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The World Organization of Volcano Observatories

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WOVO meeting 10 September 2014

WOVO meeting 10 September 2014

WOVO meetingAn evening meeting during COV8 including dinner. Date of event:10 September 2014 (18:00-22:00) Venue:Gadjah Mada University Club Hotel & ConventionJl. Pancasila No. 2 Bulaksumur, Kampus UGMYogyakarta – IndonesiaPhone. 0274 563461Fax. 0274 563461www.ugmclub.com Volcano Observatory representatives and other people with...

Announcement of WOVOdat pre-meeting workshop

Announcement of WOVOdat pre-meeting workshop

WOVOdat: A volcano monitoring database One day COV8 pre-meeting workshop (8 September 2014) Registration is already open! For registration, please contact Christina: cwidiwijayanti@ntu.edu.sgMore information about WOVOdat: http://www.wovodat.org/More information about COV8: http://citiesonvolcanoes8.com/ COV8 Abstract submission deadline: 14 April 2014COV8 Early registration deadline: 31 May...

WOVOdat: A volcano monitoring database

WOVOdat: A volcano monitoring database

WOVOdat: A volcano monitoring databaseA free one-day COV8 pre-meeting workshop Date of Event:8 September 2014 (08:00-16:30) Venue:Gadjah Mada University Club Hotel & ConventionJl. Pancasila No. 2 Bulaksumur, Kampus UGMYogyakarta – IndonesiaPhone. 0274 563461Fax. 0274 563461www.ugmclub.com WOVOdat is the World Organization...

Minutes – WOVO/WOVO-dat meeting, July 21 2013, Japan

Minutes – WOVO/WOVO-dat meeting, July 21 2013, Japan

WOVO/WOVO-dat meetingSunday, July 21 2013, 7.00am to 5pmKagoshima, Japan MINUTES Present: Andrew Tupper (Bureau of Meteorology, Australia); Jiandong Xu (Changbaishan, CEA); Jennifer Jay, Matt Pritchard (Cornell University); Christelle Wauthier (Carnegie Institution of Washington); Yo Fukushime (DPRI,Kyoto University); Fidel Costa, Christina...

2nd Ash Workshop

2nd Ash Workshop

To all, We are very happy to announce the second IUGG-WMO workshop on “Ash dispersal forecast and civil aviation” that will take place at the Geneva headquarters of the World Meteorological Organization on 18-20 November 2013. Our preliminary website is...

Handbook on volcanic crises management

Handbook on volcanic crises management

Within the European MIA VITA project (Mitigate and Assess risk from Volcanic Impact on Terrain and human Activities) coordinated by Dr. P. Thierry from BRGM (France), a “HANDBOOK FOR VOLCANIC RISK MANAGEMENT. Prevention, crisis management and resilience” has been produced....

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About The World Organization of Volcano Observatories

WOVO is an organization of and for volcano observatories of the world. Members are institutions that are engaged in volcano surveillance and, in most cases, are responsible for warning authorities and the public about hazardous volcanic unrest.
We aim to:

  • refer governments, international organizations, and others seeking assistance in volcano monitoring to the appropriate member observatories.
  • stimulate communication and cooperation between observatories and institutions directly involved in volcano monitoring
  • develop and maintain volcano monitoring reference materials, including a Directory of member observatories, their monitoring networks and staff
  • upon request, to help a member observatory to find temporary scientific reinforcement