TOWS-4

Fourth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG)

21 – 22 Mar 2011, Paris cedex 15, France

Through Resolution XXIV-14 the IOC Assembly at its 24th Session decided on the establishment of 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 co-ordinated 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).

Location

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
1 rue Miollis

75732 Paris cedex 15
France

Organisers and Staff

Organisers
Mr Bernardo Aliaga Rossel
Staff
Mr Keith Alverson
Dr Thorkild Aarup
Mr. Tony Elliott
Miss Marianne Chavez
1

OPENING AND WELCOME

1.1.

OPENING

1.2.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

1.3.

WORKING ARRANGEMENTS

2

REPORTS FROM PARTICIPANT BODIES

2.1

REPORT FROM IOC BODIES

2.2

REPORT OF NON-IOC BODIES

3

REVIEW OF PROGRESS

3.2

REVIEW OF COMPENDIUM OF DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY ON SEA-LEVEL-RELATED HAZARDS, DISASTERS, VULNERABILITY AND RISKS IN A COASTAL CONTEXT (REQUIRED by RES.EC-XLIII.6

3.3

REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL TSUNAMETER PARTNERSHIP AND THE DBCP, IN COORDINATION WITH JCOMM, ON OCEAN OBSERVING PLATFORM VANDALISM (REQUIRED BY EC-XLIII.6)

4

REPORTS OF THE INTER-ICG TASK TEAMS

4.1

INTER-ICG TASK TEAM ON SEA LEVEL

4.2

INTER-ICG TASK TEAM ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND PREPAREDNESS

4.3

INTER-ICG TASK TEAM ON TSUNAMI WATCH OPERATIONS

5

OTHER ISSUES

6

DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT MEETING

7

CLOSURE OF MEETING

Report Documents

Code Title
IOC/TOWS-WG-IV/3 Fourth session of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG)

Agenda Documents

Agenda Code Title
1.2. CL-2372 Fourth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-IV), 21–22 March 2011, Paris, France
1.3. Provisional timetable
3.1 Resolution XXV-13 Global coordination of Early Warning and Mitigation Systems for tsunamis ans other sea-level related hazards
3.1 EC-XLIII.9 Resolution EC-XLIII.9
3.2 IOC/2011/TS/91 Compendium of Definitions and Terminology on Sea-level-Related Hazards, Disasters, Vulnerability and Risks in a coastal context
3.3 DBCP Technical Document No. 41 OCEAN DATA BUOY VANDALISM – INCIDENCE, IMPACT AND RESPONSES
4.1 ICG/IOTWS-VIII/22 Report of Inter ICG Task Team on Sea Level Monitoring
4.2 IOC/I-ICG/TSU-I/3 First Meeting of the Inter-ICG Task Team 2: Disaster Management and Preparedness; NOAA facilities, Seattle; 29 November-1 December 2010
4.3 ICG/IOTWS-VIII/23 Report of Inter ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations

Event Documents

Code Title
WMO Presentatio to TOWS-4
Compendium coastal hazards terminology report
TT2 Presentation to TOWS4
TT3 Presentation to TOWS-4
JMA Report on Tohoku event

Background Documents

Code Title
IOC/TOWS-WG-III/3 Report TOWS-WG-III; Lisbon, Portugal

Participant Stats:

Staff and organisers 5
Confirmed 13
Not Confirmed 0
Not-participating 0
Total 18
Groups: IOC , TSR
Created at 22:26 on 4 February 2011 by Mr Bernardo Aliaga Rossel
Last Updated at 09:46 on 24 January 2019 by Astrid de Lichtervelde
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