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  • 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.06. Volcano monitoring  (71)
  • 04. Solid Earth::04.03. Geodesy::04.03.05. Gravity variations  (34)
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  • Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration
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    Large Abundances of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Titan's Upper Atmosphere (2013)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-07-13
    Description: In this paper, we analyze the strong unidentified emission near 3.28 micron in Titan's upper daytime atmosphere recently discovered by Dinelli et al.We have studied it by using the NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database. The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), after absorbing UV solar radiation, are able to emit strongly near 3.3 micron. By using current models for the redistribution of the absorbed UV energy, we have explained the observed spectral feature and have derived the vertical distribution of PAH abundances in Titan's upper atmosphere. PAHs have been found to be present in large concentrations, about (2-3) 10(exp 4) particles / cubic cm. The identified PAHs have 9-96 carbons, with a concentration-weighted average of 34 carbons. The mean mass is approx 430 u; the mean area is about 0.53 sq. nm; they are formed by 10-11 rings on average, and about one-third of them contain nitrogen atoms. Recently, benzene together with light aromatic species as well as small concentrations of heavy positive and negative ions have been detected in Titan's upper atmosphere. We suggest that the large concentrations of PAHs found here are the neutral counterpart of those positive and negative ions, which hence supports the theory that the origin of Titan main haze layer is located in the upper atmosphere.
    Keywords: Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration
    Type: ARC-E-DAA-TN13901 , The Astrophysical Journal (ISSN 0004-637X); 770; 2; 132
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    Geotechnical Tests on Asteroid Simulant Orgueil (2017)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-07-12
    Description: In the last 100 years, the global population has more than quadrupled to over seven billion people. At the same time, the demand for food and standard of living has been increasing which has amplified the global water use by nearly eight times from approximately 500 to 4000 cu km per yr from 1900 to 2010. With the increasing concern to sustain the growing population on Earth it is necessary to seek other approaches to ensure that our planet will have resources for generations to come. In recent years, the advancement of space travel and technology has allowed the idea of mining asteroids with resources closer to becoming a reality. During the duration of the internship at NASA Kennedy Space Center, several geotechnical tests were conducted on BP-1 lunar simulant and asteroid simulant Orgueil. The tests that were conducted on BP-1 was to practice utilizing the equipment that will be used on the asteroid simulant and the data from those tests will be omitted from report. Understanding the soil mechanics of asteroid simulant Orgueil will help provide basis for future technological advances and prepare scientists for the conditions they may encounter when mining asteroids becomes reality in the distant future. Distinct tests were conducted to determine grain size distribution, unconsolidated density, and maximum density. Once the basic properties are known, the asteroid simulant will be altered to different levels of compaction using a vibrator table to see how compaction affects the density. After different intervals of vibration compaction, a miniature vane shear test will be conducted. Laboratory vane shear testing is a reliable tool to investigate strength anisotropy in the vertical and horizontal directions of a very soft to stiff saturated fine-grained clayey soil. This test will provide us with a rapid determination of the shear strength on the undisturbed compacted regolith. The results of these tests will shed light on how much torque is necessary to drill through the surface of an asteroid. Most of the known asteroids are believed to be left over material during the formation of the solar system that never accreted to form planets. Asteroids can be found in several groups such as Trojan Asteroids, Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs) and the main asteroid belt. The Trojan Asteroids orbit the 4th and 5th Lagrange points of major planets in the Solar System while the NEA's have orbits that are close to and sometimes intersect with Earths orbit and the Main Asteroid Belt which is found between the orbit of Mars and Jupiter. Gravitational perturbations can alter the orbit of asteroids in the Main Asteroid Belt causing them to move closer to earth causing them to become in the NEA class.
