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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Reports of Meetings of Experts and Equivalent Bodies

Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the South China Sea Region (SCS-WG)

Third Meeting Hong Kong, China 8–9 April 2014

UNESCO 2014

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Reports of Meetings of Experts and Equivalent Bodies

Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the South China Sea Region (SCS-WG)

Third Meeting Hong Kong, China 8–9 April 2014

ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS-III/3 Rev.Paris, May 2014

English only

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1. WELCOME AND OPENING ....................................................................................... 1

2. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION .......................................................................... 1

2.1 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA .......................................................................... 1

2.2 DESIGNATION OF RAPPORTEUR ................................................................... 1

2.3 CONDUCT OF THE SESSION, TIMETABLE AND DOCUMENTATION ................................................................................... 1

3. REVIEW OF DECISIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS FROM ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS-II MEETING ......................................... 2

4. REPORT ON THE REGIONAL TRAINING ON STRENGHTENING SOPS FOR TSUNAMI WARNING AND THE USE OF THE ICG/PTWS PTWC NEW ENHANCED TSUNAMI PRODUCTS ............................................................................................... 2

5. REPORTS .................................................................................................................. 3

5.1 NATIONAL PROGRESS REPORTS .................................................................. 3

5.1.1 China ....................................................................................................... 3

5.1.2 Indonesia ................................................................................................. 3

5.1.3 Malaysia ................................................................................................... 3

5.1.4 Thailand ................................................................................................... 4

5.2 REPORTS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS .................................................. 4

5.2.1 Nwptac ..................................................................................................... 4

6. ESTABLISHMENT OF A TASK TEAM ON SEISMO-TECTONIC STUDY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION ....................................................................... 5

7. INVENTORY OF SEISMIC AND SEA-LEVEL STATIONS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION, INCLUDING REAL-TIME DATA SHARING MECHANISMS ........................................................... 6

8. PROGRESS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND WORK PLANS OF THE TASK TEAM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SOUTH CHINA SEA TSUNAMI ADVISORY CENTER ................................................................................ 6

9. DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN TO PRODUCE/ADAPT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS .................................................................................... 8

10. NEXT MEETING ......................................................................................................... 8

11. ANY OTHER BUSINESS ............................................................................................ 8

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ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS-I/3 Page (ii) 12. SUMMARY OF DECISIONS,

RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS ..................................................................... 9

13. CLOSE OF MEETING ................................................................................................ 9

ANNEXES

I. AGENDA

II. KEY POINTS OF THE MEETING

III. REQUIREMENTS AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA TSUNAMI ADVISORY CENTER (SCSTAC)

IV. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

V. LIST OF ACRONYMS

ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS-III/3

1. WELCOME AND OPENING

The Chair of the Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the South China Sea Region (SCS-WG), Mr Mok (Hong Kong, China) welcomed all participants to the meeting.

Ms Sharon Lau, Acting Director of the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO), delivered the welcome speech. She emphasized the importance to full address the tsunami risks in the South China Sea region, especially for Hong Kong, which would be affected a couple of hours after a tsunami was generated from Manila Trench. HKO is and will continue to be actively involved in the tsunami warning system activities.

Mr Tony Elliott, Head of the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/TOWS) of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), delivered the second speech. He noted that significant progress has been made through two regional SCS Working Group meetings, and expressed that IOC will continue to assist the SCS Member States in the establishment of the SCS Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System. He thanked the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Centre (NMEFC) for hosting the ITIC Training Programme (ITP) for the international SCS countries on “Strengthening Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Tsunami Warning and the use of the ICG/PTWS PTWC New Enhanced Tsunami Products”, which was held from 16 to 20 December 2013 in Beijing, China.

Mr Takeshi Koizumi (Japan), Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS) welcomed the participants on behalf of the ICG/PTWS Chair, Dr Ken Gledhill (New Zealand).

Thereafter, Mr Mok invited all participants to introduce themselves. He thanked Dr Rosadi (Malaysia) for his great work to lead the SCS-WG over the past years.

The opening ceremony ended after the Group photo was taken.

2. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION

2.1 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

The provisional agenda, circulated prior to the meeting, was adopted without any comments.

2.2 DESIGNATION OF RAPPORTEUR

The Delegation of China recommended Dr Dakui Wang from the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Centre (NMEFC) of China to serve as rapporteur. The recommendation was accepted by the Chair and Delegates.

2.3 CONDUCT OF THE SESSION, TIMETABLE AND DOCUMENTATION

Mr Mok provided an overview of the items in the timetable. All the documents pertinent to the meeting have been available to the IOC website, and some of them were printed in advance for all Delegates. The timetable was adopted without any comments.

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AND ACTIONS FROM ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS-II MEETING

Development of plan to increase tsunami hazard capacity in the South China Sea and Terms of Reference for Task Team on seismo-tectonic study of the South China Sea region

At its previous meeting the SCS-WG decided not to recommend the creation of a Task Team to undertake a seismotectonic study, but to request the PTWS Working Group 1 Task Team on Tsunami Risk Assessment to help with this task. It was reported that the Task Team of WG 1 has not been able to take up this matter. This matter was specifically addressed under item 6.

Mr Mok encouraged that one Member State (MS) could volunteer to take the task to design a survey form to Member States to create an inventory of past work and studies relevant to tsunamigenic zone identification, tsunami hazard assessment and paleotsunami surveys. After discussion by the group, Mr Mok took this responsibility on behalf of China.

Work Plan of the Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System of South China Sea

Mr Elliott noted that the working plan of the SCS-TWS (Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System of South China Sea) was approved by the Twenty-fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXV) held in Vladivostok, Russian Federation, from 9 to 11 September 2013 (IOC/ICG/PTWS-XXV/3 REV).

Possible additional support through the ASEAN-China cooperation mechanism

Dr Rosaidi suggested that since the approval of the working plan of the SCS-TWS by the ICG/PTWS-XXV and the decision of establishing a South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) in China, it is necessary to know with clarity what kind of support could be obtained from the China-ASEAN cooperation mechanism, or otherwise the SCS Working Group meeting should close the proposal regarding the China-ASEAN Cooperation mechanism.

Mr Yafeng Yang briefed the meeting on the China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund (CAF), and indicated that it is not optimistic to apply for financial support from the China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund in the near future.

Mr Yang and Mr Koizumi indicated that all cooperation related to the SCS-TWS could be conducted under the framework of ICG/PTWS; therefore there is no need to continue the proposal of looking for support from China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund.

The Working Group decided to close the item regarding the China-ASEAN Cooperation mechanism.

4. REPORT ON THE REGIONAL TRAINING ON STRENGHTENING SOPS FOR TSUNAMI WARNING AND THE USE OF THE ICG/PTWS PTWC NEW ENHANCED TSUNAMI PRODUCTS

Dr Dakui Wang presented a report on the regional training on “Strengthening Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Tsunami Warning and the use of the ICG/PTWS PTWC New Enhanced Tsunami Products”, which was held from 16 to 20 December 2013 in Beijing, China.

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The training course lasted for 5 days with 5 invited trainers from IOC, ITIC (International Tsunami Information Centre), PTWC (Pacific Tsunami Warning Center), JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency), and more than 30 trainees from 6 countries including Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mexico, Thailand, and China.

