PASI: Volcanic Hazards and Remote Sensing in Pacific Latin America; San Jose, Costa Rica; January/February, 2011

该泛美高级研究所 (PASI) 奖项由 NSF 和能源部 (DOE) 共同支持，将于 2011 年 1 月/2 月在哥斯达黎加圣何塞的哥斯达黎加大学 (UCR) 与 UCR 地质系的 Mauricio Mora Fernandez 博士合作举行。 PASI由密歇根理工大学的William I. Rose博士组织，重点关注遥感在火山监测和预报中的应用。 中美洲的地震活动为遥感监测工具提供了独特的机会，因为许多火山都是持续活跃的开放管道系统。 此类低能量火山可能会发生灾难性爆炸事件，使哥斯达黎加成为本次 PASI 的理想研究案例。 该课程将包括讲座、实践和计算机活动以及涵盖遥感和数字图像处理基本方面的讨论。 参与者将包括来自美国的 15 名学生、博士后和初级教员以及来自美洲其他地区的 15 名。 PASI 将提供与其他组织合作的机会，并以其他组织的持续努力为基础，以提高中美洲的遥感能力。本次 PASI 将促进国际合作，进一步探索与火山活动相关的地质灾害遥感的新发展。 它还将为从事中美洲减灾工作的各个组织（包括 NASA、SERVIR、USGS 和 VDAP）之间的知识交流提供场所。 该 PASI 的预期成果包括： 1) 提高对可用数据和数据收集工具的认识； 2）提高获取和处理数据的熟练程度； 3) 提高对遥感数据处理工具可用性的认识； 4) 更有效、更全面的数据归档和共享。 PASI 结果将通过包含课程信息和更新的网站、公开报告以及地球科学或遥感期刊的特刊进行传播。

This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place during January/February 2011 at the University of Costa Rica (UCR), San Jose, Costa Rica in collaboration with Dr. Mauricio Mora Fernandez of the Geology Department of UCR. Organized by Dr. William I. Rose of Michigan Technological University, the PASI will focus on the application of remote sensing to volcano monitoring and forecasting. Seismic activity in Central America provides a unique opportunity for remotely sensed monitoring tools because many of the volcanoes are persistently active, open-conduit systems. Low energy volcanoes such as these can be punctuated by catastrophic explosive events, making Costa Rica an ideal case study for this PASI. The course will consist of lectures, hands-on field and computer activities, and discussion sessions covering fundamental aspects of remote sensing and digital image processing. Participants will include 15 students, post docs and junior faculty members from the U.S. and 15 from the rest of the Americas. The PASI will provide an opportunity to collaborate with, and build on continuing efforts of other organizations to improve Mesoamerica's remote sensing capabilities. This PASI will foster international collaboration to further explore new developments in remote sensing of geological hazards associated with volcanic activity. It will also provide a venue for knowledge exchange among the various organizations working in Central American hazard mitigation including NASA, SERVIR, USGS, and VDAP. Expected outcomes of this PASI include: 1) increased awareness of available data and instruments for collecting data; 2) increased proficiency in acquiring and processing data; 3) increased awareness of the availability of tools for processing remotely sensed data; and, 4) more effective and comprehensive archiving and sharing of data. PASI results will be disseminated through a website with course information and updates, a publicly available report, and a special issue in a geosciences or remote sensing journal.