    Keywords: Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration
    Type: KSC-E-DAA-TN42077
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    OSIRISREx Visible and NearInfrared Observations of the Moon (2019)
    In:  Other Sources
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    Publication Date: 2020-01-04
    Description: The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security Regolith Explorer(OSIRISREx) mission observed the The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and SecurityRegolith Explorer (OSIRISREx) mission observed the Moon during the spacecraft's Earth gravity assist in 2017. From the spacecraft view, the lunar phase was 42, and the inview hemisphere was dominated by anorthositic highlands terrain. Lunar spectra obtained by the OSIRISREx Visible and InfraRed Spectrometer show evidence of several candidate absorption features. We observe the 2.8m hydration band, confirming the spectral results from other missions, but detected in fulldisk spectra. We also tentatively identify weak spectral features near 0.9 and 1.3 m, consistent with lunar regolith containing a mixture of plagioclase and orthopyroxene minerals, as expected for highlands terrain.
    Keywords: Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration
    Type: GSFC-E-DAA-TN76610 , Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276) (e-ISSN 1944-8007); 46; 12; 6322-6326
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    Ground-Based Navigation and Dispersion Analysis for the Orion Exploration Mission 1 (2016)
    In:  CASI
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    Publication Date: 2019-07-13
    Description: This paper presents the Orion Exploration Mission 1 Linear Covariance Analysis for the DRO mission using ground-based navigation. The Delta V statistics for each maneuver are presented. In particular, the statistics of the lunar encounters and the Entry Interface are presented.
    Keywords: Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration
    Type: JSC-CN-35077 , AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting; Feb 14, 2016 - Feb 18, 2016; Napa, CA; United States
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    Analysis of the seismo-volcanic and hydrothermal activity recorded on the Marsili submarine volcano (2011)
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    Publication Date: 2012-02-03
    Description: Marsili is a back-arc volcano with a dominant tholeitic petrochemical affinity. This seamount, having an elevation of about 3000 m above the sea floor, an approximate length of 60 km in a NNE-SSW direction and a mean width of 25 km, is the biggest European volcano. The opening of the Marsili basin was related to a sharp acceleration of the roll-back of the Ionian lithosphere subducting below the Southern Tyrrhenian Basin. On the basis of all the geophysical, geological and petrological information knower, Marsili volcano can be considered as being the key needed to understand the dynamics of spreading and back-arc lithosphere formation in this Tyrrhenian sector. However, despite its importance in the Mediterranean geodynamical contest the seismo-volcanic and hydrothermal activity of this seamount remained little known. For this reason in 2006, in the framework of PRO.ME.TH.E.US project (Program of Mediterranean Exploration for Thermal Energy Use), founded by PRAMA s.r.l (Italy) (now Eurobuilding SpA), a multi-disciplinary research was conducted on the Marsili volcano area. In the framework of this project the INGV’s staff placed a broadband OBS/H (Ocean Bottom Seismometer with Hydrophone) on Marsili’s flat top (39° 16,383’ lat. Nord, 14° 23,588’ long. Est.) at a depth of 790 m. For this experiment the OBS/H operated from July 12th to 21st 2006. In only 9 days the submarine seismic station recorded more than 1000 seismo-volcanic and hydrothermal signals. By comparing the signals recorded with typical volcanic seismic activity, we group the recorded signals into: Volcano-Tectonic type B (817 VTB) events, occurrences of High Frequency Tremor (159 HFT) and quasi-monochromatic Short Duration Events (32 SDE). The small-magnitude VT-B swarms, having a frequency band of 2 - 6 Hz and a mean length of about 30 seconds, were almost all recorded during the first 7 days. During the last 2 days, the OBS/H mainly recorded HFT events with frequencies of over 40 Hz and few minutes length. On February 14th 2010, about three years and half after the first monitoring campaign another OBS/H was deployed in the same point for a long monitoring campaign (9 mouths). For this experiment the OBS/H was equipped with a Guralp CMG40T-OBS 3C seismometer, with flat transfer function in the band 60 s - 100 Hz, housed in a glass sphere with an autoleveling system that allows the sensor leveling in a range of ± 70° from the vertical. To monitor high frequency seismic and pressure signals the OBS/H was also equipped with a HTI-04- PCA/ULF Hydrophone, with a flat transfer function in the band 100s - 8 kHz. Both the signals were recorded by a 4 channels 21 bits SEND Geolon-MLS datalogger, at a sampling frequency of 200 Hz. During the nine months of the monitoring experiment the OBS/H recorded some thousand of little magnitude events very similar to that of the first experiment. The signals recorded in both the experiments were analyzed using polarization, spectral and clustering techniques. Both methods and results will be presented during the workshop.
