************************************************************************** From: Jonathan Dehn <jdehn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ************************************************************************** All are encouraged to submit to the Fall AGU special session, Advances in Volcano Monitoring and Research at the Alaska Volcano Observatory! If you have, do or would like to work with AVO, or have exciting work on an Alaskan or North Pacific Volcano and/or have work inspired by or applicable to AVO's mission this is great time to highlight your efforts. The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) was founded in April 1988, and has monitored over 40 eruptions in the North Pacific Region. In this time AVO has been on the forefront of developing new monitoring techniques for volcanoes in remote and harsh environments. Though the volcanoes are remote, their hazards to local infrastructure and air traffic are great, and AVO has focused its efforts to meet the needs of these communities. At its peak over 30 seismic networks have been installed, telemetering data from more than 180 stations. This array is now supplemented by continuous GPS, video and infrasound sensors. Insights to the processes of the United States' most active volcanic arc span the petrogenesis of magmas in the transition from a continental to oceanic arc to eruption triggering mechanisms and the generation of pyroclastic flows, debris flows and other hazardous surficial processes. Satellite remote sensing was implemented for the first time operationally not only to look for precursors to activity, but to track potentially dangerous volcanic ash plumes throughout the region with new quantitative tools. The eruptions in concert with AVO's personnel and facilities have created unique research opportunities in and beyond Alaska. We invite abstracts that not only highlight the achievements of the observatory, but the research that has sprung up around the AVO's efforts and collaborations worldwide. Steve McNutt, AVO-CS, Tom Murray, AVO-SIC, Jim Begét and Jon Dehn chair the session and are happy to answer your questions. We'd also like to draw attention to the late-breaking session on the July-August 2008 eruptions of Okmok and Kasatochi volcanoes. More on that from our colleagues soon. ============================================================== 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. ==============================================================
