TOWS-WG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations [online]
TT-TWO

Meeting

21 - 22 February 2022

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By invitation only.

TOWS-WG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations [online]
Summary

Through Resolution XXIV-14 the IOC Assembly at its 24th session decided on the establishment of a Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG). The group is tasked primarily to advise the IOC Governing Bodies on coordinated development and implementation activities of warning and mitigation systems for tsunamis and other hazards related to sea level of common priority to all Intergovernmental Coordination Groups on Regional Tsunami Warning and Mitigation Systems.

By its Decision IOC-A-31/3.4.1 on the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning Systems, the 31th IOC Assembly (Paris, 14 June – 25 June 2021(online) extended the tenure of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems and its Task Teams on: (i) Disaster Management & Preparedness (TTDMP), and (ii) Tsunami Watch Operations (TTTWO), with terms of reference as given in IOC Resolution XXIV-14 [for TOWS-WG], report IOC/TOWS-WG-VI/3, Annex II [for TTDMP] and report IOC/TOWS-WG-X/3, Annex II (Appendix 1) [for TTTWO].

The Inter-ICG Task Team meeting on Tsunami Watch Operations will be held online on Monday 21 (07:00-13:30 UTC) and Tuesday 22 (07:00-13:00 UTC) February 2022. More information concerning meeting modalities will be provided shortly. 

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Final Report
Agenda Documents: 45
Background Documents: 4
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Report
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Report of Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations, TOWS-WG-XV, Feb 2022 27/01/2023
Agenda Documents
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1 TT-TWO Current and Incoming Members, February 2022 15/02/22
1 Provisional Timetable and Annotated Agenda, TT-TWO Meeting, 21-22 Feb 2022 18/02/22
14 IOC/2016/TS/130 REV. Tsunami Watch Operations: Global Service Definition Document 15/02/22
14 Update to the Global Service Defintion Document, François Schindelé 16/02/22
2 TOWS-WG TT TWO: Status of Recommendations and Actions (February 2022) 18/02/22
3 IOTWMS Tsunami Watch Operations, Pattabhi Rama Rao Eluri & Prof. Mohammad Mokhtari 21/02/22
4 Products for Maritime Community, Pattabhi Rama Rao Eluri & Dr. Yuelong Miao 21/02/22
6 Survey on Ocean Data Requirements for Tsunami Warning Services (Draft) 21/02/22
7 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Letter addressing Updates on the Joint Task Force (JTF) on SMART submarine cables, 10 September 2021 16/02/22
7 SMART Subsea Cables for Observing the Ocean and Earth: Update for TT TWO, Bruce Howe 21/02/22
7 SMART Subsea Cables for Observing the Earth and Ocean, Mitigating Environmental Hazards, and Supporting the Blue Economy 23/02/22
7 Proposed new WTSA Resolution on SMART Submarine Cable Systems 23/02/22
8 Sound signals of tsunamis from a slendar fault, Chaing C. Mei and Usama Kadri 21/02/22
8 Effect of Water Compressibility, Sea-floor Elasticity, and Field Gravitational Potential on Tsunami Phase Speed, Ali Abdolali, Usama Kadri, & James T. Kirby 21/02/22
8 Approximate solution of nonlinear triad interactions of acoustic-gravity waves in cylindrical coordinates, Usama Kadri & Zhan Wang 21/02/22
8 Acoustic-gravity waves from multi-fault rupture, Bryon Williams, Usama Kadri, and Ali Abdolali 21/02/22
8 Near real-time calculation of submarine fault properties using an inverse model of acoustic signals, Bernabe Gomez & Usama Kadri 21/02/22
8 Earthquake source characterization by machine learning algorithms applied to acoustic signals, Barnabe Gomez & Usama Kadri 21/02/22
8 Real-time tsunami detection by acoustic-gravity waves, Usama Kadri 21/02/22
J10 PLANNING FOR WTAD 2022 15/02/22
J10 WTAD 2022 - UNDRR 18/02/22
J11 IOC/BRO/2018/3 Advances in Tsunami Warning to Enhance Community Responses, IOC/UNESCO Symposium, 12-14 February 2018: Summary Statement 12/12/18
J11 Planning for 2nd IOC/UNESCO Symposium, François Schindelé 16/02/22
J2 IOC Brochure 2020-1 Summary Statement from the International Symposium on lessons learnt from the 2018 Tsunamis in Palu and Sunda Strait, Jakarta, Indonesia, 26-28 September 2019 12/08/20
J2 Report by IOC/UNESCO TOWS-WG Team on Atypical Tsunami Sources 17/02/22
J2 Handling of tsunamis from non-seismic sources and non-subduction zone earthquakes, François Schindelé 21/02/22
J3 Evolution of Ocean Wide Exercises in the Indian Ocean 15/02/22
J3 NEAMWave 16/02/22
J3 INDIAN OCEAN WAVE EXERCISE 20 (IOWave20) 21/02/22
J3 CARIBE WAVE Exercise 18/02/22
J3 Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha‘apai Eruption and Tsunami: Sea Level Observations and Tsunami Warning (Reference Doc) 21/02/22
J3 PacWAVE Exercises 20/02/22
J3 IOTWMS Significant Events, Pattabhi Rama Rao Eluri & Prof. Mohammad Mokhtari 21/02/22
J3 Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha‘apai Eruption and Tsunami: Sea Level Observations and Tsunami Warning, Reference Doc 21/02/22
J5 Local-Source Tsunami Response Best Practice: Release Version 1 - 06/04/19, ICG/PTWS XXVIII, Nicaragua 22/02/22
J6 Training Competencies, Laura Kong 22/02/22
J6 DRAFT: National Tsunami Warning Centre Competency Framework (V3) 22/02/22
J7 Tsunami Glossary 2019 MG 84, Laura Kong 22/02/22
J7 IOC/ITIC Tsunami Glossary Comments, IUGG Joint Tsunami Commission Working Group on Terminology 22/02/22
J8 IUGG Update, Laura Kong 22/02/22
J8 Minutes of the IUGG Joint Tsunami Commission Business Meeting Sendai, Japan, July 2, 2021 22/02/22
J8 Report on the activities of the IUGG Joint Tsunami Commission 2021 22/02/22
J9 Tsunami Ready Coalition 15/02/22
J9 Propose additional actions for concept paper 18/02/22
J9 PLANNING FOR OCEAN DECADE: Engagement/Contributions of UNESCO IOC Towards GP2022, Third MHEWS Conference (MHEWS-III) and WiA Guide   20/02/22
Background Documents
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IOC/TOWS-WG-XIII/3 Working Group on Tsunamis and other Hazards related to Sea-level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), thirteenth meeting , Paris, 20–21 February 2020 20/02/2021
TTTWO Report, Feb 2020 16/11/2021
Report of Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations, TOWS-WG-XIV, 22-23 Feb 2021 (online) 03/02/2023
IOC/TOWS-WG-XIV/3 FINAL Report Fourteenth Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG-XIV), online, 25–26 February 2021 15/02/2022
There are 26 participants associated with TOWS-WG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations [online] .

