VUELCO- Dominica Exercise Debriefing Report

18 Jun 2015 | Contributor(s): Stefano Ciolli, Richard E.A. Robertson

Document summarizing the debriefing of the exercise, developed with the contribution of all the involved partners.

Insights from Volcanic Unrest Simulation Exercises

18 Jun 2015 | Contributor(s): Stefano Ciolli, Chiara Cristiani

Lecture given during the second VUELCO short-course, held in Dominica on 13th and 14th May 2015. 

Volcanic risk management in Italy: a perspective from a decision maker.

23 Apr 2015 | Contributor(s): Stefano Ciolli

Lecture given to the 1st VUELCO workshop held in Colima (Mexico) during the 7th Cities on Volcanoes Conference, 18th November 2012

Civil protection exercises for volcanic risk management. The VUELCO experience at midway.

20 Nov 2014 | Contributor(s): Stefano Ciolli, Chiara Cristiani

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...

Dome rock densification parameters

20 Oct 2014 | Contributor(s): Fabian Ben Wadsworth, Betty Scheu

Chaotic Mixing Device

09 May 2014 | Contributor(s): Daniele Morgavi, Diego Perugini, Cristina P. De Campos, Werner Ertel-Ingrisch, Donald B. Dingwell

Description of device for chaotic mixing experiments developed at LMU München

2nd IUGG-WMO Workshop on Ash Dispersal Forecast and Civil Aviation, Consensual Document

18 Feb 2014 | Contributor(s): Costanza Bonadonna, Peter W Webley, Matthew Craig Hort, Arnau Folch, Sue C Loughlin, Herbert Puempel

An international expert community of volcano observatories, academic scientists, volcanic ash advisory centres and representatives of aviation regulators, engine manufacturers and airlines met in Geneva on 18-20 November 2013 to discuss progress on ash dispersal forecasting and produce a roadmap...

Implementation of material maps into the Titan2D simulation tool

29 Dec 2013 | Contributor(s): Sylvain Charbonnier

These powerpoint slides describe how to create and use a GIS-classified map with varying basal friction angles with the Titan2d simulation tool. Users can also refer to the Titan user manual for additional information.

Estimating Volcanic Risk in the Lesser Antilles

26 Sep 2013 | Contributor(s): Michal Camejo, Richard E.A. Robertson

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...

Purace Titan2d Ang Basal 14

29 May 2013 | Contributor(s): Paola Andrea Narvaez

Simulación para el volcán Puracé del por medio de Titan2d, con un ángulo basal de valor de 14.

Eruption data for ash-cloud model validation

04 Apr 2013 | Contributor(s): Larry Garver Mastin, Costanza Bonadonna, Arnau Folch, peter webley, barbara stunder, Michael Pavolonis

This is a collection of data, references, and links to data on well-documented eruptions whose observations can be used to validate ash-cloud transport models. Data include, among other things, plume height, duration, erupted volume, satellite observations, numerical wind fields, and grain-size...

Volcanic clouds observed by the A-Train satellite constellation

12 Mar 2012 | Contributor(s): Simon Carn

A collection of images showing volcanic eruption clouds detected by NASA's A-Train satellite constellation, which includes the Aqua, CALIPSO, CloudSat and Aura satellites. These examples demonstrate the unique ability of the A-Train to provide coincident, multi-spectral, active and passive remote...

Hazards of volcanic ash

29 Nov 2011 | Contributor(s): William I Rose

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Eyjafjallajökull, volcanic clouds and aviation - one year on

05 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s): Simon Carn

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...

Large Scale Experiments on Volcanic Processes (EOS)

19 Jul 2011 | Contributor(s): Greg A Valentine

Some of the least understood and most hazardous geologic processes involve complex multiphase flows, particularly those related to explosive volcanic eruptions. These phenomena inherently involve a wide range of characteristic length and time scales, as well as processes that are coupled across...

Observing volcanic clouds

29 Jun 2011 | Contributor(s): William I Rose

This presentation is part of the workshop "Volcanic Hazards and Remote Sensing in Pacific Latin America" held in Costa Rica in January 2011.Speaker: William I. Rose

Titan2D Viewer

26 Jun 2011 | *Tools | Contributor(s): Jose Luis Palma

A viewer of the simulation results saved by Titan2D

Tutorial for using Titan2D on VHub

25 Jun 2011 | Educational Materials | Contributor(s): Sylvain Charbonnier

During this tutorial, we will go through a stock example and (1) learn how to enter the different input parameters for running a Titan2D simulation on Vhub, (2) run the simulation and (3) visualize the results using the freely available Paraview software.

DEM converter for Titan2D

15 Apr 2011 | *Tools | Contributor(s): Jose Luis Palma

Convert a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) in ASCII format to a Titan2D readable format

The Chaiten eruption, Chile, May 2008: field observations.

28 Feb 2011 | Presentations | Contributor(s): David Pyle

A short summary presentation of rapid-response fieldwork following the 2008 eruption of Chaiten, southern Chile. This short presentation was given in September 2009, and has been updated with appropriate citation to work published since then.F Alfano, C Bonadonna, ACM Volentik, CB Connor, SFL...