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WOVO updates - volcanic observatories and aviation
From: Andrew Tupper <A.Tupper@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Dear all,
This is to put out some structural discussion relating to the the Iceland eruption and the aviation risk.
Structural preamble:
WOVO (the World Organisation of Volcano Observatories) is a commission of IAVCEI (International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior), which is in turn a member of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. The IUGG has consulting status with both the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the World Meteorological Organization, the two UN specialist agencies that organise the rules and science behind the International Airways Volcano Watch.
The theme that WOVO has been exploring most strongly over the past few years has been how cooperation with the worlds of meteorology and aviation works, and how it might benefit operational volcanology. Recently, the WOVO site ( www.wovo.org<http://www.wovo.org/> ) has been updated with two things:
1) A stand-alone publication that explains how 'State Volcano Observatories' (given responsibility by their country for providing information to aviation) can work within the International Airways Volcano Watch, including cost recovery arrangements that *may* be negotiated.
2) Some summary text from a recent (last month) WMO workshop in Santiago, Chile, about how volcano and meteorological agencies can best work together in both the aviation and general warning contexts. The full text of that report will be available in due course - the text on the WOVO site is from the draft report and is the most relevant to observatories.
In addition - we are in the process of restarting the WOVO mailing list - our apologies for a long delay!
Comment on both of the items are welcome. See www.wovo.org<http://www.wovo.org>
Andrew Tupper, WOVO co-leader
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