MED-SUV Supersite project: MEDiterranean SUpersite

Volcanoes

Giuseppe PuglisiIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Sezione di Catania – Osservatorio Etneo

Outline

> Rationale of the Project• Geodynamic framework

• Background (know-how, cutting-edge monitoring systems)

• Impact on society

> Project• Objectives

• Consortium

• Work Plan

• Contributions to GEO 2012-2015 Work Plan

> Conclusive remarks

Rationale of the Project

Italian active volcanoes and Supersites

This complex geodynamic context of the central Mediterranean area reflects in different eruptive behaviors:

> open conduit (Mt. Etna) (PoC, G. Puglisi; INGV-CT)

> closed conduit (Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei) (PoC, S. Borgstrom; INGV-OV)

The eruptive behaviors encompass almost the entire spectrum of the threatening volcanic phenomena;

These characteristics attract the interest of the volcanologic community;

The presence of populated areas foster the development of cutting-edges in-situ monitoring systems and background EO missions for a long time (since the 80’s).

C. Flegrei/Vesuvius and Mt. Etna can be considered, altogether, a Cluster of Supersites

in the centre of the Mediterranean area

Italian active volcanoes and Supersites Rationale

High Hazard and Risk

Earth Observations and Ground-Based dataSupersite Initiative

Italian Volcano Supersites are of broad scientific interest

Monitoring systems

In both areas the monitoring system is essentially multidisciplinary

> Seismic monitoring: Broad-band, accelerometers, infrasound sensors> Deformation monitoring:

• Ground based: continuous GPS and GPS surveys, tiltmeters, leveling surveys, tide gauges;

• Space based: SAR Interferometry

> Gravity monitoring: surveys and permanent stations> Magnetic monitoring: surveys and permanent stations> Video-cameras (visible, IR, thermal)> Plume geochemistry (surveys and permanent stations for CO2, SO2 fluxes)

> Soil and ground water geochemistry (Radon, CO2, etc.) > Geological field surveys> Analytic laboratories of rocks> Space-based optical multispectral sensors

More than 320 multi-parametric stations, about 250 benchmarks periodically surveyed with GPS and more that 600 km of high-precision leveling lines

Monitoring systems

Mt. Etna volcano

Campi Flegrei and Vesuvius volcanoes

Future-Coordination CenterFuture-Coordination CenterFuture-Coordination CenterFuture-Coordination Center

Sub-Coordination CentersSub-Coordination CentersSub-Coordination CentersSub-Coordination Centers

Monitoring data flux, archiving and sharing

Geographic Data CentersGeographic Data Centers Non-GeographicNon-Geographic Data Center Data Center

Data from remote stations and surveysTo local Data Bases

MED-SUV contributions to the European Supersites Coordination Workshop• Session 2 (11:35-11:55): Implementation … interoperability infrastructure (S. Nativi)• Session 4 (14:00-14:20): New generation e-infrastructure … SSEP (P.P. Mathieu)

Examples of monitoring activities

Earthquakes & volcanic tremor sources seismic release

INGV-CT Control room

Seismicity

Permanent GPS network: velocity vectors & areal dilatation

1/1/2010 – 31/12/2010

Examples of monitoring activities Ground deformations

Dec 2010 – Jan 2011

MED-SUV contributions to the European Supersites Coordination Workshop• Session 1 (13:35-13:55): Inference on subsurface sources ... (J. Fernandez)• Session 2 (11:15-11:35): Integration between … data sets (G. Puglisi)• Session 3 (12:20-12:40): ... TerraSAR-X .. for GEO Supersites (C. Minet)

Shelter with video-cameras (VI & IR) and radar doppler

25 Aug. 10 plume event

Examples of monitoring activities Volcanic Plumes

MED-SUV contributions to the European Supersites Coordination Workshop• Session 2 (14:15-14:35): Ash cloud monitoring & modeling ... (M. Coltelli)

Space-based monitoring

Examples of monitoring activities

Lava flows and fire fountain activity

Thermal anomalies derived from Landasat TM and ETM+: examples

from 1998 and 2001 Mt. Etna eruptions

Lava flows

Link with marine monitoring systems (EMSO; NEMO-SN1 node)

