TOWS-WG Inter-ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations
Meeting of Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations
Meeting
14 - 15 February 2018
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
7, place de Fontenoy
75732 Paris cedex 07
France
Organiser(s) & Staff
Participation
By invitation only.
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.
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.
[View an annotated printable version of this agenda]
- 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
- 4 - Tsunami Watch Operations - Current Status and Plans in all ICGs
Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations: ICG-CARIBE-EWS Current Status and Plans
ICG/PTWS Report
IOTWMS Tsunami Watch Operations - 5 - Significant Operational Events Since Last Meeting
The Lesvos Isl. (NE Aegean Sea) strong (Mw6.3) earthquake of 12 June 2017 and its associated tsunami
Note préliminaire sur la crise sismique des Loyauté et sur les tsunamis observés Entre le 31 octobre et le 19 novembre 2017
The 20th July 2017 (22:31 UTC) Bodrum-Kos Earthquake and Tsunami; Preliminary Results of Field Survey and Numerical Modelling - 6 - KPIs for Entire Warning System and Mapping to Sendai Framework
Technical guidance for monitoring and reporting on progress in achieving the global targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction - 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
U. S. Operational consideration of non-seismic source tsunamis - 10 - Products for Maritime Community
- 11 - Global Public Access to Tsunami Threat Information
Draft Common Text to be used on the Websites of all Tsunami Service Providers operating under the IOC’s ICG Framework - 12 - Other Harmonization Issues - Optimal Design of Sea-level networks
Creating Maps to Assess Response Times and Plan Improvements to Seismic and Sea Level Networks - 13 - Recommendations and Actions for Reporting to the TOWS WG - Conclusion
Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations Actions and Recommendations
| Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
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| Report of the TOWS-WG Inter ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations, 2018 | 31/05/2018 |
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| Agenda | Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
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| Agenda | Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
| Report of the TOWG-WG Inter ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations, 2017 | 31/05/2018 |
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| 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 | 14/04/2017 |
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| IOC/2016/TS/130 | Global Service Definition Document | 06/03/2020 |
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| 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 | 21/11/2019 |
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| TTTWO Provisional Agenda | 07/02/2018 |
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There are 14 participants associated with TOWS-WG Inter-ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations .
Participant Stats:
Total Invited: 14
Confirmed: 14
Not confirmed: 0
Unapproved: 0
Not-participating: 0
Rejected: 0
Label(s): no labels
Created at 07:26 on 06 Nov 2017 by Srinivasa Kumar Tummala
Last Updated at 09:19 on 31 May 2018 by Nora Gale