World Meteorological Organization

PRESENTATIONS/DOCUMENTS

• STORYBOARD FOR THE CONJOINT VAAC BP AND VASAG (last updated 12 October 2018)

 Monday 

'Ins and outs' modelling tables update

• INS AND OUTS MODELLING TABLES UPDATE [HORT & WITHAM]

Strength of evidence checklists

• VAAC DARWIN STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE CHECK-LISTS [DENMAN & KING]
• VAAC DARWIN STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE ASSESSMENT (VASEA) [DENMAN & KING]
• VASAG FEEDBACK ON STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE CHECKLISTS [PAVOLONIS ET AL.]

VONA and aviation colour codes

• BGS AVIATION COLOUR CODES [ENGWELL & SCHNEIDER]
• GNS SCIENCE - SOME THOUGHTS FROM A VOLCANO OBSERVATORY [DELIGNE]
• VAAC ANCHORAGE COLOUR CODE AND STATE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY COLLABORATION [OSIENSKY]
• VAAC BUENOS AIRES STATE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INTERACTIONS [OSORES]
• VAAC DARWIN VONA AVIATION COLOUR CODES [DENMAN & KING]
• VAAC LONDON STATE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INTERACTIONS [SELTZER]
• VAAC MONTREAL STATE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INTERACTIONS [BENSIMON]
• VAAC TOKYO STATE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INTERACTIONS [ITO]
• VAAC TOULOUSE STATE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INTERACTIONS [HEREIL]
• VAAC WASHINGTON VONA AVIATION COLOUR CODES AND STATE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INTERACTIONS [KIBLER]
• VAAC WELLINGTON VONA AND AVIATION COLOUR CODES [ROUX]

Volcanic monitoring and observing capabilities

• VOLCANIC HAZARD MONITORING AND OBSERVING CAPABILITIES [SCHNEIDER & ENGWELL] 
• TOWARDS A VOLCANIC INFORMATION SYSTEM SYSTEM (VIS) USING IMS INFRASOUND DATA [HEREIL]

 Tuesday and Wednesday morning - VAAC BP 

Satellite inter-comparisons of discernible ash

• VAAC BUENOS AIRES SATELLITE INTER-COMPARISONS [OSORES]
• VAAC TOKYO SATELLITE INTER-COMPARISONS [ITO]
• VAAC WASHINGTON OLD VERSUS NEXT GENERATION SATELLITE IMAGERY INTERCOMPARISON [KIBLER]
• VAAC WELLINGTON OLD VERSUS NEXT GENERATION SATELLITE IMAGERY INTERCOMPARISON [ROUX]

Forecast verification and VAAC key performance indicators

• VAAC LONDON KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS [SELTZER]

VAAC collaboration tools

• VAAC LONDON MET OFFICE COLLABORATION TOOLS [SELTZER]
• VAAC MONTREAL COLLABORATION TOOLS [BENSIMON]
• VAAC TOKYO COLLABORATION TOOLS [ITO]
• METSERVICE SEVERE WEATHER FORECASTING AND DRR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT[LUNNY]

IWXXM developments

• VAAC MONTREAL IWXXM DEVELOPMENTS [BENSIMON]
• VAAC TOKYO IWXXM DEVELOPMENTS [ITO]

Additional VAAC discussions

• VAAC MONTREAL RE-BROADCASTING VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORIES [BENSIMON]

 Tuesday and Wednesday morning - VASAG 

• BGS ERUPTION SOURCE PARAMETER DATABASE [ENGWELL, MASTIN ET AL.]
• VASAG ENCOUNTERS DATABASE AND SEVERITY INDEX [SCHNEIDER ET AL.]
• SATELLITE ADVANCEMENTS [PAVOLONIS]
• MODELLING ADVANCEMENTS [MASTIN ET AL.]

 Wednesday afternoon 

• WMO CONSTITUENT BODIES REFORM [BROCK & LISK]

 Thursday 

VAAC personnel competency

• GENERIC WMO AMF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND COMPETENCY STANDARDS [WEBSTER]
• DEVELOPING A COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK WMO-No. 1205 PART II [WEBSTER]
• VAAC ANCHORAGE PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [OSIENSKY]
• VAAC BUENOS AIRES PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [OSORES]
• VAAC DARWIN PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [DENMAN & KING]
• VAAC LONDON PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [SELTZER]
• VAAC MONTREAL PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [BENSIMON]
• VAAC TOKYO PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [ITO]
• VAAC TOULOUSE PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [HEREIL]
• VAAC WASHINGTON PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [KIBLER]
• VAAC WELLINGTON PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [ROUX]

State volcano observatory skills, needs and capacity development

• GNS SCIENCE - OBSERVATIONS FROM A VOLCANO OBSERVATORY DUTY OFFICER [DELIGNE]
• Short-Term Forecasting and Detection of Explosions During the 2016–2017 Eruption of Bogoslof Volcano, Alaska [SCHNEIDER]

 Friday 

Volcanic ash impacts on jet engines - update

• VOLCANIC ASH IMPACTS ON JET ENGINES - UPDATE (NEW) [CLARKSON]

Quantitative volcanic ash forecasts - progress and recommendations

• VASAG STATE OF SCIENCE REVIEW (OCTOBER 2018) [MASTIN ET AL.]

Volcanic ash sulphur dioxide

• VOLCANIC SULPHUR DIOXIDE [WITHAM ET AL.]
• VOLCANIC SULPHUR DIOXIDE AND AVIATION [CLARKSON]

Additional VONA considerations

• VONA - DOES IT MEET THE NEEDS OF INDUSTRY? [SCHNEIDER]