VOLCANO-RELATED INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET: FROM CURRENT ACTIVITY TO THE PAST 10,000 YEARS

There is an enormous amount of information available on the Internet about volcanoes and the ash clouds they produce, but it can be an intimidating task for aviation officials and pilots to find information that is the most pertinent for them. Scientists with the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (GVP) and the US Geological Survey's (USGS) Volcano Hazards Program believe that information about volcanic activity should be readily available to members of the aviation community. They provide two pages of particular significance on their websites: the USGS Current Updates for US and Russian Volcanoes and the GVP/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Coordinator, Meteorological Services & Support Research

  8455 Colesville Road, Suite 1500
  Silver Spring, MD  United States  20901
• Authors:
  • Mayberry, G
  • Venzke, E
  • Luhr, J
  • Wunderman, R
  • Siebert, L
  • Guffanti, M
• Conference:
  • 2nd International Conference on Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety
  • Location: Alexandria, Virginia
  • Date: 2004-6-21 to 2004-6-24
• Publication Date: 2004-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 3p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety, June 21-24, 2004, Alexandria, Virginia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pilots; Aviation safety; Clouds; Information services; Internet; Volcanic ash; Volcanoes; Websites (Information retrieval)
• Identifier Terms: GVP/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report; Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program; United States Geological Survey; USGS Current Updates for US and Russian Volcanoes
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00988865
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 22 2005 12:00AM