Panel on Tropical Cyclones - Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea
WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones
Established in 1972
Members
Bangladesh - 1972
India - 1972 (RSMC New Delhi-Tropical Cyclone Center, established in 1988 (EC-40))
Iran - 2018
Maldives - 1982
Myanmar -1972
Oman - 1997
Pakistan - 1972
Qatar - 2018
Saudi Arabia -KSA - 2018
Sri Lanka -1972
Thailand -1972
United Arab Emirates - UAE - 2018
Yemen - 2016
Secretariat and Contacts
PTC Secretariat
India Meteorological Department Ministry of Earth Sciences. New Delhi - 110003 India
Tel.: (+91 11) 43824482
Email1 or Email2
Web site:
Secretary of PTC: Dr. D. R. Pattanaik
Meteorologist: Dr. Monica Sharma
Chairperson
| Dr. Ayman Salem Ghulam |
Vice-Chairperson
Dr. Abdulla Almannai
Activities @ https://community.wmo.int/tropical-cyclone-programme-tcp-events-and-activities
46th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones, Nay Pyi Taw, 9-13 September 2019
45th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones, Muscat, Oman, 23-27 September 2018
44th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones, Manama, Bahrain, 10-14 September 2017
43rd session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones, New Delhi, India, 2-6 May 2016
42nd session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones, Bangkok, Thailand, 9-13 February 2015
41st session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2-6 March 204
The 40th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 25 February to 1 March 2013
The 39th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar from 5 to 9 March 2012
The 38th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in New Delhi, India from 21 to 25 February 2011
The 37th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Phuket, Thailand from 15 to 19 February 2010
The 36th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Muscat, Oman from 2 to 6 March 2009
The 35th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Manama, Bahrain from 5 to 9 May 2008.
The 34th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Male, Maldives from 25 February to 1 March 2007.
The 33rd session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 30 January to 4 February 2006.
The 32nd session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in New Delhi, India from 21 to 26 February 2005.
Attachment of storm surge experts from Maldives and Oman to the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur (India, October 2004).
The 31st session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 1 to 8 March 2004.
Attachment of storm surge experts from Pakistan and Thailand to the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur (India, October 2003).
The 30th session of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones was held in Islamabad, Pakistan from 4 to 10 March 2003.
Publications
Panel News No. 22 was published by the TSU in December 2005
Panel News No. 21 was published by the TSU in February 2005.
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.
The 2002 Annual Review of the Tropical Cyclones affecting the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea was published by WMO in April 2004.
Related Links
Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
http://www.adrc.or.jp
"... 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..."
Storm Surge Research Activities in the Indian Institute of Technology *
Experimental Ocean State Forecasting *
*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 (Singapore)
Mr Ben CHURCHILL (Director, WMO/MS/RAP)