************************************************************ From: Arnau Folch <afolch@xxxxxxxxxx> ************************************************************ Dear Colleagues, please consider presenting your contribution to the NH3.3 session of the upcoming 2008 EGU meeting: Session NH3.3: Models for volcanic hazard assessment (co-listed in GMPV) Organizers: A.Costa, A.Folch and C.Bonadonna Session description: Hazards associated with volcanism affect lives, economy and properties of communities located near active volcanoes. Elevated temperatures, large dynamical pressures and high particle concentrations make pyroclastic density currents among the most destructive and lethal of volcanic hazards. Lahars associated with the flow of volcanic material can cause massive destruction by direct impact or burying valleys and communities with debris. Volcanic ash fallout causes several undesirable effects, such as the collapse of roofs by ash loading, respiratory sicknesses, air traffic disruption or damage to agriculture. Recent experiences at Mt. Etna have shown that forecast lava flow path is essential in planning risk mitigation counter-measurements for villages and towns on the slopes of an active volcano. Quantification of volcanic hazards is therefore a matter of importance which requires the development and the implementation of elaborated models. This session brings together contributions in which different modelling approaches and novel techniques are presented. Abstract Submission deadline: 14 January 2008 http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/index.html -- Dr. Arnau Folch Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia Sezione "Osservatorio Vesuviano" Via Diocleziano 326 - 80124 Napoli Italy Tel: (+39)0816108335 e-mail: afolch@xxxxxxxxxx http://datasim.ov.ingv.it/~afolch/ ============================================================== 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. ==============================================================
