1-14 MAY 2013
25 Aug 2013 - Exercise Pacific Wave 13 Summary Report (IOC TS 106, Vol 2) available
25 Aug 2013 - Pacific Wave 13 Country Participation (PDF) available
To effect a smooth transition from the current Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) tsunami products to its new products planned for 2014, the PTWS Steering Committee (SC) approved three milestone transition activities for 2013:
At the 24th Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXIV) held in Beijing, China in May 2011, Member States approved the development of improved tsunami procedures and products by the PTWC, and the conduct of Exercise Pacific Wave 2011 (PacWave11, November 2011) to introduce and obtain feedback on the new products. In May 2012, the PTWS Working Group 2 Task Teams (TT) on PacWave11 and Enhancing Products convened to evaluate the PacWave11 findings and to compile a list of feedback improvements that would allow PTWC to further refine its draft new products. Subsequently, the PTWS SC convened on 24–25 May 2012 to review progress on the PTWS’s inter-sessional activities; the SC endorsed the Enhancing Products TT recommendations and approved the PTWC new products implementation time line. The planned changeover date from the PTWC current products to its new products will be in early 2014 upon the formal approval of Member States at the next ICG/PTWS-XXV session in Vladivostok, Russian Federation, on 11-13 September 2013.
Exercise Documents
Document Title |
Exercise Pacific Wave 2013 - IOC Information
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Exercise Pacific Wave 11 Summary Report (IOC TS 97) Vol 1 (Exercise Manual), Vol 2 (Summary Report) (PDF, 6.8 MB) |
PTWS Exercises Task Team Meeting Reports |
PTWS Enhancing Tsunami Warning Products Task Team Meeting, ICG/PTWS-XXIV Meeting, May 2011 (PDF, 48.0 KB) |
How to Plan, Conduct, and Evaluate Tsunami Exercises IOC Manual and Guides 58, 2013) |
PTWS Operational Users Guide, IOC Technical Series 87, 2nd Edition, Jul 2011 (describes current international alert services by PTWC, JMA NWPTAC, WC/ATWC)
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User’s Guide for the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) Enhanced Products for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) March 2013 (IOC Technical Series 105) (describes new PTWC products) User's Guide for PTWC Enhanced Products for PTWS - Summary Powerpoint (April 2013) |
PacWave13 Exercise Manual, English (18 April 2013) (PDF, 597 KB) |
PacWave13 Overview - Summary Powerpoint (April 2013) |
PacWave13 Scenarios |
PacWave13 Master Schedule of Events List (MSEL) (PTWC, NWPTAC) |
PacWave13 Scenarios - Messages
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PacWave13 Exercise Evaluation Questionnaire (available starting 1 May 2013) For reference, MSWord-format questionnaires are also provided.
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PacWave13 - UNESCO Press Release |
PacWave13 Country Participation (PDF, 205 KB) |
Exercise Pacific Wave 13 Summary Report (IOC TS 106, 2013) |