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1st IAVCEI/GVM Workshop: "From Volcanic Hazard to Risk Assessment", Geneva, 27-29 June 2018
18 Dec 2018 | Contributor(s): E Bruce Pitman, Abani Patra
The complexity of volcanic risk analysis typically resides in the interaction of multiple hazard, vulnerability and exposure aspects dynamically acting over various spatial and temporal scales. Risk analyses provide an evidence-based approach to development and implementation of proactive...
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AGU Poster: Results of the Tephra 2014 Workshop on Maximizing the Potential of Tephra for Multidisciplinary Science
11 Dec 2014
Poster presentation from the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting reporting on results and conclusions of the Tephra 2014 workshop
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Announcement: Coupling Uncertain Geophysical Hazards Workshop
30 Nov 2018
Coupling Uncertain Geophysical Hazards WorkshopMarch 24-26, 2019James B. Hunt Library, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCDescription: Scientists are beginning to understand the propagation of uncertainty through mathematical models, to enable predictions of the likely...
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BET_VH presentation at VHUB workshop, 25th July 2013, Kagoshima, Japan
30 Jul 2013
This is the material used to introduce the BET_VH online tool and to carry out a step-by-step exercise for setting and performing a full Probalistic Volcanic Hazard Assessment (PVHA). The tool and the exercise have been presented during the vhub workshop held the 25th July 2013 in Kagoshima,...
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Civil protection exercises for volcanic risk management. The VUELCO experience at midway.
20 Nov 2014 | Contributor(s): E Bruce Pitman, Abani Patra
This lecture was given during the short-course titled "Coping with volcanic unrest" held in Quito (Ecuador) on November 2014.The presentation illustrates some essential key-elements to take into account in the preparation of a simulation exercise, providing useful suggestion taken...
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Estimating Volcanic Risk in the Lesser Antilles
26 Sep 2013 | Contributor(s): E Bruce Pitman, Abani Patra
The potential catastrophic effects of future volcanic eruptions in the Lesser Antilles can be decreased by the utilisation of effective risk quantification measures and their subsequent incorporation into disaster risk reduction strategies. A volcanic risk study conducted by the Norwegian...
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Eyjafjallajökull, volcanic clouds and aviation - one year on
05 Aug 2011
A workshop at the 2011 IUGG General Assembly in Melbourne, Australia, lead by Andrew Tupper (Australian Bureau of Meteorology), Fred Prata (Norwegian Institute for Air Research), and Arnau Folch (Barcelona Supercomputing Center).The Eyjafjallajokull eruption, resulting in ground and air...
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INQUA–INTAV International Field Conference and Workshop: Crossing New Frontiers
14 Mar 2018
The INQUA International Focus Group on Tephrochronology and Volcanism (INTAV) cordially invites you to participate in the Crossing New Frontiers - Tephra Hunt in Transylvania international field conference that aims to continue the long tradition of very successful inter-INQUA congress tephra...
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Insights from Volcanic Unrest Simulation Exercises
18 Jun 2015 | Contributor(s): E Bruce Pitman, Abani Patra
Lecture given during the second VUELCO short-course, held in Dominica on 13th and 14th May 2015.
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La erupción del volcán Calbuco en 2015: Volcanología, sociedad y ecosistemas
25 Apr 2017
La erupción del 22-23 de abril de 2015 del Volcán Calbuco tuvo impactos en las actividades sociales y ecosistemas en el sur de Chile y en Argentina, debido a la espesa caída de piroclastos, corrientes calientes de gases y rocas, además de flujos de lodo...
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La erupción del volcán Calbuco en 2015: Volcanología, sociedad y ecosistemas
25 Apr 2017 | Contributor(s): E Bruce Pitman, Abani Patra
La erupción del 22-23 de abril de 2015 del Volcán Calbuco tuvo impactos en las actividades sociales y ecosistemas en el sur de Chile y en Argentina, debido a la espesa caída de piroclastos, corrientes calientes de gases y rocas, además de flujos de lodo...
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Los depósitos de caída de tefra: Una breve revisión sobre su cuantificación y análisis para la clasificación de erupciones volcánicas explosivas, con ejemplos Latinoamericanos
15 Nov 2015
La cuantificación de los depósitos volcánicos es una de las herramientas más utilizadas en la actualidad para clasificar la magnitud de la actividad volcánica y determinar los peligros volcánicos asociados. En el caso especial de las erupciones...
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Multi-parameter monitoring overview: Eliza Calder (Lecture 1)
30 Jun 2011 | Presentations
This is the Introduction and first lecture in a series of 7 lectures given as part of the workshop "Ground-based and remote sensing of volcanic unrest" (IUGG 2011)Organized by Jeffrey Johnson & Eliza CalderThe workshop involved seven talks focused on fundamental tools used for monitoring...
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New Methods and Computer Codes for Volcanic Modelling
18 Jul 2013 | Workshops
This workshop was undertaken before the IAVCEI conference in July 2013, complementing the session on "Stress, strain and mass changes at active volcanoes. It brings together seismic and geodetic methods and computational approaches for modelling volcanic processes.Material presented includes:1....
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PASI: Volcanic Hazards and Remote Sensing in Pacific Latin America
11 Jan 2011 | Workshops
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~raman/PASI2011The Open Vent Volcanoes PASI in Costa Rica gathered 60 scientists from 13 countries to build scientific networking in the transdisciplinary field of volcanology in January 2011. The accelerating application of field measurements and remote sensing to...
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Tephra 2017 Workshop : Best practices in tephra collection, analysis, and reporting leading toward better tephra databases
15 Jun 2017 | Workshops
Best practices in tephra collection, analysis, and reporting: Leading toward better tephra databasesThis is a page for the Tephra 2017 workshop, held in Portland, OR, 19 August 2017. The workshop was a follow-on to the Tephra 2014 workshop, held 3-7 August 2014, also in...
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Uncertainty Workshop: Deadline Approaching
01 Feb 2019 | Workshops
Coupling Uncertain Geophysical Hazards WorkshopMarch 24-26, 2019James B. Hunt Library, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCDescription: Scientists are beginning to understand the propagation of uncertainty through mathematical models, to enable predictions of the likely...
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Volcanic risk management in Italy: a perspective from a decision maker.
23 Apr 2015 | Presentations | Contributor(s): E Bruce Pitman, Abani Patra
Lecture given to the 1st VUELCO workshop held in Colima (Mexico) during the 7th Cities on Volcanoes Conference, 18th November 2012
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Volcano Monitoring Workshops II : IUGG 2011
16 Jul 2011 | Workshops
Organized by Jeffrey Johnson & Eliza CalderWorkshop Title: Ground-Based and Remote Sensing of Volcanic UnrestThe workshop involved seven talks focused on fundamental tools used for monitoring and scientific investigation of active volcanic systems. Lectures emphasized emerging technologies,...
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VUELCO- Dominica Exercise Debriefing Report
18 Jun 2015 | Miscellaneous | Contributor(s): E Bruce Pitman, Abani Patra
Document summarizing the debriefing of the exercise, developed with the contribution of all the involved partners.