TOWS-WG Inter-ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations
Meeting of Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations

Meeting

14 - 15 February 2018

Location

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
7, place de Fontenoy
75732 Paris cedex 07
France


Organizer & Staff
Organizer
Participation

By invitation only.

TOWS-WG Inter-ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations
Summary

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.

Notes

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.

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Final Report
Agenda Documents: 11
Background Documents: 5
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Report
Code Name Upd. On Action
Report of the TOWS-WG Inter ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations, 2018 31/05/2018
Agenda Documents
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Agenda Code Name Upd. On Action
11 Draft Common Text to be used on the Websites of all Tsunami Service Providers operating under the IOC’s ICG Framework 23/02/18
12 Creating Maps to Assess Response Times and Plan Improvements to Seismic and Sea Level Networks 23/02/18
13 Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations Actions and Recommendations 23/02/18
4 Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations: ICG-CARIBE-EWS Current Status and Plans 22/02/18
4 ICG/PTWS Report 22/02/18
4 IOTWMS Tsunami Watch Operations 22/02/18
5 The Lesvos Isl. (NE Aegean Sea) strong (Mw6.3) earthquake of 12 June 2017 and its associated tsunami 22/02/18
5 Note préliminaire sur la crise sismique des Loyauté et sur les tsunamis observés Entre le 31 octobre et le 19 novembre 2017 22/02/18
5 The 20th July 2017 (22:31 UTC) Bodrum-Kos Earthquake and Tsunami; Preliminary Results of Field Survey and Numerical Modelling 22/02/18
6 Technical guidance for monitoring and reporting on progress in achieving the global targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 15/02/18
9 U. S. Operational consideration of non-seismic source tsunamis 23/02/18
Background Documents
Agenda Code Name Upd. On Action
Agenda Code Name Upd. On Action
Report of the TOWG-WG Inter ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations, 2017 31/05/2018
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
IOC/2016/TS/130 Global Service Definition Document 06/03/2020
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
TTTWO Provisional Agenda 07/02/2018
There are 14 participants associated with TOWS-WG Inter-ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations .

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Other
Name Country
ANGOVE Michael United States of America
BAILEY Rick Australia
CARRASCO Patricio Chile
CARRILHO Fernando Portugal
ELLIOTT Tony United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
GLEDHILL Ken New Zealand
HARADA Satoshi Japan
MCCREERY Charles United States of America
MIAO Yuelong Australia
SCHINDELÉ François France
STRAUCH Wilfried Nicaragua
VANACORE Elizabeth Puerto Rico
VON HILLEBRANDT-ANDRADE Christa United States of America
ZUNIGA Carlos Chile
= Person has confirmed their participation and been approved to participate.
Participant Stats:
Total Invited: 14
Confirmed: 14
Not confirmed: 0
Unapproved: 0
Not-participating: 0
Rejected: 0
Group(s): Tsunami.
 Label(s): Created at 07:26 on 06 Nov 2017 by Srinivasa Kumar Tummala
Last Updated at 09:19 on 31 May 2018 by Nora Gale