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Expansion of Volcano Monitoring to the Kurile Islands

Expansion of Volcano Monitoring to the Kurile Islands. Pavel Izbekov and Christina Neal Alaska Volcano Observatory Alexander Rybin and Vyacheslav Gurianov Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia. Air Routes and Volcanoes of the North Pacific.

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Expansion of Volcano Monitoring to the Kurile Islands

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  1. Expansion of Volcano Monitoringto the Kurile Islands Pavel Izbekov and Christina Neal Alaska Volcano Observatory Alexander Rybin and Vyacheslav Gurianov Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia

  2. Air Routes and Volcanoes of the North Pacific • More than 100 volcanoes from Alaska to the Kuriles • 5-6 explosive eruptions per year • Ash reaches altitudes to be of concern to aviation 10-12 days per year

  3. As many as 20,000 people and perhaps 200 planes fly over and downwind from the active volcanoes of Kamchatka and the Kurile Islands each day.

  4. The Kuriles: a Chain of Active Volcanoes MODIS bands 1-4-3, NASA • 49 Holocene volcanoes and calderas (30 historically active) • More than 60 reported eruptions in 20th century • Chikurachki (Paramushir Island)is currently active (Color code ORANGE) Eruptive cloud to the SE from the volcano on 5/13/2003

  5. Examples from Kuriles: Alaid Volcano The 1981 eruption of Alaid, Photo by Anatoli Khrenov Alaid • Frequent, strong explosive eruptions • Eruptive episodes: 1970, 1854, 1860, 1894, 1933, 1972, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1996 • Alaid is a 2339-m-high stratovolcano, the northernmost of Kurile volcanoes, rising 3000 m from the floor of the Sea of Okhotsk

  6. Examples from Kuriles: Chikurachki Volcano Active vent NASA Image ISS004-E-11694 http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Chikurachki • Chikurachki is a 2339-m-high active stratovolcano. Recorded eruptions: 1690, 1853, 1933, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1973, 1986, 2002. Currently erupts.

  7. Current state of volcano monitoring in Kuriles Petropavlovsk- Kamchatsky • No regular monitoring and reporting • Four seismic stations • MODIS, AVHRR, and SeaWifs satellite data is received by several agencies in Sakhalin and Kamchatka Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

  8. Sakhalin Volcanic Eruption Response Team (SVERT) Initiative Recipients of volcano monitoring information, warnings, eruption detection etc. AVHRR Sakhalin Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography AVHRR Far East Geological Information Center, Ministry of Natural Resources SVERT MODIS Expertise scientific collaboration KVERT Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics Data, expertise, scientific collaboration Students AVO Data Sakhalin Seismic Survey Sakhalin State University Graduate Program in Remote Sensing

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