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IGOS geohazards meeting during COV4
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From: Philippe Jousset <p.jousset@xxxxxxx>
Dear colleagues,
Please find below the announcement for an IGOS geohazards meeting during
COV4.
Have a good conference!
Philippe Jousset
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From : Hosford Steven
Subject : Announcement of COV4 IGOS Geohazards Meeting
Dear Colleagues
The IGOS Geohazards Bureau is pleased to announce the organisation of a
meeting during the Cities on Volcanoes 4 conference to develop links
between the volcanology community and the cross-geohazard community
efforts undertaken within the context of the IGOS Geohazards initiative.
The Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) for Geohazards
(www.igosgeohazards.org <outbind://47/www.igosgeohazards.org>) was
launched in 2001 by UNESCO, ICSU and CEOS with the aim of developing and
implementing a strategy to improve the coverage of both in situ and
space-based earth observations applied to the study of geohazards.
Following an initial strategy definition phase which concentrated
primarily on space-based earth observations, the IGOS Geohazards Theme
Report was issued in April 2004. One of the recommendation of this
report was the implementation of an IGOS Geohazard Bureau intended to
continue the development of the initiative by encouraging wider
representation of the in situ earth observation community. This Bureau
was subsequently established by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the
French Geological Survey (BRGM).
This meeting seeks to raise the awareness of the IGOS Geohazard
initiative in the volcanology community and investigate ways in which
IGOS Geohazards can contribute to interaction between the
volcanological, seismological and ground instability communities. This
subject is particularly relevant in the context of the GEO intiative
which aims at federating efforts globally in the development of
new (both in situ and satellite based) earth observation systems.
The meeting will be held in the evening of Wednesday, 25th January in
Hotel Quito and will touch on the following issues:
* Introduction to the IGOS Geohazards initiative
* Recent work in the initiative. This includes a cross-geohazard
survey of Data Requirements currently under development and work
on a hazard map inventory in collaboration with GEO.
* Discussion on potential volcanology collaboration and links
* Upcoming project opportunities
Please distribute this announcement as widely as possible among your
colleagues who are attending COV4. I am happy to answer any queries
relating to the meeting.
I look forward to meeting you at COV4 .
Regards
Steven Hosford
Coordinator, IGOS Geohazards Bureau
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IGOS Geohazards Bureau
BRGM - French Geological Survey
3, Avenue Claude Guillemin, BP 6009,
45060 Orléans, France
phone +33 (0) 2 38 64 39 20
fax +33 (0) 2 38 64 33 99
email s.hosford@xxxxxxx
Web http://www.igosgeohazards.org/ <http://igosg.brgm.fr/>
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