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Patricio Bernal, UNESCO ADG and Executive Secretary of IOC

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Information Society and Media Directorate-General Components and Systems ICT for the Environment. Progress in Coordination of regional Tsunami Warning Systems EC Info-Day on Tsunami Early Warning Systems Paris, 31 January 2006.

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Patricio Bernal, UNESCO ADG and Executive Secretary of IOC

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  1. EUROPEAN COMMISSION Information Society and Media Directorate-General Components and Systems ICT for the Environment Progress in Coordination of regional Tsunami Warning SystemsEC Info-Day on Tsunami Early Warning SystemsParis, 31 January 2006 Patricio Bernal, UNESCO ADG and Executive Secretary of IOC

  2. 1965: IOC established the ICG/ITSU International Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (TWSP) -> successful & operational Tsunami Warning & Mitigation system • March & April 2005: Considering the devastating tsunami on Dec 26th 2004, two International Coordination meetings on the Development of an IO TWS took place in Paris and Mauritius

  3. June 21-30, 2005: the 23rd IOC General Assembly decided resolutions on the establishment of a global and three regional Intergovernmental Coordination Groups on TEWS (XXIII-12 to XXXIII-15) for -the Indian Ocean (ICG/IOTWS) - the Caribbean (ICG/CARTWS) - the NE Atlantic and Med (ICG/NEAMTWS)

  4. Three more regions to coordinate

  5. Intergovernmental Coordination Group meetings • 03-05 Aug 2005: ICG/IOTWS-I, Perth • 21-22 Nov 2005: ICG/NEAMTWS-I, Rome • 14-16 Dec 2005: ICG/IOTWS-II, Hyderabad • 10-12 Jan 2006: ICG/CARTWS-I, Barbados and to come: • April/May 2006: ICG/ITSU-XXI, Melbourne • May 2006: ICG/NEAMTWS-II, Paris • June 2006: ICG/IOTWS-III, Bali • Dec 2006: ICG/CARTWS-II, Venezuela

  6. Besides the ongoing coordination activities several IOC collaboration projects could be funded to significantly update instrumentation for sea level and seismic networks, especially in the Indian Ocean. Nevertheless an end-to-end Warning System includes lots of “soft technology” like capacity building, guidance and preparedness-planning and there is still a need to incorporate new communication technologies.

  7. three components of a TWS

  8. Warning Guidance NWC “Upstream” information flow

  9. “downstream” information flow ? Media Sirens

  10. Beyond immediate response: Multi-Hazard Platforms • Storm – surges (IOC, WMO, JCOMM) • Tropical storms (WMO, JCOMM) • Improving Storm and cyclones track forecasts (IOC, WMO, JCOMM) • Ice Hazard (IOC, WMO, JCOMM) • Oil Spills (IOC, WMO, UNEP)

  11. For further information see: http://ioc3.unesco.org/neamtws or http://ioc.unesco.org/indostsunami

  12. Overview on IOTWS?

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