7th Meeting of the WMO/IUGG Volcanic Ash Scientific Advisory Group (VASAG/7) | Aeronautical Meteorology Programme

The seventh meeting of the WMO/IUGG Volcanic Ash Scientific Advisory Group (VASAG-7) was held at the David A. Johnston Cascades Volcano Observatory, 1300 SE Cardinal Court, Bldg 10, Suite 100, Vancouver, WA, USA, from 21 to 23 August 2017.  

This meeting followed the IAVCEI-2017 meeting held in Portland, OR, USA, from 14 to 18 August 2017.

The final report of the meeting is available here

Available documents, slides, presentations:

• VASAG/7 Discussion Topics (based on Order of Business)

• Status of follow-up to VASAG/6 action (Slides)

• Status of follow-up to VASAG/6 action (Notes)

• Outcomes of fifth WMO VAAC Best Practices Workshop (VAAC BP/5) (2017)

• Outcomes of ICAO METP WG-MOG/5 (IAVW) and WG-MISD-3 (VASD)

• Eruption source parameter database [Engwell et al.]

• Dispersion model initialization [Stunder et al.]

• Volcanic ash cloud remote sensing [Pavolonis]

• Aircraft VA encounter update [Guffanti et al.]

• VA dosage calculator [Prata, A. et al.] (Copy of presentation delivered at IAVCEI-2017)

• WMO GAW applications for volcanic ash [Baklanov and Hort]

• Future events

• VASAG Terms of Reference review

Order of Business