Objective
This project will improve the consortium capacity of assessment of volcanic hazards in Supersites of Southern Italy by optimising and integrating existing and new observation/monitoring systems, by a breakthrough in understanding of volcanic processes and by increasing the effectiveness of the coordination between the scientific and end-user communities. More than 3 million of people are exposed to potential volcanic hazards in a large region in the Mediterranean Sea, where two among the largest European volcanic areas are located: Mt. Etna and Campi Flegrei/Vesuvius. This project will fully exploit the unique detailed long-term in-situ monitoring data sets available for these volcanoes and integrate with Earth Observation (EO) data, setting the basic tools for a significant step ahead in the discrimination of pre-, syn- and post-eruptive phases. The wide range of styles and intensities of volcanic phenomena observed on these volcanoes, which can be assumed as archetypes of ’closed conduit ‘ and ‘open conduit’ volcano, together with the long-term multidisciplinary data sets give an exceptional opportunity to improve the understanding of a very wide spectrum of geo-hazards, as well as implementing and testing a large variety of innovative models of ground deformation and motion. Important impacts on the European industrial sector are expected, arising from a partnership integrating the scientific community and SMEs to implement together new observation/monitoring sensors/systems. Specific experiments and studies will be carried out to improve our understanding of the volcanic internal structure and dynamics, as well as to recognise signals related to impending unrest or eruption. Hazard quantitative assessment will benefit by the outcomes of these studies and by their integration into the cutting edge monitoring approaches thus leading to a step-change in hazard awareness and preparedness and leveraging the close relationship between scientists, SMEs, and end-users.
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FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage
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00143 Roma
Italy
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Participants (24)
00185 Roma
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80125 NAPOLI
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00193 Roma
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51147 Koln
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80539 MUNCHEN
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14473 POTSDAM
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DH1 3LE Durham
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BS8 1QU Bristol
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75794 Paris
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45060 Orleans
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75015 PARIS
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28006 Madrid
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18071 Granada
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9501 801 PONTA DELGADA S MIGUEL ACORES
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2080 L-Imsida
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00184 ROMA
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56124 PISA
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EC2R 8DU London
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N6A 3K7 Ontario -London
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20192 Reston
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20122 Milano
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52100 AREZZO
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63006 CLERMONT-FERRAND
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9500 Ponta Delgada
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