PA41D:
Volcanic Hazards: Translating Research and Monitoring into Improved Communication, Preparedness, and Response I


Session ID#: 9062

Session Description:
Volcanoes present a variety of hazards on the local and global scale. During a volcanic crisis, people are faced with specific decisions based on the particular hazard they may be presented with.  These decisions are often based on a cost-benefit analysis weighted by the perception of risk and the perception of mitigating actions, which may vary depending on socio-economic and political factors.  Given a growing understanding of atmospheric and geologic processes resulting from advances in technology and scientific instrumentation, our ability to monitor, model and forecast volcanic events has dramatically improved in recent decades: progress which has strengthened inputs into the decision making process regarding societal impacts.  This session seeks to examine the interface between volcanic research and monitoring, and societal response before, during and after a volcanic eruption.
Primary Convener:  Hans N Lechner, Michigan Technological University, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Houghton, MI, United States
Conveners:  David J Schneider, USGS Volcano Science Center, Anchorage, United States, Beth A Bartel, UNAVCO, Inc., Boulder, CO, United States and Luke J Bowman, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States
Chairs:  Hans N Lechner, Michigan Technological University, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Houghton, MI, United States, David J Schneider, USGS Volcano Science Center, Anchorage, United States, Luke J Bowman, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States and Beth A Bartel, UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Beth A Bartel, UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
  • V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
Index Terms:

4343 Preparedness and planning [NATURAL HAZARDS]
8408 Volcano/climate interactions [VOLCANOLOGY]
8419 Volcano monitoring [VOLCANOLOGY]
8488 Volcanic hazards and risks [VOLCANOLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Translating Volcano Hazards Research in the Cascades Into Community Preparedness (Invited) (66288)
John W Ewert and Carolyn L Driedger, USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, WA, United States
Putting Research to Work for Monitoring Volcanic Hazards and Enhancing Public Safety (Invited) (82945)
Jeffrey Todd Freymueller1, Taryn M Lopez2, Michael Edwin West3, Jessica F Larsen4, David Fee4 and Pavel E Izbekov5, (1)Michigan State University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States, (4)Alaska Volcano Observatory, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, (5)Alaska Volcano Observatory, Fairbanks, AK, United States
The Volcano Disaster Assistance Program: Working with International Partners to Reduce the Risk from Volcanic Eruptions Worldwide (Invited) (73049)
Gari C Mayberry, USGS Volcano Science Center, Washington, DC, United States; US Geological Survey, Reston, United States and John S Pallister, USGS Cascades Volcano Observ, Vancouver, WA, United States
International Collaboration on Building Local Technical Capacities for Monitoring Volcanic Activity at Pacaya Volcano, Guatemala. (76938)
Rudiger P Escobar-Wolf1, Gustavo Chigna2, Humberto Morales3, Gregory P Waite1, Thomas Oommen1 and Hans N Lechner1, (1)Michigan Technological University, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Houghton, MI, United States, (2)INSIVUMEH, Guatemala City, Guatemala, (3)Parque Nacional Volcan de Pacaya y Laguna de Calderas, San Vicente Pacaya, Escuintla, Guatemala
Incorporating Community Knowledge to Lahar Hazard Maps: Canton Buenos Aires Case Study, at Santa Ana (Ilamatepec) Volcano (86230)
Jorge V Bajo1, Bettina Martinez-Hackert2, Cecilia Polio3 and Eduardo Gutierrez3, (1)SUNY Buffalo, Geography, Buffalo, NY, United States, (2)SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY, United States, (3)Direccion General del Observatorio Ambiental, San Salvador, El Salvador
Development of Scientific Tools at the USGS to Prepare for Ash-Producing Eruptions (Invited) (59142)
Marianne Guffanti, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States, Larry G Mastin, USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, WA, United States, Kristi L Wallace, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Volcano Observatory, Anchorage, United States, David J Schneider, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States and Christina A Neal, USGS, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hilo, HI, United States
Large, Moderate or Small? The Challenge of Measuring Mass Eruption Rates in Volcanic Eruptions (Invited) (84040)
Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson1, Tobias Dürig2, Thordis Hognadottir2, Armann Hoskuldsson2, Halldor Bjornsson3, Sara Barsotti4, Gudrun Nina Petersen3, Thor Thordarson5, Gro B. M. Pedersen2 and Morten S Riishuus1, (1)University of Iceland, Nordic Volcanological Center, Institute of Earth Sciences, Reykjavik, Iceland, (2)University of Iceland, Institute of Earth Sciences, Reykjavik, Iceland, (3)Icelandic Met Office, Reykjavik, Iceland, (4)Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavik, Iceland, (5)University of Iceland, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Reykjavik, Iceland
Advances in Monitoring, Modelling and Forecasting Volcanic Ash Plumes over the Past 5 Years and the Impact on Preparedness from the London VAAC Perspective (Invited) (59908)
Deborah S Lee and Ian Lisk, Met Office, Natural Hazards, Exeter, United Kingdom

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