Effusive crises at Piton de la Fournaise 2014–2015: a review of a multi-national response model
Review article, 2017
Many active European volcanoes and volcano observatories are island-based and located far from their administrative “mainland”. Consequently, Governments have developed multisite approaches, in which monitoring is performed by a network of individuals distributed across several national research centers. At a transnational level, multinational networks are also progressively emerging. Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion Island, France) is one such example. Piton de la Fournaise is one of the most active volcanoes of the World, and is located at the greatest distance from its “mainland” than any other vulnerable “overseas” site, the observatory being 9365 km from its governing body in Paris. Effusive risk is high, so that a well-coordinated and rapid response involving near-real time delivery of trusted, validated and operational product for hazard assessment is critical. Here we review how near-real time assessments of lava flow propagation were developed using rapid provision, and update, of key source terms through a dynamic and open integration of near-real time remote sensing, modeling and measurement capabilities on both the national and international level. The multi-national system evolved during the five effusive crises of 2014–2015, and is now mature for Piton de la Fournaise. This review allows us to identify strong and weak points in an extended observatory system, and demonstrates that enhanced multi-national integration can have fundamental implications in scientific hazard assessment and response during an on-going effusive crisis.
Volcano observatory
Hazard response
Inundation forecasts
Effusive crisis
Lava flow model
Time averaged discharge rates
Piton de la Fournaise
Author
A. J L Harris
Observatoire de Physique du Globe Clermont Ferrand (OPGC)
Clermont Auvergne University
N. Villeneuve
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
A. Di Muro
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
V. Ferrazzini
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
A. Peltier
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
D. Coppola
University of Turin
M. Favalli
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
P. Bachèlery
Observatoire de Physique du Globe Clermont Ferrand (OPGC)
Clermont Auvergne University
J. L. Froger
Clermont Auvergne University
Observatoire de Physique du Globe Clermont Ferrand (OPGC)
L. Gurioli
Observatoire de Physique du Globe Clermont Ferrand (OPGC)
Clermont Auvergne University
S. Moune
Clermont Auvergne University
Observatoire de Physique du Globe Clermont Ferrand (OPGC)
I. Vlastélic
Observatoire de Physique du Globe Clermont Ferrand (OPGC)
Clermont Auvergne University
Bo Galle
Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Optical Remote Sensing
Santiago Arellano
Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Optical Remote Sensing
Journal of Applied Volcanology
2191-5040 (eISSN)
Vol. 6 1 11Subject Categories
Physical Sciences
DOI
10.1186/s13617-017-0062-9