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Important KVERT information
From: "Olga A. Girina" <girina@xxxxxxxxx>
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Dear colleagues!
Due to a loss of government funding beginning February 01, 2010, KVERT will no longer
distribute information regarding volcanic activity in Kamchatka and the Northern Kuriles.
Specifically, the following KVERT services are suspended:
- Assignment of Aviation Color Codes;
- Sending:
- email operational messages from IVS FED RAS and KB GS RAS;
- email operational messages from IVS FED RAS and KB GS RAS;
- daily activity report in English from KB GS RAS (table format);
- KVERT Information Releases about current activity and forecasts activity of
volcanoes of Kamchatka and Northern Kuriles from IVS FED RAS
volcanoes of Kamchatka and Northern Kuriles from IVS FED RAS
to all users including Tokyo VAAC, Anchorage VAAC, and Washington VAAC, and airlines
In addition, KVERT will no longer maintain its public web site with volcano information.
Access to the following information will cease:
- KVERT information releases
- Volcanic danger prognosis for aviation for next week (in Russian)
- Current Activity of the Volcanoes
- MODIS and NOAA satellite images
- Weekly information on current eruptions on the IVS website
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT REDUCE THE RISK OF AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERS WITH VOLCANIC ASH
CLOUDS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC REGION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Marina V. Petrova,
Meteorological agency of Rosgidromet , Moscow,
Tel. 8-(495)-605-48-00
e-mail: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx , meteoag@xxxxxxxxxxxx , meteoag@xxxxxxxx
Tel. 8-(495)-605-48-00
e-mail: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx , meteoag@xxxxxxxxxxxx , meteoag@xxxxxxxx
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