National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center / State Oceanic Administration
No.8 Dahuisi Road, Haidian District
Beijing
China, 100081
China
| 1.1 | Opening Ceremonies |
| 2.1 | Logistics and Administrative Items |
| 2.2 | Trainer and Participant Self-Introductions |
| 3.1 | ICG/PTWS-XXV Outcomes, specifically for the PTWS Enhanced Products and progress for South China Sea Region, and Course Overview |
| 3.2 | Timeline-driven SOPs for Effective End-to-End Warning and Emergency Response - Overview including Stakeholders and their linkages |
| 3.3 | Lessons Learned from Past Tsunamis - Warning and Emergency Response |
| 4.1 | Tsunami Warning Centre Standard Operating Procedures – Concept of Operations, Overview on Routine and Event Operations, Flow Charts, Timelines, Checklists, including available Tsunami Warning Decision Support Tools |
| 4.10 | Public Coastal Evacuations: Inundation Modeling, Evacuation Maps, Routes and Signage, Safe Return |
| 4.11 | Vertical Evacuation and Refuge: Progress in Designing Tsunami- Resistant Structures |
| 4.12 | TER Operations Challenges and Limitations: Alerting and Evacuation Discussion: What does TER want from TWCs? |
| 4.13 | Learning Activity (individual followed by group discussion) – Tsunami Warning and Emergency Response Timeline – What happens when? |
| 4.2 | Learning Activity (individual followed by group discussion) – Official and Unofficial Information |
| 4.3 | Visit to China SOA National Environmental Forecast Center (NMEFC) |
| 4.4 | Japan Meteorological Agency Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) |
| 4.5 | US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) |
| 4.6 | TWC Operations Challenges and Limitations: Real-time earthquake source characterization and Tsunami Assessment |
| 4.7 | Tsunami Emergency Response Standard Operating Procedures - Overview on Stakeholder Roles and Coordination, Event Operations, Timelines, Checklists; Examples |
| 4.8 | Case Studies: Warning Dissemination and Public Alerting – US Hawaii Emergency Alert System; JMA-NHK Broadcasting |
| 4.9 | Emergency communications - Robustness, reliability, redundancy. Technologies for the downstream transmission of warnings to communities |
| 5.1 | Community-level preparedness and education – Schools, Businesses, Special Needs Populations, Tourism Sector, Ports and Harbors |
| 5.2 | Media as a partner in warning and preparedness - Requirements and Examples |
| 5.3 | Learning Activity (outside class): Town Planning for Tsunamis - Using ISDR Stop Disasters! simulation tool |
| 5.4 | Learning Activity: Evacuation Planning for Tsunamis – Creating an Evacuation Map |
| 6.1 | PTWS PTWC Enhanced Products: Overview - Why, What, When and How to Use, Limitations |
| 6.2 | PTWC Enhanced Products - Explanation of Each Product: Text, Graphical Deep-Ocean Energy, Coastal Forecast, Forecast Tables, KMZ file, Forecast Polygon Map - Distant Tsunami example |
| 6.3 | Guidance on how to use PTWC New Products for National Warnings and Evacuation – Land and Marine Threats and Public Safety |
| 6.4 | Use of PTWC and JMA Products - Regional and Local Tsunami Hazard Scenarios - Southern Ryukyus |
| 6.4b | Use of PTWC and JMA Products - Regional and Local Tsunami Hazard Scenarios - Manila Trench |
| 6.4c | Use of PTWC and JMA Products - Regional and Local Tsunami Hazard Scenarios - Marginal Seas |
| 6.5 | Building Readiness - Tsunami Exercises: IOC Guidance, Examples |
| 7.1 | Tabletop Exercise SCS-13: Objective, Format, Ground Rules |
| 7.2 | Exercise Setup and Ground Rules |
| 7.3 | Exercise SCS-13 - Local Tsunami Scenario |
| 7.4 | Summary Discussion and Next Steps: Country Readiness for PTWS Enhanced Products. Challenges for achieving end-to-end TWS: Data, Communications, Stakeholders, Evacuation, and other gaps |
| 8.1 | Final Remarks by Trainers |
| 8.2 | Presentation of Certificates, Closing |