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AN: V41A-08    [Abstracts]
TI: Collaborative Monitoring and Hazard Mitigation at Fuego Volcano, Guatemala
AU: * Lyons, J J
EM: jlyons@mtu.edu
AF: Michigan Tech University, Geo/Mining Department Dow 630 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, United States
AU: Bluth, G J
EM: gbluth@mtu.edu
AF: Michigan Tech University, Geo/Mining Department Dow 630 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, United States
AU: Rose, W I
EM: raman@mtu.edu
AF: Michigan Tech University, Geo/Mining Department Dow 630 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, United States
AU: Patrick, M
EM: mpatrick@mtu.edu
AF: Michigan Tech University, Geo/Mining Department Dow 630 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, United States
AU: Johnson, J B
EM: jeff.johnson@unh.edu
AF: University of New Hampshire, Department of Earth Sciences Room 121, James Hall, Durham, NH 03824, United States
AU: Stix, J
EM: stix@eps.mcgill.ca
AF: McGill University, Earth & Planetary Sciences 3450 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2A7, Canada
AB: A portable, digital sensor network has been installed to closely monitor changing activity at Fuego volcano, which takes advantage of an international collaborative effort among Guatemala, U.S. and Canadian universities, and the Peace Corps. The goal of this effort is to improve the understanding shallow internal processes, and consequently to more effectively mitigate volcanic hazards. Fuego volcano has had more than 60 historical eruptions and nearly-continuous activity make it an ideal laboratory to study volcanic processes. Close monitoring is needed to identify base-line activity, and rapidly identify and disseminate changes in the activity which might threaten nearby communities. The sensor network is comprised of a miniature DOAS ultraviolet spectrometer fitted with a system for automated plume scans, a digital video camera, and two seismo-acoustic stations and portable dataloggers. These sensors are on loan from scientists who visited Fuego during short field seasons and donated use of their sensors to a resident Peace Corps Masters International student from Michigan Technological University for extended data collection. The sensor network is based around the local volcano observatory maintained by Instituto National de Sismologia, Vulcanologia, Metrologia e Hidrologia (INSIVUMEH). INSIVUMEH provides local support and historical knowledge of Fuego activity as well as a secure location for storage of scientific equipment, data processing, and charging of the batteries that power the sensors. The complete sensor network came online in mid-February 2007 and here we present preliminary results from concurrent gas, seismic, and acoustic monitoring of activity from Fuego volcano.
DE: 8419 Volcano monitoring (7280)
DE: 8428 Explosive volcanism
DE: 8485 Remote sensing of volcanoes
DE: 8486 Field relationships (1090, 3690)
DE: 8488 Volcanic hazards and risks
SC: Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology [V]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly