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

Meeting

22 - 23 February 2021

Location

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



Organiser(s) & Staff
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 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-XXX/8.2 on the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning Systems, the 30th IOC Assembly (Paris, 26 June – 4 July 2019) extended the tenure of TOWS-WG and its Task Teams on (i) Disaster Management and Preparedness and (ii) Tsunami Watch Operations, with Terms of Reference as given in IOC Resolution XXIV-4 [for TOWS-WG] and IOC/TOWS-WG-VI/3 [Annex II; for TTDMP] and ToRs for TTTWO as given in IOC/TOWS-WG-X Annex 2 -Appendix I. An online meeting of the Inter-ICG Task Team on Tsunami Watch Operations is scheduled on Monday 22 (12:00 to 14:00 UTC) and Tuesday 23 (12:00 to 14:00 UTC) February 2021.

Notes

no event notes available

22
Invited
22
Confirmed
0
Provisional
0
Unapproved
0
Declined
0
Rejected
Members of TT TTWO
8
Name Country
CARRILHO Fernando Portugal
ELURI Pattabhi Rama Rao India
MCCREERY Charles United States of America
MOKHTARI Mohammad Iran (Islamic Republic of)
NISHIMAE Yuji Japan
SCHINDELÉ François France
STRAUCH Wilfried Nicaragua
VANACORE Elizabeth Puerto Rico
Observers
8
Name Country
ANGOVE Michael United States of America
BAILEY Rick Australia
CHACON BARRANTES Silvia Costa Rica
HOWE Bruce United States of America
JANUS Christopher United States of America
KARYONO Dr. Indonesia
KONG Laura United States of America
VON HILLEBRANDT-ANDRADE Christa United States of America
Secretariat
6
Status Legend
Confirmed & Approved
Need Confirmation
Need Approval
Declined
Rejected
Group(s): IOC, ITIC, TSR - Tsunami Resilience Section.
Label(s): no labels
Created at 23:35 on 04 Feb 2021 by Bernardo Aliaga Rossel
Last Updated at 22:52 on 26 Mar 2021 by Bernardo Aliaga Rossel
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