PA43C-2200
Acoustic Surveillance of Hazardous Eruptions (ASHE) in Asia
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Poster Hall (Moscone South)
Milton A Garces, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, Benoit Taisne, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Elisabeth Blanc, CEA Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique DAM, Arpajon Cedex, France, Andrew Craig Tupper, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, Maria Ngemaes, NOAA, Koror, Palau, Pierrick Mialle, CTBTO Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Organization, Vienna, Austria and ASHE ASIA
Abstract:
The ASHE Ecuador (2004-2012) collaboration between Ecuador, Canada, and the US demonstrated the capability to use real-time infrasound to provide low-latency volcanic eruption notifications to the Volcano Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) in Washington DC. The Atmospheric dynamics Research Infrastructure in Europe (ARISE, 2012-2018) supported by the European Commission fosters integrating innovative methods for remote detection and characterization of distant eruptive sources through collaborations with the VAAC Toulouse and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty Organization (CTBTO). The ASHE Asia project proposes an international collaboration between the Earth Observatory of Singapore, the VAAC Darwin, the Palau National Weather Service, and US and Asian partners, and will receive the support of ARISE, to provide improved early notification of potentially hazardous eruptions in Asia and the Western Pacific using a combination of established technologies and next-generation mobile sensing systems. The increased availability of open seismo-acoustic data in the ASEAN region as well as recent advances in mobile distributed sensors networks will facilitate unprecedented rapid progress in monitoring remote regions for early detection of hazardous volcanic eruptions and other natural disasters.
