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The IOTWS effort has been launched through at least 16 international coordination meetings in which a team of experts representing the IOC/UNESCO-led meetings in many of the coastal states who participate in IOTWS.

The Oman meeting was held in Muscat June 7-9, 2005, which was coordinated by Dr. Ahmed H.M. Al-Harthi, acting Director of Meteorology, Ministry of Transport and

Telecommunications. The purpose of each national assess- ment is to help coastal states establish and operate a tsuna- mi warning and mitigation system, assess available organi- zational resources, and identify capacity building needs.

Dr. Al-Harthi ([email protected]) is the designated official Omani contact for receiving instant transmissions of both Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and Japan

Meteorological Agency bulletins, which provide warnings of possible tsunami threat (See IOC/UNESCO

Communications Plan Report by Hagenmeyer, 2006).

Dr. Al-Harthi was encouraged by the Omani participa- tion that included 52 representatives from 11 agencies of ministries during the three-day meeting.

The IOC/UNESCO Communications Plan regarding early warning and public awareness mentions the need for monitoring the Makran tectonic zone of eastern

Iran/western Pakistan. This active zone produced a tsuna-

Figure 3. RDCP Studio example of current strength data from mooring 3-2 (see Figure 2 for location and depth of sensor 3-2).

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