Regional Training Workshop on Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) Enhanced Tsunami Products for ICG/CARIBE EWS
Training Course
07 - 10 December 2015
Bridgetown,
Barbados
Organizer & Staff
Participation
By invitation only.
Eleven percent of the world’s fatal tsunamis over history have occurred in the Caribbean and its adjacent seas, including the Atlantic, with almost 100 tsunamis having impacted 23 countries of the region. Member States of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE-EWS) are preparing to face the dangers of tsunamis from distant, regional and local sources. Many Caribbean Member countries depend primarily on the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) for the advice to their Tsunami Warning Focal Points and National Tsunami Warning Centres. With the ongoing implementation of the PTWC new enhanced tsunami products, it is of utmost importance to train Member States to continue receive and accurately interpret messages in order to respond to a tsunami in a timely and responsible manner to save lives. Significant scientific and technological advances have been made to better forecast tsunami impacts in real time and to present forecast information graphically since the establishment of the current PTWC products for the CARIBE-EWS. Based on these advances and IOC TOWS Working Group recommendations for more globally consistent and useful Tsunami Service Provider products, the ICG/CARIBE-EWS has approved the dissemination of the PTWC Enhanced Tsunami Products to Member States. In the proposed PTWC implementation schedule the plan is to begin issuance of the enhanced products in parallel with current products to the CARIBE-EWS on 26 October 2015 with full transition to the new products on 1st March 2016. These new products put more responsibility on the national and local authorities for developing and issuing the corresponding warning products. The workshop will be conducted in English through lecture-discussion, multimedia presentations and simulations with the aim to train participants in the interpretation and implementation of the new suite of enhanced operational tsunami forecast products. The workshop is being organised by the Caribbean Tsunami Information Centre (CTIC), the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (UNESCO/IOC), the International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC), the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), The US NWS Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program (CTWP) and the Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU), Barbados in collaboration with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Scientists (UCAR) Joint Office of Science Support, NOAA, NWS, U.S.A. Financial support is being provided by the UNESCO/IOC and the United States Agency for International Development/Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA).
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Name | Country |
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HINCAPIÉ-CÁRDENAS Carolina | United States of America |
KONG Laura | United States of America |
VON HILLEBRANDT-ANDRADE Christa | United States of America |
Name | Country |
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DAVID Lyndon | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
MCDOWALL Shem | Anguilla |
ABRAHAM Wayne | Dominica |
ALVES Lyndon | Guyana |
BÁEZ-SÁNCHEZ Gisela | Puerto Rico |
BARKER Damian | Anguilla |
BASDEN Trevor | Bahamas |
BLENMAN Rosalind | Barbados |
BOYCE Shawn | Barbados |
BURITICÁ HERNÁNDEZ Carlos | Colombia |
CHRISTIAN Mandela | Barbados |
DESBRIEL Veronique | Guadeloupe |
FORDE Marvin | Barbados |
FORDE Courtney | Barbados |
FRANCOIS Nicole | Haiti |
GAJADHAR Webster | Saint Lucia |
GIRIGORI Pedzi | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
GORDON Steve | Antigua and Barbuda |
GORDON Steve | Antigua and Barbuda |
IRAUSQUIN Lothar | Aruba |
JEHU Adam | Trinidad and Tobago |
JOHNSON Joy-Anne | Barbados |
JONES Nicole | Grenada |
JOSEPH Joseph | Saint Lucia |
LAKE Dale | Virgin Islands British |
LALL Tammika | Turks Caicos Isl |
MADISON Lee | Cayman Islands |
METAYER Gerard | Haiti |
MILLER Gilbert | Cayman Islands |
MORAIN Kathy Ann | Grenada |
MUHAMMAD Muwsa | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
NEVERSON-JACK Desiree | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
NGUMBAH Jacob | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
PARDO Rikardia | Turks Caicos Isl |
PARDO Rikardia | Turks Caicos Isl |
PENN Jasen | Virgin Islands British |
PIERRE Betonus | Haiti |
RAMKISSOON Candice | Trinidad and Tobago |
SABIR Kareem | Barbados |
TYBURN Patrick | Martinique |
WILLIAMS Clairmonte | Barbados |
Name | Country |
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JAMES Sherrod | Antigua and Barbuda |
MCCREERY Charles | United States of America |
= Person has not yet confirmed their participation.
Participant Stats:
Total Invited: 46
Confirmed: 44
Not confirmed: 2
Unapproved: 0
Not-participating: 0
Rejected: 0
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Created at 17:35 on 05 Nov 2015 by Bernardo Aliaga Rossel
Last Updated at 08:39 on 26 Apr 2024 by Sofie de Baenst