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NSF Presentations [PDF]

 

PIRE meeting, Dec 2008, Washington, DC

 

12/08

 

 

Reverse Site Visit May 2008, Washington DC

                

05/08

 

External advisory panel meeting presentations 07/09 [PDF]  

 

Evaluating the impact of a non-governmental organization on local risk perceptions and disaster preparedness in Los Planes de la Laguna, Santa Ana volcano, El Salvador

Bowman

 

 

 

A digital processing and compilation approach for using remotely sensed imagery to identify geological lineaments in hard-rock terrains: An application for groundwater exploration in Nicaragua

Bruning/Gierke

 

 

 

Differences in understanding risk: The case of early warning for Volcan de Fuego

Escobar-Wolf

 

 

 

Remote sensing for hazard mitigation and resource protection in Pacific Latin America: An overview

Gierke

 

 

 

Patterns in open vent, strombolian behavior at Fuego Volcano, Guatemala, 2005-2007

Lyons, Waite, Rose, Chigna

 

 

 

Integration of high-temporal resolution SO2 emission rates and geophysical data at Central American volcanoes

Nadeau, Waite, Palma, Dalton

 

 

 

Assessing the threat of Central American volcanoes

Palma, Rose, Escobar-Wolf

 

 

 

A remote-sensing approach to characterize the hydrogeology of mountainous areas: Application to the Quito Aquifer System (QAS): Ecuador. Dissertation Research Proposal

Rios-Sanchez

 

 

 

RS4Hazards volcanic hazards research update

Rose

 

 

 

Unraveling shallow conduit processes: Integrating multiple data sets to evaluate volcanic hazards in Guatemala

Waite

 

 

Field Campaign reports [PDF] 

 

 

 

 

Report on the field work being conducted in Los Planes de La Laguna, Santa Ana volcano, January-June 2009

Bowman

06/09

 

 

Extrusion at Santiaguito volcano, Guatemala 2009

Brill

06/09

 

 

Fieldwork report: Physical volcanology and hazards

Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala: January – February 2009

Escobar-Wolf

06/09

 

 

Debris Avalanche Deposits of Volcán Barú, Panamá  Cumulative report on fieldwork in progress:  January 2008 – June 2009

Herrick

06/09

 

 

Monitoring Surface Deformation at Santa Ana Volcano, El Salvador, Using GPS  Sept. 08 – Nov. 09

Lechner

06/09

 

 

Overview of project and initial findings from January 2009 seismo-acoustic experiment at Fuego volcano, Guatemala

Lyons, Waite

06/09

 

 

Report on UV camera field campaign, Fuego

and Santiaguito volcanoes, Guatemala December 2008-January 2009

Nadeau, Dalton

06/09

 

 

Report on the field work carried out on Pacaya volcano, Guatemala, January-February 2009

Palma, Matias, Cobin

06/09

 

 

Report on the field campaign to Guatemala, Fuego and Santiaguito Volcanoes, in June-July 2008

Palma, Lyons  

08/08

 

PIRE monthly meetings [PDF] 

 

 

 

 

October 15, 2009 - GSA practice talks by Lyons and Paterson, presentation by GMES alumna Gari Mayberry, “The U.S. Volcano Disaster Assistance Program's response to an  energetic phase of the world's only erupting carbonititic volcano--Ol  Doinyo Lengai  (Tanzania)”, PIRE overview.

 

September 10 & 11, 2009 - Quantitative and Qualitative Survey Methods and Applications in the Developing world

 

March 20, 2009 — Two presentations (original and revised).

Intended to be viewed simultaneously to view slide design/format improvements.

View ‘revised’ in ‘notes page’ view to see explanations.

 

October 7, 2008

 

 

 

 

February 29, 2008

 

 

 

 

October 26, 2007

 

 

 

 

September 14, 2007

 

 

 

PIRE student presentations [PDF] 

 

 

 

 

Master’s International Program Guatemala 2007-2009

Erdem

11/09

 

 

PCMI teaching program in Houghton Middle School

Tubman

11/09

 

 

A remote sensing approach to characterizing hydrogeology in mountainous areas: Applications to the Quito Aquifer System (QAS) Geophysical Research

Rios-Sanchez

11/09

 

 

Future eruptive crisis scenarios at Volcan de Fuego:What can we infer from the historical record?

Escobar-Wolf`

11/09

 

 

Santiaguito-Fuego ‘09

Lyons

03/09

 

 

Life is Calling...how far will you go? Peace Corps Philippines

Maggio

11/08

 

 

Peace Corps Guatemala: Fuego volcano 2005-2007

Lyons

11/08

 

 

Peace Corps + MTU Master’s International

Blankenbicker

11/08

 

 

San Miguel Volcano

Colvin

04/08

 

 

El Salvador Field Work March 08

Bowman et al.

04/08

 

 

Comparing volcanic risk at Volcán de Fuego and Cerro Quemado, Guatemala

Escobar-Wolf

04/08

 

 

UV camera and geophysical time series data collection: Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua

Nadeau et al.

03/08

 

 

Boaco Nicaragua Fieldwork

Bruning

03/08

 

 

The Effectiveness of Remote Sensing Techniques in Lineament Mapping for Groundwater Exploration in Volcanic Terrains 

Bruning

02/08

 

 

Identification of geologic lineaments and groundwater flow systems using digital elevation models, satellite imagery, and spring data in Quito, Ecuador

Rios-Sanchez

01/08

 

 

Peace Corps Nicaragua - Essa Gross

Gross

01/08

 

 

Guatemala Trip

Bowman et al.

03/08

 

 

Dalton Research - Guatemala 2007

Dalton

09/07