5. REPORTS

5.1 NATIONAL PROGRESS REPORTS

5.1.1 China

Dr Ye Yuan, from NMEFC/SOA, China, gave a presentation on national seismic and sea-level monitoring capability, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), tsunami bulletin and services, and recent progress on tsunami risk assessment and evacuation mapping at a county level. He indicated that a project on tsunami evacuation mapping on tsunami-prone counties in the Chinese coasts is ongoing. The project employed state of art 0.5 metres high resolution satellite image, overlapped with worst case scenario inundation modelling results, distribution of residential communities, critical infrastructures, evacuation routes, and shelters.

Mr Elliott asked for further information on this project, and encouraged China to conduct local evacuation drills based on developed evacuation maps.

Mr Mok presented the latest development of earthquake and tsunami services provided by the Hong Kong Observatory.

5.1.2 Indonesia

Mr Riyadi, from Indonesia Tsunami Early Warning System/Indonesian Agency for Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysics (InaTEWS/BMKG), Indonesia, reported on the current status of the Indonesia Tsunami Early Warning System. He informed that InaTEWS started operation in November 2008.

BMKG is also a Regional Tsunami Service Provider (RTSP) for the Indian Ocean region, together with India and Australia. There are 28 Indian Ocean rim countries that can receive tsunami warning messages from these three RTSPs. Since March 2013, the RTSP scheme is fully operational and has taken over the service from JMA (Japan) and PTWC (USA). Tsunami warning products include: earthquake parameters (magnitude, location, earthquake time, and source mechanism) and tsunami warning (warning segment and status, estimated time arrival of tsunami, observed tsunami time arrival and height, tsunami warning end). The tsunami warning level is categorized into major warning, warning and advisory. The system disseminates tsunami warnings within 5 minutes after the earthquake. There are currently 163 broadband stations, 237 accelerograph stations, and 35 existing siren networks with 13 on planning.

Mr Elliott asked if Indonesia is planning to install 1,000 siren networks in total in the future. Mr Riyadi replied that Indonesia has budget for 3 new siren networks every year. Mr Elliott suggested that Indonesia should rethink about the goal of the total number of siren networks. He also suggested that new siren networks could concentrate in certain areas.

5.1.3 Malaysia

Dr Rosaidi informed that the tsunami warning system in Malaysia was re-organized with a new name of Malaysian National Tsunami Early Warning System (MNTEWS) in

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Mr Suardi asked how Malaysia disseminates information when tsunami happens. Dr Rosaidi replied that the tsunami warning information is delivered to the public by multiple ways, including twitter, facebook, internet and land systems.

Mr Elliott enquired about more information of the two recovery centres. Dr Rosaidi replied that those two recovery system are the duplicates of the main warning system.

Mr Koizumi asked how the recovery centres are working. Dr Rosaidi replied that the tsunami warning system in the two recovery centres are running in parallel with the system located in the main centre. The system in one recovery centre will be started when it fails the one in the main centre. In a tsunami event, staffs in the recovery centres are capable to run the tsunami warning systems, while decision is made by the staffs from the main centre. It takes around 1 hour to move staffs from main centre to the recovery centre nearby.

5.1.4 Thailand

Captain Song reported Thailand’s progress on its seismic and sea-level stations networks. There are currently 22 hydrographic, and 14 sea-level stations operated by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and Thailand Meteorological Department (TMD), and 140 seismic station networks operated by different departments in Thailand. He also informed that various tools are used to disseminate tsunami warning information, which mainly include SMS, fax, e-mail, TV station, spring news, warning tower, warning box, relay stations of local governments, government radio stations, smart phones, website, and call centres.

Dr Huang inquired if there is a centre in Thailand which can receive all the seismic stations data. Captain Song responded that there is not such a centre and each department sets up their own network to receive their seismic station data.

Dr Rosaidi inquired if the seismic network data is available in real-time and if the tsunami buoy is operational now. Captain Song replied that the data is in real-time and the tsunami buoy is currently operational.

5.2 REPORTS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

5.2.1 Nwptac

Mr Koizumi from JMA introduced recent underwater earthquake events with magnitude above 6.5 to which the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) services have been provided since October 2012. He also reported that the NWPTAC has conducted communications tests twice a year since 2012. The percentage of countries that successfully received messages by fax has increased from 70% to 84%. NWPTAC would like for more countries’ responses to the communication tests.

Mr Mok inquired if a test report will be circulated to Member States after a communication test. Mr Koizumi replied that the report has not been circulated to Member

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States directly but NWPTAC reported the results to the ICG/PTWS assemblies. Mr Elliott emphasized the importance of circulating report to Member States and mentioned that such report would be circulated from the IOC.

6. ESTABLISHMENT OF A TASK TEAM ON SEISMO-TECTONIC STUDY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION

Mr Zhiguo Xu, from the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center (NMEFC), China, gave a presentation on a review on seismic and tsunami simulation in the South China Sea and its adjacent basin. He identified major subduction zones in this region and evaluated their seismicity in the recent 100 years by using data source of the National Earthquake Information Centre (NEIC). The fault types of all subduction zones was categorized into normal, reverse, strike-slip types by analyzing its focal mechanism. Major earthquakes with magnitude greater than 8 that occurred during 1900−2013 were chosen to assess the tsunami potential and their impact on the SCS neighboring countries. Besides, historic earthquake and tsunami records from the National Data Buoy Centre (NDBC) database was illustrated to further verify the tsunamigenic subduction zones in the SCS region.

Mr Elliott inquired if the results from this tsunami simulation have been compared with observation. Dr Ye clarified that there was a real tsunami event in Moro Gulf Mindanao, Philippines, with a maximum observed tsunami wave height around 3 metres, which killed 4,000 persons in total.

Mr Elliott recalled that Dr Phuong proposed to establish a Task Team on Seismo-Tectonic Study of the South China Sea Region during the Second meeting of the Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the South China Sea Region held in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, from 16 to 18 October 2012 (ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS-II/3). However, no actions have been taken by WG 1 of ICG/PTWS since the Twenty-fifth session of the ICG/PTWS regarding seismo-tectonic studies in the SCS region.

Mr Mok introduced the Terms of Reference (ToRs) prepared by Dr Phuong during the Second meeting of ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS, and asked the views of the Member States on the proposed ToRs. The ToRs emphasized two points: recommending standards for data collection and database development; and defining methodology, implementation procedures and products for a seismotectonic study of the South China Sea region.

Mr Mok asked Member States’ views on if the Task Team on Seismo-Tectonic Study of the South China Sea Region should be formed. Dr Ye proposed to postpone the establishment of a Task Team until research on seismo-tectonic in the South China Sea region has achieved major progress. Dr Rosaidi, Dr Wandono and Dr Suardi suggested that the seismo-tectonic research should be conducted within the ICG/PTWS-SCS-WG.

Mr Mok concluded that ICG/PTWS-SCS-WG would continue the investigation and research on seismo-tectonic in the SCS region. As the first step, he proposed to survey on what has already done in the seismo-tectonic field in the SCS region.

Dr Ye recommended that Mr Zhiguo Xu could lead the survey on published literatures, and more people should be involved in this work. The recommendation was adopted by Member States.

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Mr Elliott emphasized that Mr Zhiguo Xu needs support from other countries to take surveys, and should coordinate with Mr Bernardo Aliaga to ask support from other Member States.

