ITP - SCSTAC

Regional Training on “Strengthening Standard Operating Procedures for Tsunami Warning and the use of the ICG/PTWS SCSTAC Tsunami Advisory Products

8 – 11 May 2018, Beijing, China

The 4-day training will cover the explanation and use of the newly-inaugurated South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) Products, the Japan Meteorological Agency's Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (JMA NWPTAC) New Enhanced Products, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) Enhanced Products by National Tsunami Warning Centers and Emergency Response Agencies. Topics will cover the end-to-end warning process, warning center and emergency response operational challenges, community preparedness, advanced topics in tsunami warning center operations, and the methodology, use, interpretation, and limitations of the SCSTAC, NWPTAC, and PTWC Products. Over the last 15+ years, with improvements in data quality, quantity, and real-time availability, TWC response times have dropped significantly from nearly an hour to 5-10 minutes for tsunami events. At the same time, each great earthquake and tsunami since the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has increased our scientific understanding, and better techniques with faster computing platforms are enabling us to quickly and reliably characterize the earthquake and then numerically model the tsunami. This has led to significant improvements in a warning center’s ability to accurately forecast coastal wave height and impact, and an ability to provide timely advice to support tsunami warning decision-making. At the ICG/PTWS-XXV (September 2013), Member States approved the start of the PTWC Enhanced Products on 1 October 2014. These products were the first large-scale modifications in decades, whereupon the PTWC ceased issuing Warnings and Watches, and now issues only informational tsunami wave forecasts. Public text products continue, but the additional graphical and statistical enhanced products are only sent to authorized Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP). At the ICG/PTWS-XXVI (April 2015), Member States agreed that following the PTWC implementation, the NWPTAC should proceed with the development of its enhanced products. The NWPTAC enhanced products consist of an initial text message using information from a pre-established tsunami database, and are followed by text and graphical messages that include results from real-time simulations, and sent solely to NWPTAC TWFP. With IOC Circular Letter 2702 (13 December 2017), the JMA NWPTAC commenced issuance of its NWPTAC Enhanced Products in experimental mode on 20 December 2017, in parallel with its existing products. At the ICG/PTWS-XXII (March 2017), Member States agreed to form a Task Team on the Establishment of a South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center and accepted the offer of the Government of China to host the SCSTAC at the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center (NMEFC). Through IOC Circular Letter 2706 (5 January 2018), the China’s SCSTAC commenced trial issuance of its SCSTAC Products on 26 January 2018. The training is being organized by the International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC) in collaboration with the IOC, the SCSTAC and the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC). The training is hosted by the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center (NMEFC) of the State Oceanic Administration of China (SOA).

Location

National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center (NMEFC) / State Oceanic Administration
No.8 Dahuisi Road, Haidian District
Beijing
100081
China

Organisers and Staff

Organisers
Mr Bernardo Aliaga Rossel
Dr Laura Kong
Dr. Ye Yuan
Mr. Zongchen Wang
Staff
Mr Bernardo Aliaga Rossel
1

Regional Training - Overview, PTWS-XXVII, Warning and Emergency Response

1.1

Regional Training - Opening Ceremonies

1.2

Logistics and Administrative Items, Introductions, Course Overview

1.3

ICG/PTWS-XXVII Outcomes, specifically for the PTWS Enhanced Products

1.3.1

Ref: ICG/PTWS-XXVII Summary Report (2017)

1.4

Responding Rapidly and Effectively: Tsunami Warning and Emergency Response Requirements and Timeline-driven SOPs

1.4.1

Ref: 1. TEWS Overview course manual (2017)

1.4.2

Ref: 2. Plans and Procedures for Tsunami Warning and Emergency Mangement, Guidance for coutries in strengthening tsunami warning and emergency response through the development of Plans and Standard Operating Procedures for their warning and emergency management authorities (IOC MG 76, 2017)

2

Regional Tsunami Sources, Country SOPs

2.1

Seisomtectonics and Historical and Potential Tsunami Hazards for the South China Sea region

2.1.1

Ref: 1. SCS_4_Item_5_Literature_Study_of_Tsunami_Risk_in_SCS_and its_Adjacent_Regions_Hongwei_Li.pdf

2.1.2

Ref: 2. SCS_4_Item_5_Report_on_survey_on_papers_relevant_to_SCS_tsunamigenic_zonesidentificacion_and_paleotsunami

2.1.3

Ref: 3. Final Report - Scientific meeting of experts for coordinated scenario analysis fo future tsunami events and hazard mitigation schemes for the South China sea region, Meeting of Experts, Hanoi, Vietnam, 15-17 February 2017

2.1.4

Ref: 4. … (published journal paper for Manila Trench and South China Sea region)

2.1.5

Ref: South China Sea Region Seismic and Tsunami Hazards

2.2

Country SOPs using SCSTAC, NWPTAC, and PTWC Products - 10-15 min/country (10 countries: Brunei Darussalam, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam)

2.3

Discussion: Country Readiness for Changeover - What is left to do, gaps, needs?

