Objective The idea of the NOVAC project is to establish a global network for measurement of volcanic gas emissions, based on the Scanning Dual-Beam mini-DOAS instrument developed in the EU project DORSIVA. Primarily the instruments will be used to provide new parame ters in the toolbox of the observatories, for risk assessment, gas emission estimates and geophysical research on the local scale. In addition to this, data are exploited by the project partners for other scientific purposes then local volcanic gas emissio ns; large scale volcanic correlations, satellite validation, studies of climate change and studies of stratospheric ozone depletion.The Scanning Dual-Beam mini-DOAS instrument represents a major breakthrough in volcanic gas monitoring. The instrument is ca pable of real-time automatic unattended measurement of the total emissions of SO2 and BrO from a volcano with better then 5 minutes time resolution, over the daylight day. Besides providing an accurate determination of the total emissions of SO2 and BrO fr om the volcano, the high time-resolution of the data enables correlations with other geophysical data, e.g. seismic data. Thus significantly extending the information available for real-time risk assessment and research at the volcano. By comparing gas emi ssion data, with emissions from neighbouring volcanoes on different geographical scales, or with other geophysical phenomena (earthquakes, tidal waves...) mechanisms of volcanic forcing may be revealed.The spectra recorded by the instrument will also be us ed to derive data from complement global observation systems related to climate change and stratospheric ozone research. Taking advantage of the fact that many volcanoes are located in remote areas sparsely covered by existing networks.The consortium compr ises 15 volcanoes from 4 continents, including some of the most active and strongest degassing volcanoes in the world. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeologyvolcanologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeologyseismologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-2004-3.IV.1.2 - Volcanic risk assessment Call for proposal FP6-2004-GLOBAL-3 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLA AB EU contribution No data Address Chalmersplatsen 4 GOETEBORG Sweden See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (16) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SCIENCES NATURELLES Democratic Republic of the Congo EU contribution No data Address CRSN, Lwiro (Bukavu) SOUTH KIVU See on map Total cost No data ESCUELA POLITECNICA NACIONAL Ecuador EU contribution No data Address Ladron de Guevara E11-253 y Andalucia QUITO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT D'AERONOMIE SPATIALE DE BELGIQUE Belgium EU contribution No data Address Avenue Circulaire, 3 BRUXELLES See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS France EU contribution No data Address Place Jussieu 4 PARIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTO COLOMBIANO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA Colombia EU contribution No data Address Diagonal 53 No. 34 - 53 BOGOTA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SISMOLOGIA, VULCANOLOGIA, METEOROLOGIA E HIDROLOGIA Guatemala EU contribution No data Address 7a, Avenida 14-57 Zona 13 GUATEMALA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTO NICARAGUENSE DE ESTUDIOS TERRITORIALES Nicaragua EU contribution No data Address Frente a la Policlinica Oriental MANAGUA See on map Total cost No data ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Vigna Murata 605 ROMA See on map Total cost No data LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER MEERESWISSENSCHAFTEN AN DER UNIVERSITÄT KIEL Germany EU contribution No data Address Wischhofstrasse 1-3 KIEL See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY United States EU contribution No data Address Massachusetts Avenue 77 CAMBRIDGE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data OBSERVATORIO VULCANOLOGICO Y SISMOLOGICO DE COSTA RICA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL Costa Rica EU contribution No data Address Campus Omar Dengo, 250 m. 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