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NEAMTWS - Implementation status

The present page provides periodic updates on the status of implementation of core tasks from the Implementation Plan in the form of a progress matrix.

Task	Timeline	Responsibility	Status

Compilation of tsunami database	January 2009	Italy; IOC Secretariat	Available under Tsunami Catalogue

List of island, submarine & coastal volcanoes in activity, with their characteristics of activity (effusive, explosive, etc.)	January 2010	Italy, Greece Spain, Portugal, Iceland Portugal IOC secretariat	Ongoing under the coordination of Portugal

Model collection and assessment of documentation	November 2009	Turkey, Spain, Germany IOC secretariat	Ongoing

List of standard outputs	November 2009	Turkey, Spain, Germany	Ongoing

Data quality control of seismic stations and error reporting mechanism		Network operators Collaborate with ORPHEUS	Ongoing

SeisComP3 test	April 2009	All RTWCs and interested NTWCs with GFZ	Ongoing

Testing possible threshold effects of the backbone seismic network geometry against the decision matrix		WG2	Ongoing

Introduce reciprocity policy and measures to facilitate real-time data exchange		WG2 and WG3, IOC Secretariat	Ongoing

Robust and redundant data communication means		France, Germany	Ongoing

Update the implementation plan with the modified sea level station list according to WG3	June 2009	IOC Secretariat	Ongoing

Explore VSAT or BGAN volume discount for NEAMTWS	2009	IOC Secretariat	Ongoing

Check with MOON & EuroGOOS on possibile upgrading of OBS on operational buoy sites		Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Greece	Ongoing

Explore technical details for data exchange with NOAA operated DART buoys in the Atlantic		Spain, Portugal	Ongoing

Establishing official contact with ESONET/EMSO and highlight NEAMTWS needs		WG 3

Complete nomination of TNCs and TWFPs		Member states, IOC secretariat	Ongoing

Draft operation guidelines / communications plan for TWCs		NEAMTWS Task Team, IOC Secretariat	Ongoing

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News

Task Teams meetings held in Paris on 18-19 March.

The NEAMTWS Tasks Team on Regional TWS Architecture met in Paris on 18-19 March 2010, followed by a meeting of the Task Team on Communication Test Exercises on 19 March.

ICG/NEAMTWS-VI held in Istanbul
The session launches tsunami communication test exercises and establishes a Tsunami Information Centre for the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Task Team meeting on TWS architecture held in Rome on 15-16 October.

Interim Operations Users Guide under preparation for basin-wide tsunami watch communication tests during 2010.

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