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Element 2.12 TWLWG<br />

TIDAL AND WATER LEVEL WORKING GROUP<br />

(TASK 2.12.1)<br />

3 rd MEETING OF THE TIDAL AND WATER LEVEL<br />

WORKING GROUP (TWLWG)<br />

Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 5-7 April<br />

The 3 rd meeting of the TWLWG was held at the Hanwa Resort, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, from 5 to<br />

7 April. Representatives from Australia, Canada, Chile, Finland, France, Japan, Norway, Peru, Republic<br />

of Korea, South Africa, UK, and the IHB attended the meeting. Lieutenant Commander SHIPMAN<br />

represented the IOC-GLOSS Group of Experts.<br />

Mr. Ok-Soo KIM, Director of the Oceanographic Division of KHOA, welcomed all participants to the<br />

island of Jeju.<br />

Topics discussed included: a standard for digital tide tables; the dynamic application of tides in ECDIS; a<br />

standard for the transmission of real-time tidal data; a revised definition of Mean Sea Level and the<br />

revision of <strong>IHO</strong> resolutions on tides and water level topics.<br />

TWLWG3 on a visit to the Jeju Port Tide Gauge<br />

Element 2.13 ENC QUALITY – TECHNICAL SUPPORT<br />

(TASK 2.13.1)<br />

PRIMAR/IC-ENC JTWG<br />

The Joint Technical Experts Working group (JTEWG) is a joint subsidiary of the Primar Stavanger<br />

Advisory Committee (PSAC) and the IC-ENC Steering Committee (IC-ENC SC). Its primary objective<br />

is to agree, develop and maintain common ENC technical and quality standards between the Regional<br />

ENC Coordination Centres (RENCs) for the delivery of high quality and consistent ENC services to<br />

mariners. The Working Group did not hold a formal meeting in <strong>2011</strong>, however there was an exchange of<br />

technical visits between members of the RENC <strong>organization</strong>s.<br />

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