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Current Members
Name Country
SCHINDELÉ François France
ELURI Pattabhi Rama Rao India
MOKHTARI Mohammad Iran (Islamic Republic of)
NISHIMAE Yuji Japan
STRAUCH Wilfried Nicaragua
CARRILHO Fernando Portugal
VANACORE Elizabeth Puerto Rico
MCCREERY Charles United States of America
Incoming Members
Name Country
WANG Dakui China
HÉBERT Hélène France
PIATANESI Alessio Italy
Invited Experts
Name Country
KADRI Usama United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
HOWE Bruce United States of America
Observers
Name Country
MIAO Yuelong Australia
KELLY-GERREYN Boris Australia
BARRIENTOS Sergio Chile
ZUNIGA Carlos Chile
CHACON BARRANTES Silvia Costa Rica
TUMMALA Srinivasa Kumar India
HAYASHI Yutaka Japan
ANGOVE Michael United States of America
WEST Susan United States of America
UNESCO-IOC Representatives
Name Country
GALE Nora Australia
BAILEY Rick Australia
ALIAGA ROSSEL Bernardo France
HAIDAR Angelos France
= Person has confirmed their participation and been approved to participate.
Participant Stats:
Total Invited: 26
Confirmed: 26
Not confirmed: 0
Unapproved: 0
Not-participating: 0
Rejected: 0
Group(s): Tsunami.
 Label(s): Created at 02:35 on 01 Feb 2022 by Nora Gale
Last Updated at 10:27 on 22 Feb 2022 by Nora Gale