3

Warning and Response - What is Available and What is Wanted? / PTWC, NWPTAC, SCSTAC SOPs

3.1

What do Tsunami Warning Centers (TWCs) provide to Tsunami Emergency Response (TER) agencies?

3.1.1

TEWS Overview course manual (2017)

3.1.2

Plans and Proedures for Tusnami Warning and Emergency Management, Guidance for countries in Strenghtening tsunami waring and emergency response through the development of Plans and Standard Operating Procedures for their warning and emergency management authorities (IOC MG 76,2017)

3.2

What do TERs do with TWC information? Challenges in Alerting, Evacuation, and Safe-to-Return (All-Clear)

3.2.1

Ref: TEWS Overview course manual (2017)

3.2.2

Ref: Plans and Procedures for Tsunami Warning and Emergency Management (IOC MG 76, 2017)

3.2.3

Ref: Tsunami prepardness: information guide for disaster planners, (IOC, MG 49, 2008)

3.3

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) New Enhanced Products - What, Why, SOPs (Criteria, Formats, Staging, Products)

3.3.1

Ref: User's Guide for the PTWC Enhanced Products for the PTWS (IOC TS 105 rev, Aug 2014), English, corr 14 Oct 2014 PTWC Operations, Systems and Procedures Manual, v1.3.5 (2011)

3.3.2

Ref: PTWC Operations, Systems and Procedures Manual, v1.3.5 (2011)

3.4

Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) New Enhanced Products - What, Why, SOPs (Criteria, Formats, Staging, Products)

3.4.1

Ref: NWPTAC Enhanced Products User's Guide (2016)

3.4.2

Ref: Manual on Experimental NWPTAC Enhanced Products for PacWave 16 (draft)

3.5

South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) Products - What, Why, SOPs (Criteria, Formats, Staging, Products)

3.5.1

Ref: 1. Tsunami Advisory Products for the South China Sea Regional Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System ( IOC CL 2655, Annex 1 )

3.5.2

Ref: 2. FINAL of (draft 6_Arrangement_for_Consistency_of_Earthquake_Parameters_among_PTWC_NWPTAC_and_SCSTAC_within_the_South_China_Sea_region-201802)

3.5.3

Ref: 3. SCS Working Group and SCSTAC Task Team Summary Reports, esp decisions and actions

4

Warning Dissemination, Evacuation, Preparedness

4.1

National SOP for TSP Enhanced Products - Guidance and Examples: Flow Charts, Criteria Tables, Timeline-driven SOPs, NTWC Message Templates, Guidance on use for National Warnings and Evacuation - Land and Marine Threats and Public Safety

4.1.1

User's Guide for the PTWC Enhanced Products for the PTWS (IOC TS 105 rev, Aug 2014), English, corr 14 Oct 2014

4.2

Case Studies: Waring Dissemination and Public Alerting - Requirements for JMA Tsunami Warning Service

4.3

Case Studies: Warning Dissemination and Public Alerting – US Hawaii Emergency Alert System

4.4

Emergency communications - Robustness, reliability, redundancy. Technologies for the downstream transmission of warnings to communities

4.4.1

Ref: TEWS Overview course manual

4.5

Community Evacuations: Inundation Modeling, Evacuation Maps, Response Plans, Routes and Signage, Safe Return

4.5.1

Ref: IOC Manual and Guide: Preparing for Community Tsunami Evacuations: From Inundation to Evacuation Maps, Response Plans, and Exercieses (draft, 2017)

4.6

Community preparedness and education – Schools, Businesses, Special Needs Populations, Tourism Sector; Philippines example

4.7

Marine Preparedness: Ports and Harbors

4.8

Ensuring Warning Center and Resposne Readiness - Exercises and Drills; Philippines example

4.8.1

Ref: How to Plan, Conduct, Evaluate IOC Tsunami Exercises (IOC, MG 58, 2013)