7. INVENTORY OF SEISMIC AND SEA-LEVEL STATIONS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION, INCLUDING REAL-TIME DATA SHARING MECHANISMS

The Chair introduced draft templates for the inventory of seismic and sea-level stations in the South China Sea region and asked for comments from Member States. Comments were provided by Member States and Secretariat and the Chair took note of these and will amend the templates accordingly.

Mr Elliott asked if the inventory is solely for real-time data or should also be used for the stations in delayed mode, and inquired who will be responsible to take the role of the inventory. The Chair responded that it focuses on the stations which can be shared on real-time. The IOC Secretariat was requested by the Working Group to coordinate the collection of inventory data and China offered to collate the data received from the Member States.

Dr Rosaidi suggested that a technical contact in each country should be identified and should send the inventory to China. The IOC Secretariat was requested by the Working Group to identify the administrative and technical contacts in each Member State for updating the inventory on an annual basis.

The Working Group discussed if a regional data sharing platform for real-time seismic and sea-level stations was required. Dr Ye recommended that IOC should help Member States to coordinate data-sharing aspects within the SCS region and out of the SCS region (i.e. with international agencies). Mr Elliott responded that IOC already conducts efforts regarding data-sharing.

Dr Zhi Chen and Dr Ye recommended to share data through international platform. Thailand and Indonesia also prefer to share data through international platforms. It was decided by the Working Group that international data sharing platforms should be used on the basis of cost and efficiency.

8. PROGRESS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND WORK PLANS OF THE TASK TEAM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SOUTH CHINA SEA TSUNAMI ADVISORY CENTER

Dr Ye Yuan presented a report on the outcomes of the First meeting of the ICG/PTWS Task Team on Establishment of the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (ICG/PTWS-TT-SCSTAC-I) held at the Hong Kong Observatory, China, on 7 April 2014 (Annex III).

The Task Team (TT) meeting started with welcome remarks by the Chair, Dr Ye Yuan, followed by each participant introducing themselves. Dr Dakui Wang was designated as the rapporteur of this TT meeting. The Chair introduced the purpose and the goal of the meeting: to identify the operational requirements and available observational resources for the SCSTAC, to discuss the types of the operational products and performance indicators for the SCSTAC, and to discuss the work plan of SCSTAC proposed by the Chair.

Mr Elliott, IOC Secretariat, introduced the background on how the TT was established in the Twenty-fifth session of ICG/PTWS. The Task Team members from each SCS Member State have been nominated on the request of IOC Secretariat. It is recommended that the TT



members should be maintained to be the same if possible, which will be crucial for the continuity of the TT and to make good progress.

The TT requested the SCS Working Group to develop an inventory on seismic and sea-level stations in the SCS region that are available for the establishment of SCSTAC.

The TT recommended the SCS Working Group to encourage the SCS Member States to share more seismic and sea-level data with each other.

The TT proposed performance indicators that should be adopted by the SCS-TWS, while the values of performance indicator still need to be defined by the TT. The suggested performance indicators are shown in Table 1.

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

1. Elapsed time from earthquake to issuance of initial tsunami products

2. Probability of detection of earthquakes with Mw >= 6.5 (TBD)

3. Accuracy of hypocentre location/ depth/ magnitude

4. Elapsed time from EQ to issuance of first bulletin containing more detailed tsunami threat info

5. Accuracy of Estimated Time of Arrival in case a tsunami actually is triggered

6. Percentage of Member States that timely receive products issued by SCSTAC

7. Percentage of time the SCSTAC is operating and able to respond to a tsunami event

8. Number of regular communication tests of the system

Table 1.Performance indicators

The TT recommended the SCSTAC should comprise text product and a suite of graphic products including Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA), Tsunami Energy Forecast Map, Coastal Forecast Map, and Polygon Forecast Map in consistency with PTWC new enhanced products. The SCS tsunami advisory products should use the same polygons with those of PTWC’s to avoid confusion.

The TT recommended that the design of the SCS tsunami advisory products and the definition of performance indicator values should be accomplished and submitted for consideration of the next SCS Working Group meeting.

Dr Wandono from Indonesia was elected to serve as the Vice-Chair of TT.


The Task Team members will work mainly by correspondence before the next SCS Working Group meeting. The TT requests the PTWC to nominate a representative to serve as a member of the TT.

Mr Koizumi inquired if the TT is going to have another meeting next year. Dr Ye Yuan responded that the next ICG/PTWS meeting will be in Hawaii in April 2015. Before this, the task identified from the First meeting of ICG/PTWS-TT-SCSTAC (.i.e. performance indicators) should be finished, and reported to the ICG.

Mr Elliott asked how long it will take to finish the tasks recommended in the First meeting of ICG/PTWS-TT-SCSTAC. Dr Ye Yuan responded that the design of the SCSTAC advisory products and the definition of performance indicator values could be accomplished and submitted for consideration of the SCS WG by the end of 2014.

Mr Yafeng Yang requested that the IOC Secretariat should remind PTWC to nominate a representative to become actively involved in the activities of the Task Team.

9. DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN TO PRODUCE/ADAPT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

Mr Elliott reported that no progress had been made on the development of a plan to produce/adapt educational materials tailored to the SCS region since the Second meeting of the SCS WG. Mr Ardito Kodijat of UNESCO Jakarta had agreed to assist in the development of an inventory of existing awareness, preparedness and educational material for ASEAN countries only.

The Chair reported that he had consulted the director of ITIC and confirmed that ITIC was willing to assist in this activity

Indonesia agreed to liaise with UNESCO Jakarta to compile an inventory of material already available in ASEAN countries

The Chair agreed to liaise with ITIC to compile an inventory of material available through ITIC.

The Chair was requested to report to the next meeting of the SCS-WG comparing all available awareness, preparedness and educational materials available to the South China Sea region.

10. NEXT MEETING

The meeting suggested to have the next meeting before the next ICG, tentatively in the first half of February 2015 subject to identifying a host country. Major progress, especially the report from the Task Team, is supposed to be achieved before hosting the next ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS meeting. While offering to host the next meeting in March 2015, Indonesia would also explore the possibility of hosting it in February 2015. At the same time, the IOC Secretariat was requested to communicate with Philippines and Vietnam to inquire on the possibility of hosting the meeting.

11. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

No other business was proposed.


12. SUMMARY OF DECISIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS

Mr Elliott introduced the key decisions recommendations and actions from the meeting, which are attached in ANNEX II.

13. CLOSE OF MEETING

The Chair closed the meeting and thanked the participants for attending and contributing to the discussions.

