From: Sara Barsotti <sara@xxxxxxxx>
Reminder CoV9 - S2.6 "Volcanic gas release: strategies for monitoring and hazard assessment during short- and long-term volcanic eruptions
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Dear all,
Please remind to submit an abstract to the session
S2.6 Volcanic gas release: strategies for monitoring and hazard assessment
during short- and long-term volcanic eruptions
at the Cities on Volcanoes 9 conference (Puerto Varas, Chile - 20-25 November 2016).
The abstract submission deadline is August 15, 2016.
Conveners: Sara Barsotti, Melissa Anne Pfeffer, Tamar Elias, Giuseppe Salerno.
Invited speaker: Maarten J de Moor (OVSICORI)
Session description:
During effusive volcanic eruptions the emission of gases can pose a serious threat to the environment and human and animal health. This impact could be extended from local to distal to global scales depending on the strength and intensity of the emission itself. Gaseous emissions can spread and travel for hundreds/thousands of km engaging in chemical and physical processes in the atmosphere and on the surface after deposition, enlarging, in this way, the types of hazards associated with a volcanic eruption. Respiratory problems, chronic diseases, acidification of precipitation, corrosion of electrical equipment, pollution of snow and water, are only some of the observed and monitored hazards associated with effusive eruptions. People living and travelling close to active volcanoes can be particularly vulnerable.
Monitoring gas release and assessing the severity of volcanic gas hazards is still challenging. During volcanic eruptions important actions need to be taken to install, operate and maintain instrumentation; interpret data; provide dispersal forecasts; provide information to local Civil Protection; and advise people on how to behave.
This session will focus on the state-of-the-art techniques and methods developed across the world to deal with gas-rich eruptions from the wide-view perspective of integrating monitoring, hazard assessment and communication with the public. Experiences with mitigation measures and operational responses during recent and on-going effusive eruption are also very welcome.
Hoping to see you there,
The conveners
Sara Barsotti,
Melissa Anne Pfeffer,
Tamar Elias,
Giuseppe SalernoVolcano Listserv is a collaborative venture among Arizona State University (ASU), Portland State University (PSU), the Global Volcanism Program (GVP) of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and the International Association for Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI).
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