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From: Giuseppe Puglisi <giuseppe.puglisi@xxxxxxx>
Subject: EGU 2017: the GEO Geohazards Supersite initiative Session
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Call for abstracts for EGU session
The GEO Geohazards Supersite initiative: improving science uptake in Disaster Risk Reduction (IE4.2/NH9.11/GI1.5/GMPV5.7/SM5.11/TS5.8)
The next year too, at the EGU General Assembly there will be the session on Supersites. This time is the first one after the end of the EC Supersite projects, and for that the topic was widened in order to include other Supersites on other continents and discuss the Supersite concepts in other domains. Nevertheless, the conveners are wishing to receive very relevant contributions from the consortia of the three EC Supersite projects.
Furthermore, this year, the session was included in the list of the Interdisciplinary Events (IE), i.e., events that gather sessions with affine topics, from different divisions, which have high visibility.
The conveners remind you that the deadline for submitting the abstracts is 11 Jan 2017, 13:00 CET.
Convener: Stefano Salvi
Co-Conveners: Freysteinn Sigmundsson, Nurcan Meral Ozel, Giuseppe Puglisi
Abstract
The GEO Geohazard Supersite and Natural laboratories initiative (GSNL) has promoted investigations of volcanic and earthquake hazards at selected ‘Supersites’, providing access to space-borne and ground-based geophysical data. The Supersite concept aims to demonstrate the societal benefits of the GEO principles of open data sharing, and is implemented through a voluntary partnership among the world's space agencies, the in situ data providers, and the international scientific community. The newly agreed implementation plan for the GSNL initiative emphasizes the necessity for improved uptake of Supersite science results for disaster risk reduction. The local scientific community then plays a crucial role in the communication of the new findings to end-users and decision makers, in the format needed to effectively support Disaster Prevention, Mitigation or Response activities. As such, the GSNL initiative is fully compliant with the role of science as envisioned in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. Thanks to EC support, this concept has been successfully demonstrated at four European Supersites: the Marmara fault zone, the Icelandic volcanoes, the Mt. Etna volcano and the Vesuvius/Campi Flegrei volcanic area. Based on the success of these, and other, Supersites the GSNL community can stimulate the adaptive implementation of the concept to different areas and contexts, exploiting the networking character of the initiative and the capacity to exchange experiences, scientific methods, and user communication approaches.
The session welcomes contributions from all the Supersites (well established and new) on both scientific results and technological aspects, as well as contributions showing how the new geohazard science is being or can be communicated to end-users and what are the actual benefits. Contributions discussing proposals for new Supersites are also encouraged.
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