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ANNEX I

AGENDA



2.1 ADOPTION OF AGENDA

2.2 DESIGNATION OF THE RAPPORTEUR

2.3 CONDUCT OF THE SESSION, TIMETABLE AND DOCUMENTATION

3. REVIEW OF DECISIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS ARISING FROM ICG/PTWS WG-SCS-II MEETING

4. REPORT ON THE REGIONAL TRAINING ON STRENGHTENING SOP FOR TSUNAMI WARNING AND THE USE OF THE ICG/PTWS PTWC NEW ENHANCED TSUNAMI PRODUCTS

5. REPORTS

5.1 NATIONAL PROGRESS REPORTS

5.1.1 China

5.1.2 Indonesia

5.1.3 Malaysia

5.1.4 Thailand

5.2 REPÒRTS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

5.2.1 Nwptac


7. INVENTORY OF SEISMIC AND SEA LEVEL STATIONS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION, INCLUDING REAL TIME DATA SHARING MECHANISMS

8. PROGRESS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND WORK PLANS OF THE TASK TEAM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SOUTH CHINA SEA TSUNAMI ADVISORY CENTER

9. DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN TO PRODUCE/ADAPT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

10. NEXT MEETING


12. SUMMARY OF DECISIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS


ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS-III/3 Annex II

ANNEX II

KEY POINTS OF THE MEETING


Registration

Opening ceremony

Group photo


Adoption of agenda

o The Provisional Agenda was adopted without comments

Designation of rapporteur

o Dr Dakui Wang (China) was nominated as rapporteur

Conduct of the session, timetable and documentation

o The meeting timetable was adopted without further comments

3. REVIEW OF DECISIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS ARISING FROM ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS-II MEETING

Development of plan to increase tsunami hazard capacity in the South China Sea region

o The Chair suggested that one Member State could volunteer to take the task to design survey form to create an inventory of past work and studies for tsunamigenic zone identification, tsunami hazard assessment and paleotsunami studies

o The Chair agreed to design the form and circulate to the Working Group members for comment

Terms of Reference for Task Team on Seismo-tectonic Study of the South China Sea region

o Covered under later agenda item

Creating inventory of seismic and sea level stations in South China Sea region, including real time data sharing mechanisms

o Covered under later agenda item

Review of comments from Member States to proposal from China

o It was decided that additional support from the ASEAN-China cooperation mechanism is unnecessary. This action is therefore closed

Revision of proposal based on Member State comments and Working Group discussion

o Completed

Terms of Reference for the Task Team on South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Centre (SCSTAC)

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o Completed

Workplan and Timeline

o Workshop in China was held in December 2013 and was on Standard Operating Procedures for tsunami warning and emergency response, including PTWC enhanced products. Action closed

Development of plan to produce/adapt educational materials for South China Sea region.

o Still open. To be discussed under later agenda item

Development of plan for SOP training in South China Sea region on PTWC enhanced warning products for the PTWS

o Workshop in Beijing, China, December 2013

Next meeting

o Hosted by Hong Kong Observatory, China, 8-9 April 2014

4. REPORT ON THE REGIONAL TRAINING ON STRENGTHENING STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR TSUNAMI WARNING AND THE USE OF THE ICG/PTWS PTWC NEW ENHANCED TSUNAMI PRODUCTS (16 – 20 DECEMBER, 2013, BEIJING, CHINA)

Dr Dakui Wang (China) presented a report on the workshop. 28 participants from 6 countries attended and 5 trainers

5. REPORTS

National progress reports

o Progress reports were presented by China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand

Reports from other organizations

o Activity report was presented by Mr Takeshi Koizumi, NWPTAC


Mr Zhiguo Xu (China) gave a presentation on review of seismicity and tectonic characteristics of the major subduction zones in the South China Sea and adjacent seas, as well as their tsunamigenic potential.

Mr Tony Elliott (Secretariat) recalled that the Working Group decided not to establish a Task Team at the 2nd meeting of the South China Sea Working Group (SCS WG) and requested ICG/PTWS Working Group 1 to conduct this study. However, no action has been taken by Working Group 1 on this matter.

The Chair introduced the Terms of Reference for the Task Team submitted by Dr Phuong (Vietnam) at the Second meeting of the SCS WG and asked for the Member States’ views on whether a Task Team should be formed.

The Working Group decided not to form a Task Team at this time and requested Mr Zhiguo Xu to lead the survey on published literature with the support of other Member State under the coordination of the Secretariat.

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7. INVENTORY OF SEISMIC AND SEA LEVEL STATIONS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION, INCLUDING REAL TIME DATA SHARING MECHANISMS

The Chair introduced templates for the inventory of seismic and sea level stations in the South China Sea region and asked for comments

Comments were provided by the Member States and Secretariat and the Chair took note of these and will amend the templates accordingly.

The Working Group requested the Secretariat to coordinate the collection of inventory data and China offered to collate the data received from the Member States.

The Working Group requested the Secretariat to identify the administrative and technical contacts in each Member State for updating the inventory on an annual basis

The Working Group discussed if a regional data sharing platform was required. It was decided that international data sharing platforms should be used on the basis of cost and efficiency

8. PROGRESS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND WORK PLANS OF THE TASK TEAM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SOUTH CHINA SEA TSUNAMI ADVISORY CENTER (SCSTAC)

Dr Ye Yuan presented a report on the outcomes of the First SCSTAC Task Team meeting held on 7th April at the Hong Kong Observatory, China.

The SCSTAC Task Team made the following requests and recommendations to the SCSWG:

o Requests the SCS WG to develop an inventory of seismic and sea level stations in the South China Sea region that are available for the SCSTAC

o Recommends the SCS WG to encourage South China Sea Member States to share more seismic and sea level data with each other

o Proposed performance indicators for adoption by the SCS WG with indicator values to be defined by the Task Team before the end of 2014

o Recommends that SCSTAC advisory products should comprise text and a suite of graphical products including polygon forecast maps which should be in consistency with the PTWC new enhanced products to avoid potential confusion

o Recommends that the design of the SCSTAC advisory products and the definition of performance indicator values should be accomplished and submitted for consideration of the SCS WG by the end of 2014

o Dr Wandono (Indonesia) was elected to serve as vice-Chair of the Task Team

o Request the PTWC to nominate a representative to become actively involved in the activities of the Task Team

9. DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN TO PRODUCE/ADAPT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TAILORED TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION

ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS-III/3 Annex II− page 4 Mr Tony Elliott (Secretariat) reported that no progress had been made on this activity

since the Second meeting of the SCS WG. Mr Ardito Kodijat of UNESCO Jakarta had agreed to assist in the development of an inventory of existing awareness, preparedness and educational material for ASEAN countries only.

The Chair reported that he had consulted the director of ITIC and confirmed that ITIC was willing to assist in this activity

The SCSWG requested Indonesia to liaise with UNESCO Jakarta to compile an inventory of material already available in ASEAN countries

The Chair agreed to liaise with ITIC to compile an inventory of material available through ITIC.

The Chair to report to the next meeting of the SCSWG comparing all available awareness, preparedness and educational materials available to the South China Sea region

10. NEXT MEETING

Tentative date for the next meeting is first half of February 2015 subject to identifying a host country. Secretariat to contact Philippines and Vietnam to enquire on the possibility of hosting the meeting.


