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Operational Integration of Spaceborne Measurements of Lava Discharge Rates and Sulfur Dioxide Concentrations for Global Volcano Monitoring

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We present the rationale and the main initial achievements of the operational prototype of the first multi-method system for the real-time, unsupervised, quantitative monitoring of erupted masses simultaneously at all active volcanoes in Europe, Africa, the Eastern Antilles and the ocean islands. The system is structured as a multi-pole, geographically distributed system, where raw datasets from space payloads SEVIRI, MODIS, GOME-2, IASI and OMI are acquired at four downlink stations, distributed to, and automatically processed at six locations in four European nations, then returned to a central post-processor for real-time alert and Wide Area Network display. This architecture is aimed at optimizing quality and timeliness of the advanced methods run within it, and to let the inherent technical knowledge remain with inventors without concern for individual intellectual property. Before entering operations early in 2012, the system underwent extensive testing in 2011 during the major eruptions of Nabro (Eritrea) and Nyamulagira (DR Congo), which are presented here.

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EVOSS (http://www.evoss.eu) “European Volcano Observatory Space Services” is a project funded in the frame of the European Commission FP7—GMES, with contract no. 242535 of the Research Executive Agency. SACS (http://sacs.aeronomie.be) “Support to Aviation Control Service” is a project of the European Space Agency ESA projects to support procedures of avoidance of volcanic ash based on satellite observations.

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  1. Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 , Paris Cedex05, France

    F. Ferrucci & S. Tait

  2. Institut d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique, 3 Avenue Circulaire, 1180 , Bruxelles, Belgium

    N. Theys & H. Brenot

  3. Intelligence for Environment and Security—IES Consulting, 34 via di San Valentino, 00197 , Roma, Italy

    B. Hirn & C. Di Bartola

  4. Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 1050 , Bruxelles, Belgium

    L. Clarisse

  5. Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Sezione Progetto San Marco, 851 via Salaria, 00138 , Roma, Italy

    G. Laneve

  6. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt, 82234 , Oberpfaffenhofen, Weßling, Germany

    P. Valks

  7. Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut, 10 Wilhelminalaan, NL-3732 GK, De Bilt, The Netherlands

    R. van der A

  8. Università della Calabria, Ponte Bucci 15B, 87036 , Rende (Cosenza), Italy

    F. Ferrucci

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Ferrucci, F. et al. (2014). Operational Integration of Spaceborne Measurements of Lava Discharge Rates and Sulfur Dioxide Concentrations for Global Volcano Monitoring. In: Wenzel, F., Zschau, J. (eds) Early Warning for Geological Disasters. Advanced Technologies in Earth Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12233-0_16

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