5

Preparedness, Decision Support Tools, TWC and TSP Operations - Advanced Topics Earthquakes

5.1

Using Tsunami Warning Decision Support Tools for Hazard Assessment and Response Planning, Operational Monitoring, Detection, Assessment, Warning, Cancellation: Tsunami Coastal Assessment Tool (TsuCAT), CISN, Tide Tool with Tsunami Travel Times; IOC SL Monitoring web site

5.1.1

Ref: TEWS Overview course manual

5.2

TWC Operations: Real-time Earthquake Detection and Fast Source Characterization - Sparse networks, Magnitudes, W-Phase Centroid Moment Tensors – Techniques, Use, Limitations, Challenges

5.3

TSP Operations Panel (PTWC, NWPTAC, SCSTAC) on Earthquake Detection and Fast Source Characterization - Discussion ad Question-and-Answer

5.4

TWC Operations: Travel Time and Wave Forecasting - Techniques, Use, Limitations, Challenges, Sensitivity Studies (Location, Depth, Magnitude) - RIFT case studies

5.5

TSP Operations Panel (PTWC, NWPTAC, SCSTAC) on Travel Time and Wave Forecasting - Discussion and Question-and-Answer

5.6

Learning Acitivity (individual followed by group discussion) - Tsunami Warning and Emergency Response Timeline - What happens when?

6

Tsunami Exercise

6.1

Exercise SCS-18 - Tsunami Table Top Exercise Setup and Ground Rules

6.2

Exercise SCS-18 - Decision-making using TSP Products

6.3

Final Discussion: Challenges for achieving end-to-end TWS: Data, Communication, Stakeholders, Evacuation, and other gaps. Country Readiness for Changeover - Questions, Answers, Next Steps

7

Presentation of Certificates, Closing

Agenda Documents

Agenda Code Title
1.3.1 IOC/ICG/PTWS-XXVII/3s Summary Report of the 27th Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXVII), Tahiti, France, 28-31 March 2017
1.4.2 IOC/2017/MG/76 Plans and Procedures for Tsunami Warning and Emergency Management
2.1.1 Literature Study of Tsunami Risk in SCS and its Adjacent Regions
2.1.2 ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS-IV/8 REPORT ON THE SURVEY FOR THE INVENTORY OF PAST PAPERS RELEVANT TO TSUNAMIGENIC ZONE IDENTIFICATION, TSUNAMI HAZARD ASSESSMENT AND PALEOTSUNAMI SURVEYS
2.1.3 3. Final Report - Scientific meeting of experts for coordinated scenario analysis fo future tsunami events and hazard mitigation schemes for the South China sea region, Meeting of Experts, Hanoi, Vietnam, 15-17 February 2017
2.1.4 (published journal paper for Manila Trench and South China Sea region)
2.1.5 REFERENCES - SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION SEISMIC AND TSUNAMI HAZARDS
3.1.2 IOC/2017/MG/76 Plans and Procedures for Tsunami Warning and Emergency Management
3.2.2 IOC/2017/MG/76 Plans and Procedures for Tsunami Warning and Emergency Management
3.2.3 SC.2008/WS/5 Tsunami preparedness: information guide for disaster planners
3.3.1 User's Guide for the PTWC Enhanced Products for the PTWS (IOC TS 105 rev, Aug 2014, English, corr 14 Oct 2014
3.5.1 Tsunami Advisory Products for the South China Sea Regional Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System-v1.3_Dec2017
3.5.2 6_Arrangement for Consistency of Earthquake Parameters among PTWC NWPTAC and SCSTAC within the South China Sea region-201802
3.5.3 6 TT-SCSTAC_report
4.1.1 User's Guide for the PTWC Enhanced Products for the PTWS (IOC TS 105 rev, Aug 2014, English, corr 14 Oct 2014
4.8.1 IOC/2012/MG/58 REV. How to plan, conduct and evaluate UNESCO/IOC tsunami wave exercises

Background Documents

Code Title
ITP-SCS Agenda

Participant Stats:

Staff and organisers 5
Confirmed 28
Not Confirmed 0
Not-participating 0
Total 33
Groups: CD, IOC , ITIC, TSR
Created at 09:51 on 17 April 2018 by Mr Bernardo Aliaga Rossel
Last Updated at 08:37 on 10 May 2018 by Mr Bernardo Aliaga Rossel
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