Assessment and Prediction of Volcano Hazard Using Remote Sensing

Dear Colleagues,

The accurate forecasting and characterization of volcanic activity, and the assessment of their potential impact on land and population, is an open challenge given the inhomogeneity of monitoring networks around active volcanoes and the wide range of eruptive styles and volcanic phenomena. For the last forty years, satellite- and ground-based remote sensing techniques have been extensively used to monitor volcanoes worldwide. Satellite measurements are, for example, a very useful tool for estimating volcano deformation, thermal activity, SO₂/ash extension and amount, and lava flow mapping. In addition, ground-based remote sensing systems, ranging from low cost cameras and drones to more expensive instruments (e.g., radars and lidars, FTIR), are able to estimate important eruption source parameters in a similar way to satellite measurements but with different spatiotemporal resolution and sensitivity. All those measurements are fundamental to effectively track the evolution of volcanoes and enhance physics-based dynamic models that link those spatial and temporal observations with volcanic phenomena. In this context, ensemble-based data assimilation approaches have been successfully implemented to model time-varying ground deformation observations from interferometric synthetic-aperture radar (InSAR), or to forecast volcanic ash and SO₂ dispersal in the atmosphere. Integrating remote sensing observations and models is fundamental to forecasting volcanic activity and impact in near-real time.

We invite papers dealing with the integration of satellite- and ground-based remote sensing observations into modelling with the aim to nowcast and possibly forecast volcanic hazards and their impact. Contributions on novel methodologies and applications are welcome.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Remote Sensing.

Dr. Gaetana Ganci
Dr. Társilo Girona
Dr. Simona Scollo
Dr. Nicolas Theys
Guest Editors

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• modeling of volcanic processes
• forecasting volcanic hazards
• satellite data
• ground-based remote sensing techniques
• data assimilation