{"id":76,"date":"2022-03-04T15:38:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T15:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thm.iavceivolcano.org\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2022-03-04T15:38:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T15:38:35","slug":"objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thm.iavceivolcano.org\/objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This IAVCEI commission&nbsp;arose&nbsp;to deal with challenges in tephra hazard research and applications. We&nbsp;bring together scientists with different tephra hazard experiences (e.g. modelers, model users, field volcanologists) to integrate and improve current hazard approaches and tephra-dispersal models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The commission is open to anyone interested in tephra hazards. If you would like to contribute to activities, working groups, or to simply stay in the loop, feel free to&nbsp;message us&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thm.iavceivolcano.org\/example-1\/join-the-commission.html\">here<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our primary goals are to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"block-quote is-layout-flow block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>(i) Calibrate existing tephra-dispersal models<\/p><p>(ii) Identify improvements to existing models that would increase precision and accuracy<\/p><p>(iii) Compile a comprehensive dataset for modeling validation<\/p><p>(iv) Define a tephra-sampling protocol to standardize tephra collection and quantify the accuracy of eruptive parameters derived from field data<\/p><p>(v) Determine feasibility of running specific models on different types of computer systems, such as individual personal computers, parallelized clusters, or remote servers using an internationally accessible web-based interface;<\/p><p>(vi) Present results in a framework that allows new research to be incorporated into analytical and numerical models for tephra hazard assessments<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>To achieve these goals, past commissions have planned&nbsp; a series of meetings in order to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"block-list\"><li>Exchange relevant published and unpublished information about modeling approaches and data used for model parameters<\/li><li>Assemble data from a range of well-documented tephra-fall deposits for use in model testing<\/li><li>Develop a shared, on-line database of open-source codes and data to facilitate rapid development and use of dispersion models<\/li><li>Test model accuracies and associated uncertainties in calculating observed tephra-fall characteristics using measured eruption data as input parameters<\/li><li>Improve existing models by integrating test results<\/li><li>Obtain extramural funding to develop the tested models into a useable hazard analysis tool that can be widely distributed<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Past THM leaders were Costanza Bonadonna (Univ. of Geneva), Simona Scollo (INGV), Raffaello Cioni (Univ. of Florence), Arnau Folch (BSC-CNS Barcelona).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This IAVCEI commission&nbsp;arose&nbsp;to deal with challenges in tephra hazard research and applications. We&nbsp;bring together scientists with different tephra hazard experiences (e.g. modelers, model users, field volcanologists) to integrate and improve current hazard approaches and tephra-dispersal models. The commission is open&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-76","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thm.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thm.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thm.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thm.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thm.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78,"href":"https:\/\/thm.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thm.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}