Workshop to Synthesize Recent Research on Nevada del Ruiz Volcano; Manizales, Colombia; November 29 - December 4, 1987

该奖项部分资助了将于1987年11月在哥伦比亚马尼萨莱斯举行的关于内华达州德尔鲁伊斯火山的地区研讨会的几名美国和拉丁美洲与会者。研讨会由路易斯安那州立大学的Stanley N.Williams博士组织，马尼萨莱斯新成立的火山观测站的工作人员提供协助。哥伦比亚相当于国家科学基金会的COLCIENCIAS和其他来源正在提供额外的支持。研讨会的目的是通过回顾和整合地质学家、地球物理学家和地球化学家自1985年内华达州德尔鲁伊斯火山灾难性喷发以来积累的各种数据，建立内华达州德尔鲁伊斯火山的综合模型。讲习班应该产生一项具有科学价值的综合，这将提高我们对这座不同寻常的火山表面下正在发生的事情的了解。内华达州德尔鲁伊斯火山在喷发前没有被列为“高风险”；在喷发18个多月后，与过去几年喷发的类似火山相比，它继续表现出异常高的活动水平。通过在火山附近举办研讨会，来访的科学家将直接受益于现场观察，并有机会与当地科学家互动，开发互利合作项目。科学上的关注往往在火山喷发奇观之后不久就会减少。现在举办讲习班将有助于保持研究和制定长期火山监测战略的势头，这些战略应有助于增进对一般火山过程的地球物理了解。

This award partially supports several U.S. and Latin American participants in a regional workshop about the Nevada del Ruiz Volcano, to be held in Manizales, Colombia in November, 1987. The workshop is being organized by Dr. Stanley N. Williams of Louisiana State University, with assistance from staff of the newly established volcanological observatory in Manizales. Additional support is being provided by COLCIENCIAS, the Colombian equivalent of NSF, and by other sources. The aim of the workshop is to develop a comprehensive model of the Nevada del Ruiz volcano by reviewing and integrating the various data accumulated by geologists, geophysicists, and geochemists since the catastrophic 1985 eruption of this still active volcano. The workshop should result in a scientifically valuable synthesis which will improve our understanding of what is occurring beneath the surface of this unusual volcano. Prior to its eruption, Nevada del Ruiz was not classified as "high risk"; more than 18 months after erupting, it is continuing to demonstrate an unusually high level of activity compared to similar volcanoes which have erupted in the past few years. By holding the workshop in the vicinity of the volcano itself, visiting scientists will benefit directly from on-site observations and the opportunity to interact with local scientists to develop mutually beneficial collaborative projects. Scientific attention often diminishes soon after the spectacle of an eruption. Holding the workshop now will help to maintain momentum in the research and the development of long-term volcano monitoring strategies that should lead to increased geophysical understanding of volcanic processes in general.