TOWS-WG Inter-ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations
Meeting of Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations
Meeting
18 - 19 February 2020
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, 18-19 February 2020 immediately prior to the 13th meeting of the TOWS-WG, 20-21 February 2020.
The meeting will take place in Room VIII, UNESCO Fontenoy Building.
[View an annotated printable version of this agenda]
- 1 - Open and Session Organisation
- 2 - Reviesw of Action Items from the Previous Meeting
Status of Actions - 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
IOTWMS Report - 5 - Significant Operational Events Since Last Meeting / Presentation on New Zealand DART Buoy Network
IOTWMS Events
NEAMTWS Events
New Zealand DART Network
PTWC Events - 6 - Tsunami Glossary Update
- 7 - Development of KPIs in relation with Sendai Framework Indicators
PTWS KPI Framework Feedback - 8 - Local Source Tsunami SOPs: best practice for warning and response
Near Field Tsunami SOPs - 9 - NTWC Competency Framework
Tonga Agenda
Training Eval Questions
Evaluation responses - 11 - Updates to Area of Coverage and ESZ Maps of the ICGs
- 12 - Harmonisation of Format and Content of TSP Opertational Products across ICGs and TSPs
- 13 - Products for Maritime Community
- 14 - Global Public Access to Tsunami Threat Information
- 15 - Other Issues
- 15.1 - Optimal Design of Sea-level networks
- 15.2 - Updates to the GSSD
GSSD Updates - 15.3 - QC and Assurance of tide gauge data for tsunami warning
- 16 - Handling of Tsunamis from Non-Seismic Sources and Non-subduction Zone Earthquakes
Atypical Tsunamis
BMKG Atypical Tsunamis
Meteotsunamis Vilibic
Francois Atypical Tsunamis 1
Francois Atypical Tsunamis 2
Caribe Atypical Tsunamis
Non Subduction Atypical Tsunamis
Jacopo INGV Atypical Tsunamis
JMA Atypical Tsunamis - 17 - Recommendations and Actions for Reporting to the TOWS WG Conclusion
Recommendations to TOWS-WG
| Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
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| TTTWO Report, Feb 2020 | 16/11/2021 |
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| Agenda | Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
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| Agenda | Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
| IOC/TOWS-WG-XII/3 | Twelfth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-XII), Paris, France; 21-22 February 2019 | 23/01/2020 |
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| Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations, Paris, 19-20 February 2019 | 23/01/2020 |
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| Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
| TTTWO Provisional Agenda and Timetable, February 2020 | 07/02/2020 |
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There are 19 participants associated with TOWS-WG Inter-ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations , 6 of whom are provisional .
= Person has not yet confirmed their participation.
= Person has declined to participate or had their request to participate declined.
Participant Stats:
Total Invited: 20
Confirmed: 13
Not confirmed: 6
Unapproved: 0
Not-participating: 1
Rejected: 0
Label(s): no labels
Created at 00:26 on 27 Nov 2019 by Srinivasa Kumar Tummala
Last Updated at 08:16 on 26 Apr 2020 by Srinivasa Kumar Tummala