No other business


ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS-III/3 Annex III

ANNEX III

REQUIREMENTS AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

TSUNAMI ADVISORY CENTER (SCSTAC)

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ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS-III/3 Annex IV

ANNEX IV

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

China

Mr Hing-Yim MOK (Chair) Senior Scientific Officer Hong Kong Observatory 134A Nathan Road Kowloon China Tel: +(852) 2926 8451 Fax: +(852) 2311 9448 Email: [email protected]

Dr Zhi CHEN Director of the Division of Marine Observation State Oceanic Administration 1, Fuxingmenwai Avenue 100860 Beijing China Tel: +86-10 68029470 Fax: +86-10 68029470 Email: [email protected]

Dr Zhibin HUANG Director China Earthquake Networks Center 100045 Beijing China Email: [email protected]

Dr Dakui WANG National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center (NMEFC) No.8 Dahuisi Rd., Haidian District 100081 Beijing China Tel: +86-10-62105671 Email: [email protected]

Mr Zhiguo XU National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center / State Oceanic Administration No.8 Dahuisi Road, Haidian District 100081 Beijing China Email: [email protected]

Mr Yafeng YANG Deputy Division Director State Oceanic Administration 1, Fuxingmenwai Avenue 100860 Beijing China Tel: 86-10-68048080 Fax: 86-10-68048080 Email: [email protected]

Mr Fujiang YU Deputy Director National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center/State Oceanic Administration National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center / State Oceanic Administration 100081 Beijing China Tel: +861062105732 Fax: +861062173620 Email: [email protected]

Mr Ye YUAN Associate Professor National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center / State Oceanic Administration China Tel: +86 (0)10 62105726 Email: [email protected]

Malaysia

Mohd Rosaidi CHE ABAS Director of Geophysics & Tsunami Division Marine Meteorological & Oceanography Department Malaysia Malaysian Meteorological Department Jalan Sultan 46667 Petaling Jaya Selangor Malaysia Tel: 603-79678000 Fax: 603-79550964 Email: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]









ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS-III/3 Annex IV − Page 2 Mr Muhammad NAZRI NOORDIN Assistant Director Tsunami Early warning System Section Malaysian Meteorological Department Jalan Sultan 58000 Petaling Jaya Selangor Malaysia Tel: +603 7967 8065 Fax: +603 7955 0964 Email: [email protected]

Thailand

Captain Song EKMAHACHAI National Disaster Warning Center of Thailand Rattanathibet Road. Muang Nontaburi 11000 Bangkok Thailand Email: [email protected]

Ms Doungtip TEYA Geologist National Disaster Warning Center 4353 Sukhumvit Rd. Bangna District Bangkok 10260 Thailand Tel: 66836126240 Fax: 6623991133 Email: [email protected]

Indonesia

Mr Mochammad RIYADI Director of Earthquake and Tsunami Center Indonesian Meteorogical Climatological and Geophysical Agency Head Office Jl. Angkasa 1 No.2 Kemayoran Jakarta Pusat 10720 Jakarta Indonesia Email: [email protected]

Dr Iman SUARDI Staff Indonesia Tsunami Early Warning System Indonesian Meteorogical Climatological and Geophysical Agency Head Office Jl. Angkasa 1 No.2

Kemayoran Jakarta Pusat 10720 Jakarta Indonesia Email: [email protected]

Dr WANDONO Head of Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Division Meteorological Climatological and Geophysical Agency Jakarta 10720 Indonesia Tel: +62 21 6546316 Fax: +62 21 6546316 Email: [email protected]

Observers

Mr Takeshi KOIZUMI Senior Coordinator for International Earthquake and Tsunami Information Earthquake and Tsunami Observation Division Seismology and Volcanology Department Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo 1-3-4 Otemachi Chiyoda-ku 100-8122 Tokyo Japan Tel: (81) (0)3 3284 1743 Fax: +81 (0)3 3215 2963 Email: [email protected]

Mr Tetsuyuki UEYAMA Scientific Officer Earthquake and Tsunami Observation Division Seismology and Volcanology Department Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo 1-3-4 Otemachi Chiyoda-ku 100-8122 Tokyo Japan Email: [email protected]









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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO

Mr Tony ELLIOTT Head of ICG/IOTWS Secretariat, Senior Programme Specialist Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO IOC/UNESCO Perth Programme Office c/o Bureau of Meteorology

PO Box 1370, West Perth 1100 Hay Street Perth WA 6872 Australia Tel: +61 8 9226 0191 Fax: +61 8 9226 0599 Email: [email protected]


ICG/PTWS-WG-SCS-III/3 Annex V

ANNEX V

LIST OF ACRONYMS

BMKG Indonesian Agency for Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysics

ETA Estimated Time of Arrival

HKO Hong Kong Observatory

ICG/PTWS Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System

ICG/TOWS Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System

InaTEWS/ Tsunami Early Warning System/

IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

ITIC International Tsunami Information Centre

ITP ITIC Training Programme

JMA Japan Meteorological Agency

MS Member State

NDBC National Data Buoy Centre

NEIC National Earthquake Information Centre

NMEFC National Marine Environmental Forecasting Centre

NWPTAC Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center

PTWC Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

SCS South China Sea

SCSTAC South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center

SCS-TWS Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System of South China Sea

SCS-WG Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the South China Sea Region

SOP Standard Operating Procedures

ToRs Terms of Reference

TT Task Team

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

In this Series, entitled Reports of Meetings of Experts and Equivalent Bodies, which was initiated in 1984 and which is published in English only, unless otherwise specified, the reports of the following meetings have already been issued: 1. Third Meeting of the Central Editorial Board for the Geological/Geophysical Atlases of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans 2. Fourth Meeting of the Central Editorial Board for the Geological/Geophysical Atlases of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans S. Fourth Session of the Joint

IOC-WMO-CPPS Working Group on the Investigations of 'El Niño' (Also printed in Spanish)

4. First Session of the IOC-FAO Guiding Group of Experts on the Programme of Ocean Science in Relation to Living Resources 5. First Session of the IOC-UN(OETB) Guiding Group of Experts on the Programme of Ocean Science in Relation to Non-Living Resources 6. First Session of the Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Mediterranean and Overlay Sheets 7. First Session of the Joint CCOP(SOPAC)-IOC Working Group on South Pacific Tectonics and Resources 8. First Session of the IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management 9. Tenth Session of the Joint CCOP-IOC Working Group on Post-IDOE Studies in East Asian Tectonics and Resources 10. Sixth Session of the IOC-UNEP Group of Experts on Methods, Standards and Intercalibration 11. First Session of the IOC Consultative Group on Ocean Mapping (Also printed in French and Spanish)

12. Joint 100-WMO Meeting for Implementation of IGOSS XBT Ships-of-Opportunity Programmes 13. Second Session of the Joint CCOP/SOPAC-IOC Working Group on South Pacific Tectonics and Resources 14. Third Session of the Group of Experts on Format Development 15. Eleventh Session of the Joint CCOP-IOC Working Group on Post-IDOE Studies of South-East Asian Tectonics and Resources 16. Second Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Mediterranean and Overlay Sheets 17. Seventh Session of the IOC-UNEP Group of Experts on Methods, Standards and lntercalibration 18. Second Session of the IOC Group of Experts on Effects of Pollutants 19. Primera Reunión del Comité Editorial de la COI para la Carta Batimétrica lnternacional del Mar Caribe y Parte del Océano Pacífico frente a

Centroamérica (Spanish only)

20. Third Session of the Joint CCOP/SOPAC-IOC Working Group on South Pacific Tectonics and Resources 21. Twelfth Session of the Joint CCOP-IOC Working Group on Post-IDOE Studies of South-East Asian Tectonics and Resources 22. Second Session of the IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management 23. First Session of the IOC Group of Experts on Marine Geology and Geophysics in the Western Pacific 24. Second Session of the IOC-UN(OETB) Guiding Group of Experts on the Programme of Ocean Science in Relation to Non-Living Resources

(Also printed in French and Spanish)

25. Third Session of the IOC Group of Experts on Effects of Pollutants 26. Eighth Session of the IOC-UNEP Group of Experts on Methods, Standards and lntercalibration 27. Eleventh Session of the Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (Also printed in French)

