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

18 - 19 February 2020,

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
7, place de Fontenoy

75732 Paris cedex 07
France

Annotated Agenda

1 Open and Session Organisation
2 Reviesw of Action Items from the Previous Meeting
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
5 Significant Operational Events Since Last Meeting / Presentation on New Zealand DART Buoy Network
6 Tsunami Glossary Update
7 Development of KPIs in relation with Sendai Framework Indicators
8 Local Source Tsunami SOPs: best practice for warning and response
9 NTWC Competency Framework
10 Planning for the Ocean Decade
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
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
17 Recommendations and Actions for Reporting to the TOWS WG Conclusion