Weather forecasters, disaster management officials and climate change researchers from the two Samoas are meeting to discuss what they had learned from the just-concluded tropical cyclone season.

Delegates were also learning the latest science on the ozone layer.

And they would try to reach an agreement on a framework for co-operation between the two Samoas on the issuing of weather bulletins and disaster warnings.

This was the 15th year that the annual discussions between American Samoa and Samoa weather experts had been held.

The head of the Samoa Meteorological Service Mulipola, Ausetalia Titimaea, said their work contributed to the quality of life of people in both countries.