Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes Announces its 2015 Volcano Hazards Monitoring Summer Course
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Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes
Training Course in Volcano Hazards Monitoring 2015
In the summer of 2015,
the CSAV International Training Course in Volcano Hazards
Monitoring will be
held from May 31 – July 24.
The course is an introduction to a broad suite of volcano monitoring techniques, rather than detailed training with just one. Topics of primary emphasis for the course will include: volcano seismology; acquisition and analysis of geodetic data; methods of analysis and monitoring of gas geochemistry; interpretation of volcanic deposits and landforms; and response to and management of volcanic crises. The course is not geared towards academics, but rather addresses hazards management through monitoring and analysis of volcanic unrest and working in a crisis response mode when unrest reaches the eruptive state. The course is intended for professionals and technicians working in the field of volcano hazards management.
The
duration of the
course is now eight weeks: the first 6 weeks will be conducted
in Hawaii, and
the last 2 weeks at the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory in
Vancouver,
Washington. The latter
two weeks will focus
on stratigraphy and mapping at Mount St. Helens, ash processes,
and telemetry.
The
cost of the course
per person is $5,000 USD, which includes fees, housing, and
ground
transportation. This price does not include food or air fare.
The
U.S. Geological
Survey’s Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP), which
generously supported
some of the past CSAV participants’ costs, will be able to
provide support for
some of our participants for the upcoming course. However, the
VDAP resources
are limited, and thus, if your institution is able to provide
funding for your
candidate to attend the CSAV course, either course fees or air
fare or both,
your candidate will have a much better chance of being able to
participate.
For
2015, in the
interest of providing the best possible training, we will only
be accepting a
limited number of participants. The course will be conducted in
English and we
strongly encourage applicants to develop their fluency in
English prior to
attending the course to ensure that they obtain maximum benefit
from the
training.
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