***************************************************** From: Larry Mastin <lgmastin@xxxxxxxx> ***************************************************** Dear fellow volcanologists, We invite contributions to the following special session of the 2007 Fall AGU meeting: Observations and Techniques to Improve Prediction and Tracking of Volcanic Ash Clouds (session V28) Description: Volcanic ash can cause severe damage to jet aircraft engines in landing, takeoff, or during high altitude transport. Volcanic ash can also damage fuel lines, abrade internal and external surfaces, and shut down major airports. Tracking and predicting the movement of these ash clouds is an important factor in mitigating the hazards posed to thousands of passengers who fly daily in close proximity of potentially active and currently active volcanoes. Recent effort has grown out of findings by the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) International Airways Volcano Watch Operations Group (IAVWOPSG) that ash-cloud trajectories could be more accurately modeled and their hazards anticipated if parameters on volcanic ash release rates, height distributions in the atmosphere, ash properties, and other factors, were better characterized. We invite contributions on the techniques and observations that are used for detecting, monitoring, tracking, predicting, and characterizing the properties of volcanic ash clouds. CoSponsor: Atmospheric Sciences Conveners: Larry Mastin (lgmastin@xxxxxxxx) Peter Webley (pwebley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Abstract due date: September 6, 2007 http://submissions3.agu.org/submission/entrance.asp Full session description: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/?content=search&show=detail&sessid=439 Thank you, Larry Mastin --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David A. Johnston Cascades Volcano Observatory 1300 SE Cardinal Court, Bldg. 10, Suite 100 Vancouver, WA 986863 USA tel. 360-993-8925 fax 360-993-8980 http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Projects/Mastin ============================================================== To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxxx To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxxx Please do not send attachments. ==============================================================