    Description: Published
    Description: Salina Islands, Italy
    Description: 2.5. Laboratorio per lo sviluppo di sistemi di rilevamento sottomarini
    Description: open
    Keywords: Seismo-volcanic signals ; Marsili Seamount ; 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.06. Volcano monitoring
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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    Evidence of persistent seismo-volcanic activity at Marsili seamount (2012)
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    Publication Date: 2017-04-04
    Description: The Marsili, the biggest European volcano, can be considered as being the key needed to understand the dynamics of spreading and back-arc lithosphere formation in the Tyrrhenian sector (Marani et al., 2004, and references therein). Despite of its dimensions, due to its geographical position, it is very difficult to monitor (D'Alessandro et al., 2011) and it still remains little known. In 2006 the INGV staff deployed a broadband OBS/H (Mangano et al., 2011) on the Marsili’s flat top at a depth of about 790 m. In only 9 days, the instrument recorded about 800 seismo-volcanic events (D'Alessandro et al., 2009). This experiment, for the first time, revealed an intense seismo-volcanic activity of the Marsili. However, the short duration of the experiment didn’t allow to characterize, in an exhaustively way, the seismo-volcanic activities currently in act on the seamount. For this reason, on February the 14th 2010 another OBS/H was deployed in the same point for a long time experiment (9 months). During the monitoring campaign, the submarine station recorded some thousands of local little magnitude events. The entire data set was classified, on the basis of the time and frequency domain appearances following Wasserman (2002); we recognized 589 Volcano-Tectonic type A (VT-A) events and 1952 Volcano-Tectonic type B (VT-B) events (Fig. 1), measuring their local magnitude following Havskov et al. (2003). The seismogram of a typical VT-A event is dominated by P and S phases and by a short coda (Fig. 1a). These events are characterized by P phases with impulsive and high-amplitude onsets. The spectrogram shows broadband body phases with very high frequency and energy content extending up to 80 Hz (Fig. 1c). The VT-A events recorded have local magnitude between 0.5 and 3 and time length between 40 and 70 s. For these earthquakes, separation of P and S waves is clear and TS-TP is between 0.35 and 0.55 s. Their average recurrence time is about 2-3 events a week, with moderate variation in the observed period. The VT-B events are characterized by P phases with emergent and low-amplitude onsets (Fig. 1b ). The waveforms don't show any clear S wave arrival and they are featured by long coda (Fig. 1b). The VT-B events have time length between 15 and 40 s and local magnitude between -0.5 and 1.5. Their spectrograms shows a narrow frequency content (Fig. 1d). The time distribution of VT-B occurrence shows periods of moderate activity (some events a week) alternating with periods of intense activity (70 events a day). From Fig. 1f is also clear a time cyclic process and an upward trend in the VT-B activity. An increase in VT-B activity is often reported in some active volcanoes before significant eruptions. The observation of VT swarms on the Marsili volcano strongly suggest that it is still active. Further, it should not be ignored that potential volcanic eruptions could efficiently generate tsunami along the nearby coastlines.
