1 VUELCONEWSLETTERISSUE 3 Autumn/Winter 2013 VUELCO

VUELCO NEWSLETTER ISSUE3
Autumn/Winter 2013
VUELCO Workshop 7 and 8 November 2013
Start: October 1, 2011
Duration: 48 months
The Second VUELCO workshop was attended by scientists and civil protection officials
involved in volcanic risk management at different levels. This
was a great opportunity to pool expertise from around the
world in pursuit of a greater understanding of volcanic unrest.
The great development of scientific knowledge in recent years
has helped to improve the understanding of natural
phenomena. It has granted a better characterization and
description to the point that sometimes we can foresee their
development and take action to prevent possible situations of
risk. The abstract book and programme are available on the
VUELCO website.
VUELCO Steering Group and DET Committee 25 September 2013
The VUELCO Steering Group, DET and Advisory Board
met at Engineers' House in Clifton, Bristol on 27-9
September 2013. Delegates came from around the
world including Ecuador, Germany, France, Italy,
Mexico, Spain and the West Indies. There were
presentations on each work package, together with
question and answer sessions and full discussion
about the science undertaken.
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European Partners:
University of Bristol (UK)
(Coordinator)
University of Leeds (UK)
University of Munich (D)
CSIC (Spain)
INGV (Italy)
DPC (Italy)
CNRS (France)
Overseas Partners:
Geophysical Institute (Ecuador)
UNAM (Mexico)
University of the West Indies
(UWI)
VUELCO WEBSITE
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Bristol Meeting 2013
Campi Flegrei Field Trip
November 2013
VUELCO Simulation Exercise, Campi Flegrei, Italy
February 9-14 February 2014
Campi Flegrei will be the target volcano for the next
simulation exercise. The focus of this exercise will be
communication, models and unrest. The location of
the simulation meetings will be Rome following a field
trip to Campi Flegrei, Naples.
VUELCO members, DPC staff, CGR members and INGVOV staff (Vesuvius observatory) will all participate.
The VUELCO group will assume different roles during
the simulation with the possibility of themed groups working together. Tools
developed in the VUELCO project such as numerical models, cost benefit analysis,
and signal processing will be employed to interpret raw data. In addition,
communication protocols as well as legal and educational tools will be tested.
Recent VUELCO Publications
 Pichavant, M., Di Carlo, I., Rotolo, S., Scaillet, B., Burgisser, A., Le Gall, N., and
Martel, C. (2013) – Generation of CO2-rich melts during basalt magma ascent and
degassing. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 166, 545-561. Request PDF
 Longo, A., Barsanti, M., Cassioli, A., Papale, P., A finite element Galerkin/leastsquares method for computation of multicomponent compressible–
incompressible flows, Computers & Fluids, Volume 67, 30 August 2012, Pages 5771, ISSN 0045-7930, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2012.07.008. Request
PDF
 Phillipson, G., Sobradelo, R., Gottsmann, J., Global volcanic unrest in the 21st
century: An analysis of the first decade, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal
Research, Volume 264, 15 August 2013, Pages 183-196, ISSN 0377-0273,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.08.004.
 Sobradelo, R., Bartolini, S., Martí, J., HASSET: a probability event tree tool to
evaluate future volcanic scenarios using Bayesian inteference Bulletin of
Volcanology 76 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00445-013-0770-x 1-15 J
 Bartolini, S., Cappello, A., Martí, J., and Del Negro, C.: QVAST: a new Quantum GIS
plugin for estimating volcanic susceptibility, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 30313042, doi:10.5194/nhess-13-3031-2013, 2013. View PDF
 Moretti,R., Arienzo, I., Civetta, L., Orsi,G., Papale, P., Multiple magma degassing
sources at an explosive volcano Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 367, 1
April 2013, Pages 95-104 (Request pdf)
Rome Conference 2013
Ecuador Reports …
Workshop in Ecuador
On 28 and 29 November 2013, the Instituto Geofisico of the Escuela Politecnica
Nacional (IG EPN) and the Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos of the Cotopaxi province
(SGR-Cotopaxi) carried out two workshops /
conversations related to a series of prevention
methods entitled "Speaking of the volcano." These
talks, supported by the VUELCO project aimed to
strengthen the understanding of volcano reawakening
and prepare the local population for possible eruptions
from Cotopaxi volcano through conducted training
programs in the field of volcanic risk for those
populations living in areas of potentially hazardous zones close to Cotopaxi.