Twofold link with NEMO-SN1:- Strengthen of Etna seismic

network for:- monitoring purposes and - the seismic experiment

- Integration of geophysical monitoring (gravity, magnetic) and geophysical surveys during the experiment

From the call:

… Where supersites are adjacent to European Seas, coordination with existing marine systems necessary for comprehensive monitoring of the site could be included in the project …

Relationship between volcanoes and peopleVesuvius and Campi Flegrei

Relationship between volcanoes and peopleEtna

Effects of the 2002 earthquakes on edifices (Curtsey R. Azzaro)

Effects of landslides on edifices (Curtsey A. Bonforte)

… but not only volcanic hazard: MULTI-HAZARD. Examples of the

effects of seismicity and landslides on

Mt. Etna (2002 eruption).

Relationship between volcanoes and peopleEtna

The Project

The MED-SUV Project - Objectives

The overall goal of the project is to apply the rationale of the

Supersites GEO initiative to Campi Flegrei/Vesuvius and Mt. Etna

to reduce the volcanic risk, by improving the understanding of the

underlying geophysical processes, through the integration and

sharing of the in-situ and Earth Observation (EO) data sets and the

implementation of new instruments and monitoring systems.

The main specific objectives of the project are: 1. Development of the next generation of geo-hazard monitoring/observing

systems.2. Characterization of the volcanic processes through cutting-edge data

analysis/modelling3. Strategies for volcanic disaster preparedness and mitigation 4. Test and validation of the project outcomes (pilot phase)5. Dissemination

The MED-SUV Consortium & Budget

Participant legal Name Country

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Coordinator IT

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) IT

Analisi e Monitoraggio del Rschio Ambientale – (AMRA) S.C.A R.L IT

Dipartimento di Protezione Civile (DPC) IT

Universtià di Milano (UMIL) IT

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) DE

Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU) DE

Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) DE

Durham University (UNIVDUR) UK

University of Bristol (UNIBRIS) UK

Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) FR

Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) FR

Université “Blaise Pascal” de Clermont-Ferrand (UBP) FR

European Space Agency (ESA) FR

Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) ES

University of Granada (UGR) ES

Universidade dos Açores (UAc) PT

University of Malta (UoM) MT

University of Western Ontario (UNIWO) CA

United States Geological Survey – Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (USGS-HVO) US

DeltaG – SME IT

Surveylab - SME IT

Marwan Technology (MATEC) - SME IT

Terradue (T2) - SME UK

- IPGP- ISTerre (Univ. Savoie / IRD)- Lab Geol. (ENS Paris)- ISTO (Uni. Oreans)

24 Participants +5 Third Parties (4 Lab.)9 Countries (7 EU + 2)4 SMEs

Budget: Eligible costs 7.728.146 €; EU Contribution 5.998.851 €

MED-SUV Project WorkplanObjectives:1. Development of the next generation of

geo-hazard monitoring/observing systems.

MED-SUV contributions to the European Supersites Coordination Workshop• From WPs 2 and 3

• Session 2 (11:15-11:35): Integration between space- and ground-based data sets: ... ground deformations… (G. Puglisi)• Session 2 (11:35-11:55): Implementation of multi-disciplinary interoperability infrastructure … GEO/GEOSS (S. Nativi) • Session 3 (12:20-12:40): Potential of High Resolution TerraSAR-X Data for GEO Supersites (C. Minet) • Session 4 (14:00-14:20): New generation e-infrastructure …: the pilot SSEP ... pilot case (P.P. Mathieu)

• From WPs 4 and WP5 • Session 1 (13:35-13:55): Inference on subsurface sources from multiparametric numerical analysis... (J. Fernandez)• Session 2 (14:15-14:35): Ash cloud monitoring & modelling: data integration and international cooperation (M. Coltelli)