    Description: Published
    Description: 213-214
    Description: 2.5. Laboratorio per lo sviluppo di sistemi di rilevamento sottomarini
    Description: JCR Journal
    Description: open
    Keywords: Marsili, seismo-volcanic activity, Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Hydrophone ; 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.06. Volcano monitoring
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    Rete gravimetrica di precisione all'isola di Pantelleria. Monografie delle stazioni. Situazione al mese di luglio 2011 (2012)
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    Publication Date: 2020-11-10
    Description: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - Sezione di Napoli Osservatorio Vesuviano
    Description: Published
    Description: 2.6. TTC - Laboratorio di gravimetria, magnetismo ed elettromagnetismo in aree attive
    Description: open
    Keywords: Rete gravimetrica ; Schede monografiche ; Misure gravimetriche ; Pantelleria ; 04. Solid Earth::04.02. Exploration geophysics::04.02.02. Gravity methods ; 04. Solid Earth::04.03. Geodesy::04.03.05. Gravity variations ; 04. Solid Earth::04.03. Geodesy::04.03.06. Measurements and monitoring ; 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.06. Volcano monitoring
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    The stress field beneath a quiescent stratovolcano: The case of Mount Vesuvius (2015)
    American Geophysical Union
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    Publication Date: 2020-12-15
    Description: We have analyzed a focal mechanism data set for Mount Vesuvius, consisting of 197 focal mechanisms of events recorded from 1999 to 2012. Using different approaches and a comparison between observations and numerical models, we have determined the spatial variations in the stress field beneath the volcano. The main results highlight the presence of two seismogenic volumes characterized by markedly different stress patterns. The two volumes are separated by a layer where the seismic strain release shows a significant decrease. Previous studies postulated the existence, at about the same depth, of a ductile layer allowing the spreading of the Mount Vesuvius edifice. We interpreted the difference in the stress pattern within the two volumes as the effect of a mechanical decoupling caused by the aforementioned ductile layer. The stress pattern in the top volume is dominated by a reverse faulting style, which agrees with the hypothesis of a seismicity driven by the spreading process. This agrees also with the persistent character of the seismicity located within this volume. Conversely, the stress field determined for the deep volume is consistent with a background regional field locally perturbed by the effects of the topography and of heterogeneities in the volcanic structure. Since the seismicity of the deep volume shows an intermittent behavior and has shown to be linked to geochemical variations in the fumaroles of the volcano, we hypothesize that it results from the effect of fluid injection episodes, possibly of magmatic origin, perturbing the pore pressure within the hydrothermal system.
    Description: Published
    Description: 1181–1199
    Description: 4T. Fisica dei terremoti e scenari cosismici
    Description: 2V. Dinamiche di unrest e scenari pre-eruttivi
    Description: 5V. Sorveglianza vulcanica ed emergenze
    Description: JCR Journal
    Description: restricted
    Keywords: vesuvius ; stress inversion ; focal mechanisms ; 04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.08. Volcano seismology ; 04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.10. Instruments and techniques ; 04. Solid Earth::04.07. Tectonophysics::04.07.05. Stress ; 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.06. Volcano monitoring
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    Tremor-based real time monitoring and early warning on Etna Volcano (Italy): technical aspects and methods (2013)
    INGV
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    Publication Date: 2013-04-18
    Description: Twenty-five lava fountains occurred on Mt. Etna from January 2011 to April 2012. In summer 2012 volcanic activity resumed in a milder form within the Bocca Nuova crater, before it came to an essential halt in August 2012. All these unrests offer rich material for testing automatic procedures of data processing and alert systems, running 24/7, in the context of volcano surveillance. We focus on the seismic background radiation – volcanic tremor – which plays a key role in the monitoring of Mt. Etna. Since 2006 a multistation alert system has been established in the INGV operative centre of Catania exploiting STA/LTA ratios. Besides, also the spectral characteristics of the signal, which change correspondingly to the type of volcanic activity, can be exploited for warning purposes. Here we apply Self Organizing Maps and Fuzzy Clustering which offer an efficient way to visualize signal characteristics and its development with time. All these techniques allow to identify early stages of eruptive events, and automatically flag a critical status before this becomes evident in conventional monitoring techniques. Changes of tremor characteristics are related to the position of the source of the signal. The location of the sources exploits the distribution of the amplitudes across the seismic network. The locations were extremely useful for warning, throughout both the flank eruption in 2008 as well as the 2011 lava fountains, during which a clear migration of tremor sources towards the eruptive centres could be noticed in advance. The location of the sources completes the picture of an imminent volcanic unrest, and corroborates early warnings flagged by the changes of signal characteristics. Real time data processing requires computational efficiency, robustness of the methods and stability of data acquisition. The amplitude based multi-station approach is not sensitive to the failure of single stations and therefore offers a good stability. The single station approach, exploiting unsupervised classification techniques, limits logistic efforts, as only one or few key stations are necessary. Both strategies have proven to be insensitive to disturbances (undesired transients like earthquakes, noise, short gaps in the continuous data flow). False alarms were not encountered so far. Stable data acquisition and processing come with a properly designed data storage solution. The reliability of data storage and its access is a critical issue. A cluster architecture has been realized for failover protection, including a Storage Area Network system, which allow easy data access following predefined user policies. We present concepts of the software architectures deployed at INGV Osservatorio Etneo in order to implement this tremor-based multi approach system. We envisage the integration of seismic data and those originating from other scientific fields (e. g., volcano imagery, geochemistry, deformation, gravity, magneto-telluric). This will facilitate cross-checking of evidences encountered from the single data streams, in particular allow their immediate verification with respect to ground truth.