28. Second Session of the IOC-FAO Guiding Group of Experts on the Programme of Ocean Science in Relation to Living Resources 29. First Session of the IOC-IAEA-UNEP Group of Experts on Standards and Reference Materials 30. First Session of the IOCARIBE Group of Experts on Recruitment in Tropical Coastal Demersal Communities (Also printed in Spanish)

31. Second IOC-WMO Meeting for Implementation of IGOSS XBT Ship-of-Opportunity Programmes 32. Thirteenth Session of the Joint CCOP-IOC Working Group on Post-IDOE Studies of East Asia Tectonics and Resources 33. Second Session of the IOC Task Team on the Global Sea-Level Observing System 34. Third Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Mediterranean and Overlay Sheets 35. Fourth Session of the IOC-UNEP-IMO Group of Experts on Effects of Pollutants 36. First Consultative Meeting on RNODCs and Climate Data Services 37. Second Joint IOC-WMO Meeting of Experts on IGOSS-IODE Data Flow 38. Fourth Session of the Joint CCOP/SOPAC-IOC Working Group on South Pacific Tectonics and Resources 39. Fourth Session of the IODE Group of Experts on Technical Aspects of Data Exchange 40. Fourteenth Session of the Joint CCOP-IOC Working Group on Post-IDOE Studies of East Asian Tectonics and Resources 41. Third Session of the IOC Consultative Group on Ocean Mapping 42. Sixth Session of the Joint IOC-WMO-CCPS Working Group on the Investigations of 'El Niño' (Also printed in Spanish)

43. First Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Indian Ocean 44. Third Session of the IOC-UN(OALOS) Guiding Group of Experts on the Programme of Ocean Science in Relation to Non-Living Resources 45. Ninth Session of the IOC-UNEP Group of Experts on Methods, Standards and lntercalibration 46. Second Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico 47. Cancelled 48. Twelfth Session of the Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans 49. Fifteenth Session of the Joint CCOP-IOC Working Group on Post-IDOE Studies of East Asian Tectonics and Resources 50. Third Joint IOC-WMO Meeting for Implementation of IGOSS XBT Ship-of-Opportunity Programmes 51. First Session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea-Level Observing System 52. Fourth Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Mediterranean 53. First Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Chart of the Central Eastern Atlantic (Also printed in French)

54. Third Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico (Also printed in Spanish)

55. Fifth Session of the IOC-UNEP-IMO Group of Experts on Effects of Pollutants 56. Second Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Indian Ocean 57. First Meeting of the IOC ad hoc Group of Experts on Ocean Mapping in the WESTPAC Area 58. Fourth Session of the IOC Consultative Group on Ocean Mapping 59. Second Session of the IOC-WMO/IGOSS Group of Experts on Operations and Technical Applications

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60. Second Session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea-Level Observing System 61. UNEP-IOC-WMO Meeting of Experts on Long-Term Global Monitoring System of Coastal and Near-Shore Phenomena Related to Climate Change 62. Third Session of the IOC-FAO Group of Experts on the Programme of Ocean Science in Relation to Living Resources 63. Second Session of the IOC-IAEA-UNEP Group of Experts on Standards and Reference Materials 64. Joint Meeting of the Group of Experts on Pollutants and the Group of Experts on Methods, Standards and Intercalibration 65. First Meeting of the Working Group on Oceanographic Co-operation in the ROPME Sea Area 66. Fifth Session of the Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric and its Geological/Geophysical Series 67. Thirteenth Session of the IOC-IHO Joint Guiding Committee for the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (Also printed in French)

68. International Meeting of Scientific and Technical Experts on Climate Change and Oceans 69. UNEP-IOC-WMO-IUCN Meeting of Experts on a Long-Term Global Monitoring System 70. Fourth Joint IOC-WMO Meeting for Implementation of IGOSS XBT Ship-of-Opportunity Programmes 71. ROPME-IOC Meeting of the Steering Committee on Oceanographic Co-operation in the ROPME Sea Area 72. Seventh Session of the Joint IOC-WMO-CPPS Working Group on the Investigations of 'El Niño' (Spanish only)

73. Fourth Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico (Also printed in Spanish)

74. UNEP-IOC-ASPEI Global Task Team on the Implications of Climate Change on Coral Reefs 75. Third Session of the IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management 76. Fifth Session of the IODE Group of Experts on Technical Aspects of Data Exchange 77. ROPME-IOC Meeting of the Steering Committee for the Integrated Project Plan for the Coastal and Marine Environment of the ROPME Sea Area 78. Third Session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea-level Observing System 79. Third Session of the IOC-IAEA-UNEP Group of Experts on Standards and Reference Materials 80. Fourteenth Session of the Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans 81. Fifth Joint IOG-WMO Meeting for Implementation of IGOSS XBT Ship-of-Opportunity Programmes 82. Second Meeting of the UNEP-IOC-ASPEI Global Task Team on the Implications of climate Change on Coral Reefs 83. Seventh Session of the JSC Ocean Observing System Development Panel 84. Fourth Session of the IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management 85. Sixth Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric chart of the Mediterranean and its Geological/Geophysical Series 86. Fourth Session of the Joint IOC-JGOFS Panel on Carbon Dioxide 87. First Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Pacific 88. Eighth Session of the JSC Ocean Observing System Development Panel 89. Ninth Session of the JSC Ocean Observing System Development Panel 90. Sixth Session of the IODE Group of Experts on Technical Aspects of Data Exchange 91. First Session of the IOC-FAO Group of Experts on OSLR for the IOCINCWIO Region 92. Fifth Session of the Joint IOC-JGOFS CO, Advisory Panel Meeting 93. Tenth Session of the JSC Ocean Observing System Development Panel 94. First Session of the Joint CMM-IGOSS-IODE Sub-group on Ocean Satellites and Remote Sensing 95. Third Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Chart of the Western Indian Ocean 96. Fourth Session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea Level Observing System 97. Joint Meeting of GEMSI and GEEP Core Groups 98. First Session of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for Global Ocean Observing System 99. Second International Meeting of Scientific and Technical Experts on Climate Change and the Oceans 100. First Meeting of the Officers of the Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Pacific 101. Fifth Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico 102. Second Session of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for Global Ocean Observing System 103. Fifteenth Session of the Joint IOC-IHO Committee for the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans 104. Fifth Session of the IOC Consultative Group on Ocean Mapping 105. Fifth Session of the IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management 106. IOC-NOAA Ad hoc Consultation on Marine Biodiversity 107. Sixth Joint IOC-WMO Meeting for Implementation of IGOSS XBT Ship-of-Opportunity Programmes 108. Third Session of the Health of the Oceans (HOTO) Panel of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for GLOSS 109. Second Session of the Strategy Subcommittee (SSC) of the IOC-WMO-UNEP Intergovernmental Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System 110. Third Session of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for Global Ocean Observing System 111. First Session of the Joint GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate 112. Sixth Session of the Joint IOC-JGOFS C02 Advisory Panel Meeting 113. First Meeting of the IOC/WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional - Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS) 114. Eighth Session of the Joint IOC-WMO-CPPS Working Group on the Investigations of "El Niño" (Spanish only)

115. Second Session of the IOC Editorial Board of the International Bathymetric Chart of the Central Eastern Atlantic (Also printed in French)

