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ESCAP/WMO Panel on Tropical Cyclones
Established in 1973
Members
Bangladesh
India - (RSMC tropical cyclones New-Delhi)
Maldives
Myanmar
Oman
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Secretariat and Contacts
PTC Secretariat
Meteorological Complex
Pitras Bukhari Road, Sector H-8/2,
ISLAMABAD-44000,
Pakistan
Tel.: (+92 51) 9250365, 9250593
Fax: (+92 51) 9250368
Email1 or Email2
Web site: http://www.ptc-wmoescap.org/
Secretary of PTC: Dr Arif Mahmood
Meteorologist: Mr. Imran Akram
Chairman
Dr Hrin Nei Thiam
Director-General
Demaprtment of Metorology and Hydrology,
Myanmar
Upcoming and Recent Activities
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The 40th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 25 February to 1 March 2013
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The 39th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar from 5 to 9 March 2012
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The 38th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in New Delhi, India from 21 to 25 February 2011
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The 37th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Phuket, Thailand from 15 to 19 February 2010
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The 36th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Muscat, Oman from 2 to 6 March 2009
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The 35th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Manama, Bahrain from 5 to 9 May 2008.
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The 34th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Male, Maldives from 25 February to 1 March 2007.
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The 33rd session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 30 January to 4 February 2006.
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The 32nd session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in New Delhi, India from 21 to 26 February 2005.
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Panel News No. 22 was published by the TSU in December 2005
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Panel News No. 21 was published by the TSU in February 2005.
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Attachment of storm surge experts from Maldives and Oman to the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur (India, October 2004).
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The 2004 edition of the Tropical Cyclone Operational Plan for the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea was published by WMO in May 2004.
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The 2002 Annual Review of the Tropical Cyclones affecting the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea was published by WMO in April 2004.
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The 31st session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 1 to 8 March 2004.
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Attachment of storm surge experts from Pakistan and Thailand to the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur (India, October 2003).
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The 30th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Islamabad, Pakistan from 4 to 10 March 2003.
Publications
Related Links
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Technical Support Unit (TSU)
http://www.tsuptc.org
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Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
http://www.adrc.or.jp
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"... ADRC, established in Kobe (Japan), ... to facilitate exchange between disaster reduction experts from each country and concerned bodies; collect and provide disaster reduction information; and carry out research into multinational disaster reduction cooperation..."
*Powerpoint presentations made by Prof Shishir K. Dube at the 29th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones, Yangon (Myanmar), March 2002.
REGIONAL OFFICE for Asia and the South-West Pacific (Geneva, Switzerland)
Dr Tokiyoshi TOYA (Director, DRA/RAP)
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