Quantitative Volcanic Hazard Assessment and Uncertainty Analysis in Satellite Remote Sensing and Modeling
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 49183
Special Issue Editors
Interests: physical volcanology; hazard assessment; remote sensing: artificial intelligence
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Interests: satellite remote sensing; physical and thermodynamic properties of volcanic products
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Interests: volcanic hazard modeling; fluid dynamics; uncertainty analysis
Interests: remote sensing application; topographic data; satellite images analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Volcanic eruptions can be both effusive, through the outpouring of lava onto the ground, and explosive, through the dispersion of ash in the atmosphere. Each type of eruptive process can produce its associated hazards, from lava flows that can impact local populations to dispersing ash clouds that can lead to aviation impacts. To deal effectively with these crises, a strategy based on the integration of field data, satellite observations and physical models is emerging to monitor volcanic hazards in near real-time. By monitoring, we mean here both following the manifestations of the eruption once it has started, as well as forecasting the areas potentially threatened by volcanic products in an eruptive scenario. The need for integrated and efficient monitoring systems, operating on a global scale, and including tools for producing different scenarios as eruptive conditions change, is a primary challenge for volcanic hazard modeling. Understanding and quantifying uncertainties surrounding the modeling inputs, processing and outputs is thus central to make the modeling of volcanic hazards effective. Characterizing uncertainties will allow more confidence in the interpretation of final model simulations and the application of model results for improved decision support systems.
This Special Issue covers original research and studies related to the above-mentioned topics, including but not limited to:
(i) describing field and remote sensing data provisions and their sources of uncertainty;
(ii) evaluating model robustness through validation against real case studies;
(iii) model comparison between numerical simulations, analytical solutions and laboratory experiments;
(iv) quantification of uncertainty propagation through both forward (sensitivity analyses) and inverse (optimization/calibration) modelling in all components of volcanic hazard modelling.
Dr. Ciro Del Negro
Prof. Michael S. Ramsey
Prof. Alexis Hérault
Dr. Gaetana Ganci
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- volcanic eruptions
- satellite remote sensing of volcanoes
- volcanic hazard modeling
- experimental petrology
- fluid dynamics
- data assimilation
- uncertainty analysis
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