Publications

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 Tsunami SOP Manual v 0.4
Ocean Literacy and the IOC (08/08/2017)
Public Education on Tsunami Hazard - South China Sea (18/01/2018)
Technical guidance for monitoring and reporting on progress in achieving the global targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (15/02/2018)
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 ICG_PTWS Report to TOWS TTDPM_2018
Tsunami Hazard in Central America: Historical Events and Potential Sources. San José, Costa Rica, 23–24 June 2016 (21/12/2018)
IOC/2013/TS/105 REV.3 User's guide for the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center: enhanced products for the Pacific Tsunami Warning System (05/11/2014)
IOC/BRO/2010/4 Where the first wave arrives in minutes: Indonesian lessons on surviving tsunamis near their sources; public knowledge, natural warnings, and evacuation strategies that helped people live through fast-arriving tsunamis in Aceh and Southern Java (26/09/2010)
ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS-IV/3 Fourth Meeting of the ICG/PTWS Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation in the South China Sea Region (27/03/2015)
IOC M&G 74
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 IOC Manuals and Guides No. 74 Standard Guidelines for the Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme
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IOC Technical Series 73
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 NEAMTWS Implementation Plan
IOC Technical Series 73
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 NEAMTWS Implementation Plan
IOC/2008/TS/73 Implementation Plan of the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North Easthern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (27/10/2008)
IOC/2008/TS/77 Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS), 12 September 2007 Indian Ocean tsunami event, post-event assessment of IOTWS performance (03/12/2008)
IOC/2008/TS/81
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 IOTWS Implementation Plan for Regional Tsunami Watch Providers (RTWP)
IOC/2008/TS/85rev Tsunami Glossary (12/03/2013)
IOC/2009/MG/50 Hazard awareness and risk mitigation in integrated coastal area management (14/06/2009)
IOC/2009/MG/52 Tsunami Risk Assessment and Mitigation for the Indian Ocean: knowing your tsunami risk and what to do about it (01/06/2009)
IOC/2010/TS/90 12 January 2010 Haiti earthquake and tsunami event: post-event assessment of CARIBE EWS performance (21/03/2010)
Executive summary in English, French, Spanish, Russian,...
IOC/2010/TS/92 27 February 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami event: post-event assessment of PTWS performance (22/05/2011)
IOC/2011/MG/57 REV.2. Reducing and managing the risk of tsunamis (07/12/2011)
IOC/2011/TS/78
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 Implementation Plan for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions
IOC/2011/TS/87 REV. (2nd ed.) Operational users guide for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) (05/02/2009)
IOC/2011/TS/91
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 Compendium of Definitions and Terminology on Sea-level-Related Hazards, Disasters, Vulnerability and Risks in a coastal context
IOC/2011/TS/98 REV.3 Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas: First Enlarged Communication Test Exercise (ECTE1); exercise manual and evaluation report (07/07/2011)
IOC/2012/MG/58 REV. How to plan, conduct and evaluate UNESCO/IOC tsunami wave exercises (26/12/2012)
IOC/2012/MG/61REV. Coastal Management approaches to sea level related hazards (06/08/2012)
IOC/2012/MG/69 A guide to tsunami for hotels (06/08/2012)
IOC/2012/TS/102 Vol.1, Vol.2 Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas. Second Enlarged Communication Test Exercise (CTE2). Exercise Manual and Evaluation Report (27/11/2014)
IOC/2012/TS/103 VOL.1. Exercise NEAMWAVE 12: A tsunami warning and communication exercise for the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and Connected Seas Region, 27-28 November 2012, volume I (Exercise Manual) (16/11/2012)
IOC/2012/TS/104 Seísmo y tsunami del 27 de agosto de 2012 en la costa del Pacífico frente a El Salvador y seísmo del 5 de septiembre de 2012 en la costa del Pacífico frente a Costa Rica. Evaluación subsiguiente sobre el funcionamiento del PTWS (08/02/2013)
IOC/2012/TS/78
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 Implementation Plan for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions
IOC/2013/MG/65 Tsunami preparedness civil protection: good practices guide (07/03/2013)
