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

Meeting of Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations

19 – 20 Feb 2019, 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, 19-20 February 2019 immediately prior to the 12th meeting of the TOWS-WG, 21-22 February 2019.

Location

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

Organisers and Staff

Organisers
Dr. Charles Mccreery
Dr. Srinivasa Kumar Tummala
Ms Elena Iasyreva
1.0

Opening and Session Organization

2.0

Review of Action Items from the Previous Meeting

3.0

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

4.0

Tsunami Watch Operations - Current Status and Plans in all ICGs

6.0

Tsunami Glossary Update

7.0

Development of KPIs in relation with Sendai Framework Indicators

8.0

Local Source Tsunami SOPs

9.0

NTWC Competency Framework

10.0

Planning for the Ocean Decade

11.0

Updates to Area of Coverage and ESZ Maps of the ICGs

12.0

Handling of Tsunamis from Non-Seismic Sources and Non-subduction Zone Earthquakes

13.0

Products for Maritime Community

14.0

Global Public Access to Tsunami Threat Information

15.0

Other Issues - Optimal Design of Sea-level Networks; Updates to GSSD

16.0

Recommendations and Actions for Reporting to the TOWS WG

Report Documents

Code Title
Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations, Paris, 19-20 February 2019

Agenda Documents

Agenda Code Title
1.0 Draft Agenda TTTWO V4
10.0 UN Decade
10.0 Ocean Obs
11.0 NWPTAC AoS New
11.0 2017 Karrat Fjord Tsunami
12.0 JMA Volcano SOPs
13.0 TSP Maritime Bulletins to NAVAREAs
15.0 Edits to GSSD
16.0 TTTWO Recommendations and Actions
2.0 Status Of Actions
4.0 CARIBE EWS
4.0 IOTWMS
4.0 NEAMTWS 1
4.0 NEAMTWS 2
4.0 PTWS - NWPTAC
5.0 IOTWMS Events
5.0 ITST Palu
5.0 Palu Sunda Strait Last Mile Lessons Learnt
5.0 Palu Sunda Strait Warning BMKG
5.0 NEAMTWS Oct 2018 Tsunami
5.0 Loyalty Islands Tsunami 2018
5.0 Dec 2018 Tsunami Erakor
6.0 Glossary Updates
7.0 PTWS KPI Framework
7.0 IOTWMS TT CATP
8.0 Local Source Tsunami SOPs
9.0 NTWC Competency Frameowrk

Background Documents

Code Title
Updates to Tsunami Glossary Draft Feb 2019
Draft Agenda TTTWO V4
TOWS-WG-XI Eleventh Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems
TSP Messages for Maritime Community - Proposal for WWNWS-SC
Report of the TOWS-WG Inter ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations, 2018

Participant Stats:

Staff and organisers 3
Confirmed 11
Not Confirmed 0
Not-participating 0
Total 14
Groups: IOC , TSR
Created at 05:35 on 7 September 2018 by Dr. Srinivasa Kumar Tummala
Last Updated at 11:26 on 15 April 2019 by Dr. Srinivasa Kumar Tummala
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