Workshop Jan 17th 2012: Orkugarður Grensásvegi 9, Reykjavik Iceland.
Sponsored by: Icelandic CAA, Icelandair, Isavia
Workshop leader: Sigurður M. Garðarsson, Dean Environmental and Civil Eng. U.I.
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9:00 – 9:30 | Registration and coffee |
9:30 – 9:40 | Opening address: Pétur K. Maack, Director General Icelandic CAA |
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| Ash measurements, experience 2010 and 2011 |
9:45 | Eruptions in Eyjafjallajökull, Etna and Grímsvötn, airborne OPC measurements and quality assurance Konradin Weber, UAS, Düsseldorf Germany |
10:15 | Observations in plumes and vicinity of airports Jonas Eliasson HÍ (UI) |
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| Initial and boundary data acquisition and improvements in modelling |
10:45 | Airborne Measurements of Volcanic Ash - results from Eyja and the new Met Office Civil Contingency Aircraft Jonathan P. Taylor, UK Met Office |
11:15 | Observational systems for monitoring of volcanic ash Sibylle von Löwis, Geirfinnur S. Sigurðarson, IMO |
11:45 | NAME dispersion model, an introduction Jonathan P. Taylor, UK Met Office |
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12:15 – 13:30 | Lunch break |
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| The volcanic ash problem, operational and economic aspects |
13:30 | Operational aspects and economic implications of the volcanic ash issue Asgeir Pálsson, Isavia. |
14:00 | Impact of ash crisis on Icelandair operations, Hilmar B. Baldursson, Matthías Sveinbjörnsson |
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| Possible near field models for Iceland |
14:30 | High resolution models and use of NAME at IMO Guðrún Nína Petersen, Halldór Björnsson, Sigurður Jónsson and Sigurður Þorsteinsson, IMO |
15:00 | Small unmanned airplanes: In-situ observations of airborne dust/ash and improved local weather forecasts. Ólafur Rögnvaldsson RIV |
15:30 | Volcanic model assimilation based on airborne data Þorgeir Pálsson HR (RU) |
16:00 | Airborne remote sensing of volcanic ash clouds and first results from AVOID Adam Durant, Fred Prata NILU |
16:30 – 17:00 | Summary and refreshments, discussion |