116. Tenth Session of the Officers Committee for the Joint IOC-IHO General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO), USA, 1996 117. IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS), Fifth Session, USA, 1997 118. Joint Scientific Technical Committee for Global Ocean Observing System (J-GOOS), Fourth Session, USA, 1997 199 First Session of the Joint 100-WMO IGOSS Ship-of-Opportunity Programme Implementation Panel, South Africa, 1997 120. Report of Ocean Climate Time-Series Workshop, Joint GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate, USA, 1997 121. IOC/WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS), Second Session,

Thailand, 1997

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122. First Session of the IOC-IUCN-NOAA Ad hoc Consultative Meeting on Large Marine Ecosystems (LME), France, 1997 123. Second Session of the Joint GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC), South Africa, 1997 124. Sixth Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, Colombia, 1996

(also printed in Spanish)

125. Seventh Session of the IODE Group of Experts on Technical Aspects of Data Exchange, Ireland, 1997 126. IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Coastal Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), First Session, France, 1997 127. Second Session of the IOC-IUCN-NOAA Consultative Meeting on Large Marine Ecosystems (LME), France, 1998 128. Sixth Session of the IOC Consultative Group on Ocean Mapping (CGOM), Monaco, 1997 129. Sixth Session of the Tropical Atmosphere - Ocean Array (TAO) Implementation Panel, United Kingdom, 1997 130. First Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), France, 1998 131. Fourth Session of the Health of the Oceans (HOTO) Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), Singapore, 1997 132. Sixteenth Session of the Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO), United Kingdom, 1997 133. First Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU-FAO Living Marine Resources Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), France, 1998 134. Fourth Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Indian Ocean (IOC/EB-IBCWIO-IW3), South Africa,

1997 135. Third Session of the Joint GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC), France, 1998 136. Seventh Session of the Joint IOC-JGOFS C02 Advisory Panel Meeting, Germany, 1997 137. Implementation of Global Ocean Observations for GOOS/GCOS, First Session, Australia, 1998 138. Implementation of Global Ocean Observations for GOOS/GCOS, Second Session, France, 1998 139. Second Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Coastal Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), Brazil, 1998 140. Third Session of IOC/WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional - Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS),

China, 1998 141. Ninth Session of the Joint IOC-WMO-CPPS Working Group on the Investigations of 'El Niño', Ecuador, 1998 (Spanish only)

142. Seventh Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Mediterranean and its Geological/Geophysical Series, Croatia, 1998

143. Seventh Session of the Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean Array (TAO) Implementation Panel, Abidjan, Côte d'lvoire, 1998 144. Sixth Session of the IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management (GEMIM), USA, 1999 145. Second Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), China, 1999 146. Third Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Coastal Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), Ghana, 1999 147. Fourth Session of the GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC); Fourth Session of the WCRP CLIVAR Upper Ocean

Panel (UOP); Special Joint Session of OOPC and UOP, USA, 1999 148. Second Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU-FAO Living Marine Resources Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), France, 1999 149. Eighth Session of the Joint IOC-JGOFS CO2 Advisory Panel Meeting, Japan, 1999 150. Fourth Session of the IOC/WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional – Global Ocean Observing System

(NEAR-GOOS), Japan, 1999 151. Seventh Session of the IOC Consultative Group on Ocean Mapping (CGOM), Monaco, 1999 152. Sixth Session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea level Observing System (GLOSS), France, 1999 153. Seventeenth Session of the Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO), Canada, 1999 154. Comité Editorial de la COI para la Carta Batimétrica Internacional del Mar Caribe y el Golfo de Mexico (IBCCA), Septima Reunión, Mexico, 1998 IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico (IBCCA), Seventh Session, Mexico, 1998 155. Initial Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Commitments Meeting, IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU/Impl-III/3, France, 1999 156. First Session of the ad hoc Advisory Group for IOCARIBE-GOOS, Venezuela, 1999 (also printed in Spanish and French)

157. Fourth Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Coastal Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), China, 1999 158. Eighth Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Mediterranean and its Geological/Geophysical Series, Russian Federation, 1999 159. Third Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU-FAO Living Marine Resources Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), Chile, 1999 160. Fourth Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU-FAO Living Marine Resources Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). Hawaii, 2000 161. Eighth Session of the IODE Group of Experts on Technical Aspects of Data Exchange, USA, 2000 162. Third Session of the IOC-IUCN-NOAA Consultative Meeting on Large Marine Ecosystems (LME), France, 2000 163. Fifth Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Coastal Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), Poland, 2000

164. Third Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), France, 2000 165. Second Session of the ad hoc Advisory Group for IOCARIBE-GOOS, Cuba, 2000 (also printed in Spanish and French)

166. First Session of the Coastal Ocean Observations Panel, Costa Rica, 2000 167. First GOOS Users' Forum, 2000 168. Seventh Session of the Group of Experts on the Global Sea Level Observing System, Honolulu, 2001 169. First Session of the Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (ABE-LOS), France, 2001 (also printed in French) 170. Fourth Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System, Chile, 2001 171. First Session of the IOC-SCOR Ocean CO2 Advisory Panel, France, 2000 172. Fifth Session of the GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC), Norway, 2000 (electronic copy only)

173. Third Session of the ad hoc Advisory Group for IOCARIBE-GOOS, USA, 2001 (also printed in Spanish and French)

174. Second Session of the Coastal Ocean Observations Panel and GOOS Users' Forum, Italy, 2001 175. Second Session of the Black Sea GOOS Workshop, Georgia, 2001 176. Fifth Session of the IOC/WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional – Global Ocean Observing System

(NEAR-GOOS), Republic of Korea, 2000 177. Second Session of the Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE-LOS), Morocco, 2002 (also printed in French)

178. Sixth Session of the Joint GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC), Australia, 2001 (electronic copy only) 179. Cancelled

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180. Second Session of the IOC-SCOR Ocean CO2 Advisory Panel, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A, 2002 (electronic copy only)

181. IOC Workshop on the Establishment of SEAGOOS in the Wider Southeast Asian Region, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2001 (SEAGOOS preparatory workshop) (electronic copy only)

182. First Session of the IODE Steering Group for the Resource Kit, USA, 19–21 March 2001 183. Fourth Session of the IOC-IUCN-NOAA Consultative Meeting on Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs), France, 2002 184. Seventh Session of the IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management (GEMIM), France, 2002 (electronic copy only)

185. Sixth Session of IOC/WESTPAC Coordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional - Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS), Republic of Korea, 2001 (electronic copy only)

186. First Session of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Capacity Building Panel, Switzerland, 2002 (electronic copy only)

187. Fourth Session of the ad hoc Advisory Group for IOCARIBE-GOOS, 2002, Mexico (also printed in French and Spanish)

188. Fifth Session of the IOC Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Indian Ocean (IBCWIO), Mauritius, 2000 189. Third session of the Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Pacific, Chine, 2000 190. Third Session of the Coastal Ocean Observations Panel and GOOS Users' Forum, Vietnam, 2002 191. Eighth Session of the IOC Consultative Group on Ocean Mapping, Russian Federation, 2001 192. Third Session of the Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE-LOS), Lisbon, 2003 (also printed in French)

193. Extraordinary Session of the Joint IOC-WMO-CPPS Working Group on the Investigations of 'El Niño', Chile, 1999 (Spanish only; electronic copy only)

194. Fifth Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System, France, 2002 195. Sixth Session of the IOC-WMO-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System, South Africa, 2003 196. Fourth Session of the Coastal Ocean Observations Panel, South Africa, 2002 (electronic copy only)

