Probabilistic Analysis of Volcanic Hazards

18 May 2011 | Educational Materials | Contributor(s): Puneet Singla, Abani Patra, Jose Luis Palma, E Bruce Pitman

Material for hands-on introduction to a probabilistic approach towards uncertainty in computations of airborne ash clouds workshop at UB on May 19, 2011.More information in Sheridan et al. (2010), a GSA special paper outlining process for constructing hazard maps using polynomial chaos quadrature...

OMIplot

13 May 2011 | Offline Tools | Contributor(s): Simon Carn

OMIplot is a software package that can be used to ingest, visualize and analyze sulfur dioxide (SO2) data from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aboard NASA's Aura satellite. The OMI SO2 measurements can be used to track drifting volcanic eruption clouds and study volcanic degassing. OMI...

Volcanology : introductory course at UB

07 May 2011 | Courses | Contributor(s): Michael Sheridan

This is the introductory volcanology course lectures taught at UB in the 1990 to 2006 by MF Sheridan.

Keweenaw Boulder Garden

27 Apr 2011 | Publications | Contributor(s): William I Rose

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~raman/SilverI/Boulder_Garden/ Boulder Gardens are selected and arranged groups of boulders, designed for an educational purpose. At Michigan Tech we selected 40 diverse and representative glacial lag boulders which represent the lithology of all of the regional surficial...

Geology of the Keweenaw Rift, Upper Michigan

27 Apr 2011 | Presentations | Contributor(s): William I Rose

This is a one hour 15 min lecture which is aimed at the Geology of the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale, where the Portage Lake Lava Series and the Copper Harbor Conglomerate are exposed and Earth's earliest known continental flood basalts can be observed in the field. The lecture is meant to...

Mount St Helens 1980-6 Activity summary

27 Apr 2011 | Educational Materials | Contributor(s): William I Rose

This series of two lectures summarizes the sequence of events asssociated with the 1980-86 eruptions of Mount St Helens, Washington State, USA. It is intended as a refresher for students and researchers.Lipman, Peter W., and Mullineaux, Donal R. (eds.), 1981, The 1980 Eruptions of Mount St....

1992 Spurr Eruption Case Discussion

27 Apr 2011 | Presentations | Contributor(s): William I Rose

This lecture summarizes distal ash cloud observations via satellite and radar, along with information about meteorology and fallout, for the 1992 Crater Peak/Spurr eruptions. These small subplinian events produced significant fine and very fine ash fallouts that were sampled and measured. Even...

More Volcanic Ash Remote Sensing

27 Apr 2011 | Presentations | Contributor(s): William I Rose

Environmental aspects of volcanic clouds as investigated by remote sensing tools. Ice in volcanic clouds. Separation of ash and SO2 in volcanic clouds.Rose, W. I., D. J. Delene, D. J. Schneider, G. J. S. Bluth, A. J. Krueger, I. Sprod, C. McKee, H. L. Davies and G. G. J. Ernst, 1995, Ice in the...

Thunderstorms and Volcanic Clouds

27 Apr 2011 | Presentations | Contributor(s): William I Rose

There are many similarities between eruption clouds and common convective clouds which lead to thunderstorms. This lecture calls attention to the comparison.

Weather Radar Systems (Lacasse et al)

27 Apr 2011 | Presentations | Contributor(s): William I Rose

This lecture describes the vital observations that can be made by ground-based weather radar systems. It is based on a paper written by Lacasse et al and which is attached in the supporting documents of this presentation.Lacasse, C, S Karlsdóttir, G Larsen, H Soosalu, W I Rose and G G J...

An introduction to Santiaguito/Santa Maria Guatemala

27 Apr 2011 | Presentations | Contributor(s): William I Rose

An introductory lecture about a pair of related volcanoes in Guatemala, Santa Maria and Santiaguito. Meant to help orient researchers on this great laboratory volcano. The first part of the lecture is followed by Part 2, which in in the supporting documents.Escobar Wolf, R, RO Matias Gomez and WI...

Mapping a 49 year old eruption of a basaltic cone: Pacaya Guatemala

27 Apr 2011 | Presentations | Contributor(s): William I Rose

This presentation summarizes the 50 year eruption and the 3 dimensional map produced. The map, prepared as part of an MS thesis by Ruben Otoniel Matias Gomez, is under review as a Map and Chart Series publication by the GSA. The lecture summarizes the situation at Pacaya, and uses Matias' map as...

GeoProMT v1.0 - Geospatial Project Management Tool

26 Apr 2011 | *Data Sets/Collections | Contributor(s): Chris S Renschler, Fernando Rios, Graham S Hayes, Jorge Valentin Bajo, Thomas W. Slomka, Michael Sheridan

The Geospatial Project Management Tool (GeoProMT) is a web-based tool for management of shared geo-spatial and multi-temporal data such as GIS data and remotely sensed images. Integral to the GeoProMT framework is role-based access control (RBAC), where data access permissions and data users are...

Lava Flow Eruptions- Exploring Earth's Volcanic Environments Virtual Fieldtrip

05 Apr 2011 | Educational Materials | Contributor(s): Steven Carey

https://volcano.uri.edu/This module dealing with effusive volcanism highlights the 1783 Laki fissure eruption in Iceland, the largest historic lava flow event.Exploring Earth's Volcanic Environments:This module is one in a series of two web-based modules that have been developed...

Vesuvius Volcano: 79 A.D. Eruption- Exploring Earth's Volcanic Environments Virtual Fieldtrip

05 Apr 2011 | Educational Materials | Contributor(s): Steven Carey

https://volcano.uri.edu/This module about explosive volcanism focuses on the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius volcano in Italy and the effects of the eruption on the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.Exploring Earth's Volcanic Environments:This module is one in a series of two...

More Volcano Meteorology

31 Mar 2011 | Presentations | Contributor(s): William I Rose

Adiabatic processes, humidity in the atmosphere. Hydrometeors, stable and unstable air. Coriolis. Winds on a spherical surface.