1. MED-SUV Supersite project: MEDiterranean SUpersite Volcanoes
Giuseppe Puglisi
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
Sezione di Catania – Osservatorio Etneo

2. Outline Rationale of the Project Project Conclusive remarks
Geodynamic framework
Background (know-how, cutting-edge monitoring systems)
Impact on society
Project
Objectives
Consortium
Work Plan
Contributions to GEO Work Plan
Conclusive remarks 2 2

3. Rationale of the Project

4. Italian active volcanoes and Supersites

5. Italian active volcanoes and Supersites Rationale
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).
High Hazard and Risk
Earth Observations and Ground-Based data
Supersite Initiative
C. Flegrei/Vesuvius and Mt. Etna can be considered, altogether, a Cluster of Supersites in the centre of the Mediterranean area

6. Italian Volcano Supersites are of broad scientific interest

7. 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

8. Monitoring systems Campi Flegrei and Vesuvius volcanoes
Mt. Etna volcano

9. Monitoring data flux, archiving and sharing
EPOS WG2 TS
MED-SUV
INGV (C.F. & Vesuvius)
INGV (Etna)
DBs CEOS
Laboratories (e.g. HP Lab)
HPC resources for modeling ….
Future-Coordination Center
Sub-Coordination Centers
Geographic Data Centers
Non-Geographic Data Center
Data from remote stations and surveys
To 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) 9

10. Earthquakes & volcanic tremor sources
Examples of monitoring activities
Seismicity
INGV-CT Control room
Earthquakes & volcanic tremor sources
seismic release

11. Permanent GPS network: velocity vectors & areal dilatation
Examples of monitoring activities
Ground deformations
Permanent GPS network: velocity vectors & areal dilatation
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)
1/1/2010 – 31/12/2010

12. Examples of monitoring activities
Volcanic Plumes
Shelter with video-cameras (VI & IR) and radar doppler
Space-based monitoring
25 Aug. 10 plume event
MED-SUV contributions to the European Supersites Coordination Workshop
Session 2 (14:15-14:35): Ash cloud monitoring & modeling ... (M. Coltelli)

13. Lava flows and fire fountain activity
Examples of monitoring activities
Lava flows
Lava flows and fire fountain activity
Thermal anomalies derived from Landasat TM and ETM+: examples from 1998 and 2001 Mt. Etna eruptions

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

15. Relationship between volcanoes and people Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei

16. Relationship between volcanoes and people Etna

17. Relationship between volcanoes and people Etna
Effects of the 2002 earthquakes on edifices
(Curtsey R. Azzaro)
… but not only volcanic hazard: MULTI-HAZARD. Examples of the effects of seismicity and landslides on Mt. Etna (2002 eruption).
Effects of landslides on edifices
(Curtsey A. Bonforte)

18. The Project

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

20. The MED-SUV Consortium & Budget
Participant legal Name
Country
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Coordinator IT
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
Analisi e Monitoraggio del Rschio Ambientale – (AMRA) S.C.A R.L
Dipartimento di Protezione Civile (DPC)
Universtià di Milano (UMIL)
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) DE
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ)
Durham University (UNIVDUR) UK
University of Bristol (UNIBRIS)
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) FR
Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)
Université “Blaise Pascal” de Clermont-Ferrand (UBP)
European Space Agency (ESA)
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) ES
University of Granada (UGR)
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
Surveylab - SME
Marwan Technology (MATEC) - SME
Terradue (T2) - SME
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 €; EU Contribution € 20

21. MED-SUV Project Workplan
Objectives:
1. Development of the next generation of geo-hazard monitoring/observing systems.
2. Characterization of the volcanic processes through cutting-edge data analysis/modeling
3. Strategies for volcanic disaster preparedness and mitigation
4. Test and validation of the project outcomes (pilot phase)
5. Dissemination
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)
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 )

22. Contributions to GEO 2012-2015 Work Plan
GEO Work Plan Tasks
MED-SUV WPs and Tasks
Task DI-01 Informing Risk Management and Disaster Reduction
Component 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 2.2
WP3: Task 3.1; Task 3; Task 3.3; Task 3.4
WP4: Task 4.3
WP5: Task 5.4
WP6: Task 6.1; Task 6.2; Task 6.3
WP7: Task 7.3
WP8: Task 8.4; Task 8.5
Task IN-02 Earth Data Sets
Component C2 Development of Regional/Global Information and Cross-cutting Datasets (including socio-economic information)
• Provide a suite of global datasets based on improved and validated data sources. Facilitate interoperability among data sets using the GEOSS architecture
Resources Available for Implementation concerned with MED-SUV
− European activities related to the INSPIRE Directive
WP3: Task 3.1: Task 3.2; Task 3.3; Task 3.4
Task IN-03 GEOSS Common Infrastructure
Component C1 Evolution and Enhancement of the GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI)
• 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....
− European FP7 projects: EuroGEOSS, GENESI (ongoing); and GEOWOW (started in September 2011 for 3 years)
WP3: Task 3.4
WP8: Task 8.4
Task IN-05 GEOSS Design and Interoperability
Component C1 GEOSS Design and Interoperability
• 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.…

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