Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory II (MEVO II): Surveillance, models, impacts and outreach

该项目支持在山的研究。埃里伯斯火山观测站，南极洲。埃里伯斯火山的山顶火山口有一个熔岩湖，这是世界上为数不多的具有这种特征的火山之一，它为火山活动提供了一个独特的窗口。在以前的供资期间，在火山周围的七个监测站安装了监测设备网络。这些观测站测量地震波、气体排放、地表变形以及火山和熔岩湖的其他特性。这些测量提供了对许多火山过程的独特见解，最重要的是那些与喷发和脱气有关的过程。更广泛的影响包括研究生教育，新的研究基础设施的发展，通过万维网和电影进行宣传，以及国际和国家合作。此外，这项工作具有社会相关的目标，包括改进火山喷发预测，确定火山对大气的贡献，以及了解大气污染物的扩散。

This project supports research at the Mt. Erebus volcano observatory, Antarctica. Erebus has a lava lake in its summit crater--one of just a few volcanoes in the world with this feature--that offers a unique window into volcanic processes. During previous funding periods a network of monitoring equipment was installed at seven stations around the volcano. These stations measure seismic waves, gas emissions, surface deformation, and other properties of the volcano and lava lake. The measurements offer unique insight into many volcanic processes, most importantly those relevant to eruption and degassing.The broader impacts include graduate student education, development of new research infrastructure, outreach via the world-wide-web and a film, and international and national collaborations. In addition, this work has societally relevant goals that include improving eruption prediction, determining volcanic contributions to the atmosphere, and understanding the dispersal of atmospheric pollutants.