The Alaska Volcano Observatory;
Fifteen years of working to mitigate the risk to aviation from volcanic ash in the North Pacific Tom Murray USGS -Alaska Volcano Observatory June 2004 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY (AVO)
1986 Augustine Volcano erupts 1988 AVO founded as partnership between U.S. Geological Survey, University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, and the State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys December 14, 1989 Redoubt Volcano erupts December 15, 1989 A 747 flies into an ash cloud from Redoubt and experiences complete engine failure on all 4 engines before landing safely in Anchorage Expanded seismic monitoring to unmonitored volcanoes Established a remote sensing group as an integral part of the observatory Thermal Anomalies Shishaldin Volcano, Viewing Angle Affects
The thermal anomaly was only visible in AVHRR imagery when viewing the crater at low zenith angles. Undertook a program of geologic studies to determine the eruptive history and potential of Alaskan volcanoes Summary Volcano Hazard Map
Akutan Volcano AKUTAN VOLCANO Worked with State and Federal agencies to insure that timely information is communicated to the aviation community Coupled research and monitoring efforts to improve our capabilities Worked with our Russian counterparts to insure that information about volcanic activity in Russia is broadly distributed Jet contrails off Kamchatka KVERT Collaboration KVERT () Main efforts of AVO the last 15 years
Expanded seismic monitoring to unmonitored volcanoes Established a remote sensing group as an integral part of the observatory Undertook a program of geologic studies to determine the eruptive history and potential of Alaskan volcanoes Worked with other govt. agencies to insure that timely information is communicated to the aviation community Coupled research and monitoring efforts to improve our capabilities Worked with our Russian counterparts to insure that information about volcanic activity in Russia is broadly distributed