5. Dissemination

4. Test and validation of the project outcomes (pilot phase)

3. Strategies for volcanic disaster preparedness and mitigation

2. Characterization of the volcanic processes through cutting-edge data analysis/modeling

• From WP 6 • Session 4 (13:40-14:00): Volcanic Risk Management: the experience of the Italian Civil Protection … (V. Bosi, M Rosi)• Session 4 (14:20-14:40): Risk reduction: strategies for integration …. (W. Marzocchi, L. Sandri )

Contributions to GEO 2012-2015 Work PlanGEO Work Plan Tasks MED-SUV WPs and Tasks

Task DI-01 Informing Risk Management and Disaster ReductionComponent C2 (Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning - Geohazard Monitoring, Alert and Risk

Assessment)Priority Actions concerned with MED-SUV• Apply a fully integrated approach to geohazards monitoring, … collaboration among existing networks and

international initiatives, using new instrumentation … in-situ sensors, aggregating space … and ground-based … observations. Develop ... Datasets … on Supersites.

• Support the establishment of Supersites and Natural Laboratories. Provide an electronic infrastructure …. Develop a consolidated Supersites Strategic Plan …

• Develop … modeling and mapping using novel algorithms and methodologies based on SAR and optical satellite data

The MED-SUV project as a whole, and in particular:WP1: Task 1.2 WP2: Task 2.1; Task 2.2WP3: Task 3.1; Task 3; Task 3.3; Task 3.4WP4: Task 4.3WP5: Task 5.4 WP6: Task 6.1; Task 6.2; Task 6.3 WP7: Task 7.3WP8: Task 8.4; Task 8.5

Task IN-02 Earth Data SetsComponent C2 Development of Regional/Global Information and Cross-cutting Datasets (including socio-

economic information)Priority Actions concerned with MED-SUV• Provide a suite of global datasets based on improved and validated data sources. Facilitate interoperability

among data sets using the GEOSS architectureResources Available for Implementation concerned with MED-SUV− European activities related to the INSPIRE Directive

WP2: Task 2.1; Task 2.2 WP3: Task 3.1: Task 3.2; Task 3.3; Task 3.4 

Task IN-03 GEOSS Common InfrastructureComponent C1 Evolution and Enhancement of the GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI)Priority Actions concerned with MED-SUV• Define and maintain an Architecture Evolution Strategy for the GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI) …• Enhance GCI components ….• Regularly perform usability testing ….• Support the integration of new GCI capabilities s....Resources Available for Implementation concerned with MED-SUV− European FP7 projects: EuroGEOSS, GENESI (ongoing); and GEOWOW (started in September 2011 for

3 years)− European activities related to the INSPIRE Directive

WP3: Task 3.4 WP8: Task 8.4

Task IN-05 GEOSS Design and InteroperabilityComponent C1 GEOSS Design and InteroperabilityPriority Actions concerned with MED-SUV• GEOSS Interoperability Analysis and Support: Actively promote GEOSS interoperability principles and the

use of the Standards and Interoperability Registry across Societal Benefit Areas. Support GEOSS users in understanding and implementing the GEOSS interoperability principles. Provide analysis for improving interoperability as the GEOSS architecture evolves. Build upon the European INSPIRE experience.…

WP3: Task 3.4 

Conclusive remarks

The Italian Supersites Volcanoes (Mt. Etna, Campi Flegrei and Vesuvius) are areas posing high volcanic risks due to the continuous volcanic activity and the high density of population living in the active zones.

They are natural laboratories for researches aimed at - understanding of the subsurface processes leading to eruptions, and- implementing of methods for monitoring and hazard assessment (both at

long- and short-term, … possibly now-cast)

Favourable conditions:- broad spectrum of threatening volcanic phenomena;- cutting-edge monitoring facilities & good test areas for new systems; - in-situ and satellite long-term monitoring time series;- well-established links between the scientific and end-user communities.

MED-SUV Project:- will improve the characterisation of the volcanic processes;- will strengthen the link with end-users;- will implement a reliable e-infrastructure;- will transfer experiences on other volcanic areas (pilot phase).

It will provide significant contributions to GEO 2012-2015 Work Plan