197. First Session of the JCOMM/IODE Expert Team On Data Management Practices, Belgium, 2003 (also JCOMM Meeting Report No. 25) 198. Fifth Session of the IOC-IUCN-NOAA Consultative Meeting on Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs), Paris, 2003 199. Ninth Session of the IOC Consultative Group on Ocean Mapping, Monaco, 2003

(Recommendations in English, French, Russian and Spanish included)

200. Eighth Session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea level Observing System (GLOSS), France, 2003 (electronic copy only)

201. Fourth Session of the Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE-LOS), Greece, 2004 (also printed in French)

202. Sixth Session of the IOC-IUCN-NOAA Consultative Meeting on Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs), Paris, 2004 (electronic copy only)

203. Fifth Session of the Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE-LOS), Argentina, 2005 (also printed in French)

204. Ninth Session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea level Observing System (GLOSS), France, 2005 (electronic copy only)

205. Eighth Session of the IOC/WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional – Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS), China, 2003 (electronic copy only)

206. Sixth Meeting of the Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE-LOS), Spain, 2006 (also printed in French)

207. Third Session of the Regional Forum of the Global Ocean Observing System, South Africa, 2006 (electronic copy only)

208. Seventh Session of the IOC-UNEP-IUCN-NOAA Consultative Meeting on Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs), Paris, 2005 (electronic copy only)

209. Eighth Session of the IOC-UNEP-IUCN-NOAA Consultative Meeting on Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs), Paris, 2006 (electronic copy only)

210. Seventh Meeting of the IOC Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE-LOS), Gabon, 2007 (bilingual English/French)

211. First Meeting of the IOC Working Group on the Future of IOC, Paris, 2008 (Executive Summary in English, French, Russian and Spanish included)

212. First meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), Paris, 3–4 April 2008 (Executive Summary in English, French, Russian and Spanish included)

213. First Session of the Panel for Integrated Coastal Observation (PICO-I), Paris, 10–11 April 2008 (electronic copy only)

214. Tenth Session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea level Observing System (GLOSS), Paris, 6–8 June 2007 (electronic copy only)

215. Eighth Meeting of the IOC Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE-LOS), Paris, 21–25 April 2008 (bilingual English/French)

216. Fourth Session of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Regional Alliances Forum (GRF), Guayaquil, Ecuador, 25–27 November 2008 (electronic copy only)

217. Second Session of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), Paris, 27 March 2009 (Executive Summary in English, French, Russian and Spanish included)

218. Ninth Meeting of the IOC Advisory Body of Experts on the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE-LOS), Paris, 30 March–3 April 2009 (bilingual English/French)

219. First Session of the IOC-SCOR International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP) Scientific Steering Group (also IOCCP Reports, 3), Broomfield, Colorado, U.S.A., 1 October 2005 (electronic copy only)

220. Second Session of the IOC-SCOR International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP) Scientific Steering Group (also IOCCP Reports, 6), Paris, France, 20 April 2007 (electronic copy only)

221. Third Session of the IOC-SCOR International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP) Scientific Steering Group (also IOCCP Reports, 10), Villefranche-sur-mer, France, 3–4 October 2008 (electronic copy only)

222. Fourth Session of the IOC-SCOR International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP) Scientific Steering Group (also IOCCP Reports, 15), Jena, Germany, 14 September 2009 (electronic copy only)

223. First Meeting of the joint IOC-ICES Study Group on Nutrient Standards (SGONS) (also IOCCP Reports, 20), Paris, France, 23–24 March 2010 (Executive Summary in E, F, R, S included)

224. Third Session of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), Lisbon, Portugal, 5–6 May 2010 (Executive Summary in English, French, Russian and Spanish included)

225. Eleventh Session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea level Observing System (GLOSS), Paris, 13–15 May 2009 (electronic copy only)

226. Second Session of the Panel for Integrated Coastal Observation (PICO-II), Paris, 24–26 February 2009 (electronic copy only)

227. First meeting of the Task Team on Seismic Data Exchange in the South West Pacific of the ICG/PTWS Regional Working Group for the Southwest Pacific, Port Vila, Vanuatu, 19–20 October 2009 (electronic copy only)

228. Fourth Session of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), Paris, France, 20–21 March 2011 (Executive Summary in English, French, Russian and Spanish included)

229. Second Session of the IODE Steering Group for Ocean Teacher (SG-OT), Miami, Florida, 11–15 April 2011 230. First Meeting of the Inter-ICG Task Team 1 on Sea Level Monitoring for Tsunami (Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to

Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), Seattle, USA, 29 November–1 December 2010

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231. First Meeting of the Inter-ICG Task Team 2 on Disaster Management and Preparedness (Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), Seattle, USA, 29 November–1 December 2010

232. First Meeting of the Inter-ICG Task Team 3 on Tsunami Watch Operations (Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), Seattle, USA, 29 November–1 December 2010

233. Primera Reunión del Grupo de Trabajo Regional para América Central del Grupo Intergubernamental de Coordinación del Sistema de Alerta contra los Tsunamis y Atenuación de sus Efectos en el Pacífico (ICG/PTWS), Managua (Nicaragua) del 4 al 6 de noviembre de 2009 (Resumen dispositivo en español e inglés)

234. Segunda Reunión del Grupo de Trabajo Regional para América Central del Grupo Intergubernamental de Coordinación del Sistema de Alerta contra los Tsunamis y Atenuación de sus Efectos en el Pacífico (ICG/PTWS), San Salvador (El Salvador) del 28 al 30 de septiembre de 2011 (Resumen dispositivo en español e inglés)

235. First Session of the Joint IODE-JCOMM Steering Group for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (SG-GTSPP), 16–20 April 2012, Ostend, Belgium

236. Ad hoc Session of the Joint JCOMM-IODE Steering Group for the Ocean Data Standards Pilot Project (SG-ODSPP), 23–25 April 2012, Ostend, Belgium

237. First Meeting of the Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the South China Sea Region (SCS-WG), Sanya, China, 12–14 December 2011

238. First Meeting of the IODE Steering Group for OceanDocs (SG-OceanDocs), 24–27 January 2012, Ostend, Belgium 239. Fifth Session of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG),

Tokyo, Japan, 15 February 2012 (Executive Summary in English, French, Russian and Spanish included)

240. Ad hoc Session of the IODE Group of Experts on Biological and Chemical Data Management and Exchange Practices (GE-BICH), Ostend, Belgium, 25 October 2012

241. Twelfth Session of the IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management (GE-MIM), Miami, USA, 22–25 January 2013 242. Twelfth Session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea level Observing System (GLOSS), Paris, 9–11 November 2011

(electronic copy only)

243. Meeting of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System Working Group 2 on Detection, Warning and Dissemination Task Team on PacWave11, Honolulu, USA, 21 May 2012 (electronic copy only)

244. Sixth Session of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), Paris, 20–21 February 2013 (Executive Summary in English, French, Russian and Spanish included)

245. Second Meeting of the Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the South China Sea Region (SCS-WG), Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, 16–18 October 2012 (electronic copy only)

246. Seventh Meeting of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems, UNESCO, Paris, 12–13 February 2014 (Executive Summary in English, French, Russian and Spanish included)

247. Third Meeting of the Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the South China Sea Region (SCS-WG), Hong-Kong, China, 6–7 April 2014 (electronic copy only)

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