IOC/2013/TS/105 REV User's guide for the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center: enhanced products for the Pacific Tsunami Warning System (08/07/2013)
IOC/2013/TS/107 REV. Tsunami Public Awareness and Education Strategy for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (03/07/2013)
IOC/2013/TS/108 Medium-term strategy: Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS MTS), 2014-2021 (03/12/2013)
IOC/2013/TS/78Rev. Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE-EWS), Implementation Plan 2013&ndash;2017 (23/04/2013)
IOC/2013/WR/255 Earthquake and tsunami hazard in Northern Haiti: historical events and potential sources (11/12/2013)
IOC/2014/MG/37, 2nd Edition International Tsunami Survey Team (ITST) Post-Tsunami Survey Field Guide (21/09/2014)
IOC/2014/TS/114Vol.1 Exercise NEAMWAVE 14. A Tsunami Warning and Communication Exercise for the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and Connected Seas Region, 28–30 October 2014, Volume I: Manual (10/10/2014)
IOC/2014/TS/116 Vol.1 and Vol.2 Third Enlarged Communication Test Exercise (CTE3),Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas. 1st October 2013. Volume 1 and Volume 2: Exercise Manual and Evaluation Report (30/10/2014)
IOC/2014/TS/118 Vol.1 Exercise Caribe Wave/Lantex 15. A Caribbean and Northwestern Atlantic Tsunami Warning Exercise, 25 March 2015. Volume 1: Participant Handbook (13/01/2015)
IOC/2014/WR/266 IOC-UNESCO-ISESCO Workshop on Improving Tsunami Warning and Emergency Response in the North-Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Connected Seas: Summary Recommendations, Rabat, Morocco, 23–24 September 2014 (03/11/2014)
IOC/2015/TS/109 Vol.2
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 Exercise Caribe Wave/Lantex 14. A Caribbean and Northwestern Atlantic Tsunami Warning Exercise, 26 March 2014. Volume 2: Evaluation Report.
IOC/2016/MG/14 VOL.5. Manual on sea level measurement and interpretation, v. V: Radar gauges (18/01/2018)
IOC/BRO/2011/2 North-Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Tsunami Information Centre (18/03/2011)
IOC/BRO/2012/1 Japan/UNESCO/UNU International Symposium (on) The Great East Japan Tsunami and Tsunami Warning Systems: Policy Perspectives; Summary statements (02/04/2012)
IOC/BRO/2012/4 Tsunami: The Great Waves (19/02/2013)
IOC/BRO/2012/6 Understanding tsunamis: A guide for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (18/03/2012)
IOC/BRO/2012/7 What is a tsunami? (06/08/2012)
IOC/BRO/2012/8 Tsunami Safety Rules (10/02/2014)
IOC/BRO/2013/6 North-Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Tsunami Warning System (NEAMTWS) (12/02/2013)
IOC/BRO/2014/1
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 Getting Ready for TSUNAMIS
IOC/BRO/2014/2 Surviving a tsunami: Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan (11/06/2014)
IOC/BRO/2014/6 Exercise NEAMWAVE 14 Flyer. A Tsunami Warning and Communication Exercise for the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and Connected Seas Region. (22/10/2014)
IOC/BRO/2023/4 Research, Development and Implementation Plan for the Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme -Executive Summary
IOC/INF.1124; SC.99/WS/36 REV. (Eng. only) ITSU Master Plan (01/04/1999)
SC-2006/WS/38 Manual on Sea-level Measurements and Interpretation, Volume IV: An update to 2006 (18/01/2018)
SC-98/WS-24 Post-tsunami Survey Field Guide (20/02/1998)
SC.2005/WS/51 International Conference for the Establishment of a Tsunami and Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, Mexico City, Mexico, 1-3 June 2005 (11/06/2005)
SC.2006/WS/39 REV. Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS): implementation plan (03/05/2009)
SC.2006/WS/39 REV. Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS): implementation plan (24/11/2009)
SC.2008/WS/5 Tsunami preparedness: information guide for disaster planners (04/12/2008)
TS-183 UNESCO/IOC Monitoring and Warning for Tsunamis Generated by Volcanoes. 2024. Paris, UNESCO. (IOC Technical Series No. 183) (20/02/2024)
WR 275 Scientific Meeting of Experts for Coordinated Scenario Analysis of Future Tsunami Events and Hazard Mitigation Schemes for the South China Sea Region Xiamen, China 16–18 November 2015 (21/12/2018)
WR 291 IOC-UNESCO. 2020. Experts Meeting on Sources of Tsunamis in the Lesser Antilles. Fort-de-France, Martinique (France), 18–20 March 2019. (13/04/2021)
WR-289 UNESCO/IOC 2020 - Expert meeting on tsunami sources, hazards, risk and uncertainties associates with the Tonga-Kermadec Subduction Zone (24/08/2020)
WR-295 UNESCO-IOC. 2021. Expert Meeting on Tsunami Sources, Hazards, Risk and Uncertainties Associated with the Colombia-Ecuador Subduction Zone. Guayaquil, Ecuador, 27–29 January 2020 (31/08/2021)