Confirmed 0
Not-participating 0
Total 17
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