ITSU master plan.

"As stated in the Second Edition of the ITSU Master Plan 'The International Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (ICG/ITSU), of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, was established in 1968 and is composed of Member States from all parts of the Pacific region. The purpose of ICG/ITSU is to provide or improve all aspects of tsunami mitigation in the Pacific including hazard assessment, warnings, preparedness, and research through a system of international cooperation and coordination of activities.'
In October 2005 ICG/ITSU was superseded by the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the Pacific (ICCG/PTWS)."

"Revised from the April 1999 Edition."

"July 2004."

"IOC/INF-1124."

ITSU HISTORY AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE -- TSUNAMIS AND THE TSUNAMI HAZARD -- Local and Regional Tsunamis -- Pacific-Wide or Distant Tsunamis -- Characteristics of the Tsunami Phenomena -- CURRENT STATUS, LIMITATIONS, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- Hazard Assessment -- Historical Tsunami Data -- Paleotsunami Data -- Post-Tsunami Surveys -- Numerical Modeling -- Warning -- Warning Systems and Centers -- The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center -- The West Coast / Alaska Tsunami Warning Center -- The Japanese Tsunami Warning Centers -- The Russian Federation Tsunami Warning Centers -- The French Polynesian Tsunami Warning Center -- The National Tsunami Warning System of Chile -- Other National Tsunami Warning Systems -- Data -- Seismic Data -- Sea Level Data -- Historical Tsunami and Earthquake Data -- Numerical Model Data -- Other Data -- Communications -- Real Time Access to Data -- Dissemination of Messages -- Preparedness -- Evacuation -- Evacuations for Local Tsunamis -- Evacuations for Distant Tsunamis -- Education -- Public Education -- Education for Warning System Operators, Emergency Managers, and Policy Makers -- Land Use -- Engineering -- Research -- Structure -- Areas for Research -- Recent Research Applications -- CONCLUSIONS -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms.

This document, the third and final edition of the ICG/ITSU Master Plan was initiated following the ICG/PTWS Officers Meeting in October 2008. It gives a brief overview of tsunamis and the tsunami hazard in the Pacific at a time shortly preceding the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26, 2004. At that time, the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (TWSP) was the world’s only operational tsunami warning system, and the ICG/ITSU, under the auspices of the IOC, was the only international coordination group. This Third Edition of the ITSU Master Plan summarizes the history of the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific, outlines the key components and activities for building an effective tsunami warning and mitigation system, and presents the views of the ICG/ITSU on its status and progress until 2004 and areas for highest priority action by ITSU for improving the TWSP.