    Description: Published
    Description: Nicolosi (Catania, Italy)
    Description: 1.4. TTC - Sorveglianza sismologica delle aree vulcaniche attive
    Description: 5.6. TTC - Attività di Sala Operativa
    Description: open
    Keywords: Etna, Volcanic tremor ; Volcano monitoring, Pattern recognition ; Self Organizing Map, Fuzzy clustering ; Data acquisition ; 04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.06. Surveys, measurements, and monitoring ; 04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.08. Volcano seismology ; 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.06. Volcano monitoring ; 05. General::05.01. Computational geophysics::05.01.01. Data processing ; 05. General::05.01. Computational geophysics::05.01.04. Statistical analysis
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    Predicting the impact of lava flows at Mount Etna, Italy (2010)
    American Geophysical Union
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    Publication Date: 2017-04-04
    Description: Forecasting the time, nature, and impact of future eruptions is difficult at volcanoes such as Mount Etna, in Italy, where eruptions occur from the summit and on the flanks, affecting areas distant from each other. Nonetheless, the identification and quantification of areas at risk from new eruptions are fundamental for mitigating potential human casualties and material damage. Here, we present new results from the application of a methodology to define flexible high‐resolution lava invasion susceptibility maps based on a reliable computational model for simulating lava flows at Etna and on a validation procedure for assessing the correctness of susceptibility mapping in the study area. Furthermore, specific scenarios can be extracted at any time from the simulation database, for land use and civil defense planning in the long term, to quantify, in real time, the impact of an imminent eruption, and to assess the efficiency of protective measures.
    Description: This work was sponsored by the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research, FIRB project RBAU01RMZ4 “Lava flow simulations by Cellular Automata,” and by the National Civil Defense Department and INGV (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology), project V3_6/09 “V3_6 – Etna.”
    Description: Published
    Description: B04203
    Description: 1.5. TTC - Sorveglianza dell'attività eruttiva dei vulcani
    Description: 3.5. Geologia e storia dei vulcani ed evoluzione dei magmi
    Description: 3.6. Fisica del vulcanismo
    Description: 4.3. TTC - Scenari di pericolosità vulcanica
    Description: 4.4. Scenari e mitigazione del rischio ambientale
    Description: JCR Journal
    Description: reserved
    Keywords: lava flows ; volcanic hazard ; 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.99. General or miscellaneous ; 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.03. Geomorphology ; 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.99. General or miscellaneous ; 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.06. Volcano monitoring ; 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.08. Volcanic risk ; 05. General::05.01. Computational geophysics::05.01.02. Cellular automata, fuzzy logic, genetic alghoritms, neural networks ; 05. General::05.01. Computational geophysics::05.01.05. Algorithms and implementation ; 05. General::05.02. Data dissemination::05.02.99. General or miscellaneous ; 05. General::05.02. Data dissemination::05.02.03. Volcanic eruptions ; 05. General::05.08. Risk::05.08.99. General or miscellaneous ; 05. General::05.09. Miscellaneous::05.09.99. General or miscellaneous
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