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Photo 3. Personnel of the Instituto Geofisico
and the Risk Management Secretary of
Cotopaxi province and school authorities of
the Juan de Dios Morales school at Mulalo
parish (Picture credits P.Espín, IGEPN)
These meetings took place in the parish of Mulaló
and at the Education Unit of Juan de Dios Morales
located south of Cotopaxi volcano, both with a
very positive response. Local authorities of
Mulaló, officials of the IG-EPN, SGR- Cotopaxi,
National Police, Fire Department and the general
population actively participated. The IG-EPN and
SGR-Cotopaxi also participated as observers of an
earthquake drill in the School of Juan de Dios
Morales, a very important activity that allows young citizens to learn, understand and
practice what to do in the event of a volcanic eruption. After the simulation
evaluation, suggestions and recommendations were issued to faculty and students of
that school. Additionally, the IG-EPN left teaching materials to school authorities in
order to promote a culture of prevention.
These workshops were planned during a meeting held in Latacunga in October 2013
with the participation of Instituto Geofisico’s researchers and SGR officials. The
importance of these activities arose from preliminary results of research surveys
conducted by Dr. Ryerson Christie of the University of Bristol, related to risk
perception of local populations around Cotopaxi volcano, that demonstrated the vital
importance of prevention education activities and workshops in the area.
In the future, the project scope will also involve populations from the areas of Los
Chillos and Tumbaco, both located within the northern valley of Cotopaxi, and
Latacunga city, located in the southern valley. The project will run until 2015 and
community meetings will be held regularly.
Photo 4. Conversation about hazards related
to Cotopaxi volcano with students from the
Juan de Dios Morales school at Mulalo
parish. (Picture credits P.Espín, IGEPN).
Photo 5: Delivery of learning materials and
risk management surveys to authorities of
the Juan de Dios Morales school by the IGEPN in order to promote a culture of
prevention about volcanic hazards. (Photo
credits P.Espín, IGEPN).
Pedro Espin, Gorki Ruiz, Andres Ordóñez, Liliana Troncoso, Mario Ruiz
Photo Credits:
Photo 1. Conversation about hazards related to Cotopaxi volcano with students from the Juan de Dios Morales school at
Mulalo parish. (Picture credits P.Espín, IGEPN).
Photo 2: Conversation with authorities and population of Mulaló, officials of SGR-Cotopaxi, National Police and Fire
Department. This talk dealt about strengthening the prevention programs in case of a Cotopaxi reawakening. (Picture
credits P.Espín, IGEPN).
THE SIX TARGET VOLCANOES
The VUELCO project will be conducting research
on the following volcanoes:
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Flegrei, Italy
Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Morne aux Diables, Dominica
Popocatépetl, Mexico
Soufrière Hills, Montserrat
Teide, Tenerife
Further details of each volcano can be seen at
www.vuelco.net
ABOUT VUELCO
VUELCO is an international multi-disciplinary
consortium, combining fundamental research
into causes and effects of volcanic unrest with
uncertainty assessment and probabilistic
forecasting to improve communication,
decision-making and management during
volcanic unrest. The primary project objective
is to significantly improve our understanding of
the processes behind volcanic unrest and the
ability to forecast its outcome aiding decisionmaking and management in an unrest
situation. See www.vuelco.net for further
details.
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Photo 6: Delivery of learning materials to
authorities of the Juan de Dios Morales
school by the IG-EPN in order to promote a
culture of prevention about volcanic
hazards. (Picture credits P.Espín, IGEPN).
FUNDING
The VUELCO project is funded
by a €3.5 million grant by the
EC.
CONTACT DETAILS:
Dr Jo Gottsmann, Project Co-ordinator: j.gottsmann@ bristol.ac.uk
Mrs Clare Williams, Project Manager: clare.williams@bristol.ac.uk
THE SIX TARGET VOLCANOES
The VUELCO project will be conducting research on the following volcanoes:
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Flegrei, Italy
Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Morne aux Diables, Dominica
Popocatépetl, Mexico
Soufrière Hills, Montserrat
Teide, Tenerife
Further details of each volcano can be seen at www.vuelco.net
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