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Volcanic Ash Advisories
PIREPS, SIGMETS, & AIRMETS
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Satellite Images
Volcanic Ash Dispersion Models

LINKS TO CURRENT INFORMATION ON VOLCANIC HAZARDS TO AVIATION

Volcano Information by Country
Volcano Cams
Training Products
General Information

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VAAC Volcanic Ash Advisories

Washington, DC
Anchorage, Alaska
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Darwin, Australia
London, United Kingdom
Montreal, Canada
Tokyo, Japan
Toulouse, France
Wellington, New Zealand

 

PIREPS, SIGMETS, & AIRMETS

Links through the NOAA site

 

Activity Reports

US Volcano Observatory Updates: Compilation of latest updates for volcanoes in Alaska & Russia, Cascades, Hawaii, Long Valley CA, and Yellowstone.
Worldwide Weekly Volcanic Activity Report: Brief reports about volcanic activity around the world updated every Wednesday.

 

Near Real-time Satellite Images

Geostationary:
GOES Images of Klyuchevskoy, Karymsky, Shishaldin, Colima, Etna, Stromboli, Popocateptl, Soufriere Hills, Pacaya, Santa Maria, Guagua Pichincha, Arenal, Mayon, Merapi, Semeru
NOAA Geostationary Satellite Server

Polar Orbiting:
TOMS Volcanic Emissions Home Page
Global Space-borne Thermal Monitoring

 

Volcanic Ash Dispersion Models

VAFTAD
Washington, DC VAAC VAFTAD
PUFF

 

Volcano Information by Country

Chile
Villarrica- Proyecto de Observacion Villarrica (Spanish)

Columbia
Nevado del Ruiz, Galeras- Instituto de Investigation e Informacion Geocientifica, Minero-ambiental y Nuclear (INGEOMINUS) (Spanish)

Costa Rica
Arenal, Poas- Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI-UNA) (Spanish)

Ecuador
Tungurahua, Guagua Pichincha, Cotopaxi- Instituto Geofísico (Spanish)

France
Reunion Island- Observatoires Volcanologiques et Sismologiques (French)

Indonesia
Merapi, Semeru, Karangetang- Volcanological Survey of Indonesia (VSI)

Italy
Etna- Instituto de Investigacion e Informacion Geocientifica, Minero-ambiental y Nuclear Sezione di Catania (IGNS) (Italian), Italy's Volcanoes, Etna website (French)
Stromboli- Instituto de Investigacion e Informacion Geocientifica, Minero-ambiental y Nuclear Sezione di Catania (IGNS) (Italian), Stromboli On-Line
Vesuvius- Vesuvius Observatory (Italian)

Japan
Miyake-jima, Fuji, Sukara-jima- Volcano Research Center

Mexico
Popocateptl- CENAPRED (Spanish)
Colima- Universidad de Colima (Spanish)

Montserrat
Soufriere Hills- Monterrat Volcano Observatory (MVO)

New Zealand
Ruapehu, White Island- Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS)

Nicaragua
San Cristóbal, Cerro Negro, Masaya- Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER) (Spanish)

Philippines
Mayon, Pinatubo- Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)

United States
Alaska
Cascades
Hawaii
Long Valley
Yellowstone

West Indies
Kick-'em-Jenny- Seismic Research Unit

 

Volcano Cams

United States
Mount St. Helens
Rainier
Mount Bachelor
Crater Lake
Mount Hood
Mammoth Mountain
Mount Shasta

El Salvador
San Salvador

Japan
Mt. Iwate
Fuji

Mexico
Colima
Popocateptl

 

Training Products

USGS Ash and Aviation Training Products
ICAO Products

 

General Volcano, Ash, and Aviation Information

Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program (Database under development.)
USGS Volcano Hazards Program (Factsheet on dealing with ash at airports under development.)
MTU Volcanic Ash Clouds and Aircraft Safety
MTU Satellite Remote Sensing of Volcanic Eruption Clouds
USGS Remote Sensing for Monitoring Volcanoes
Weather Satellites Used for Volcano Monitoring
AVO Satellite Images of Volcanoes and Eruptions

Aeronautical Maps: ????

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