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A Special Issue collection of Reports from each of the official volcano monitoring agencies in Latin America.

Published: 2021-11-01

Editorials

Strombolian activity at Turrialba volcano, Costa Rica. Photograph by Geoffroy Avard.

Publishing a Special Issue of Reports from the volcano observatories in Latin America

Editorial to Special Issue on Volcano Observatories in Latin America

Oryaëlle Chevrel, Fabian B. Wadsworth, Jamie Ian Farquharson, Alexandra R. L. Kushnir, Michael J. Heap, Rebecca Williams, Pierre Delmelle, Ben Kennedy

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.04.S1.ivi

Special Issue on Volcano Observatories in Latin America

Strombolian activity at Turrialba volcano, Costa Rica. Photograph by Geoffroy Avard.

Volcano monitoring in Latin America: taking a step forward

Preface to Special Issue on Volcano Observatories in Latin America

Pablo Forte, Lizzette Rodríguez, Mariana Patricia Jácome Paz, Lizeth Caballero García, Yemerith Alpízar Segura, Emilce Bustos, Constanza Perales Moya, Eveling Espinoza, Silvia Vallejo, Mariano Agusto

vii - xxxiii

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.04.S1.viixxxiii
Villarrica’s eruption on 3 Match 2015 was short and occurred in the early morning. A few hours later, at noon, this picture was taken.

Volcano monitoring and hazard assessments in Chile

Alvaro Amigo

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.04.S1.0120
Photograph of Volcán Lanín, Argentina, taken by Sebastian Garcia.

Towards the development of the first permanent volcano observatory in Argentina

Sebastian Garcia, Gabriela Badi

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.04.S1.2148
A seismic station on Ubinas volcano, Peru.

Monitoring of active volcanoes in Peru by the Instituto Geofísico del Perú

Early warning systems, communication, and information dissemination

Roger Machacca, José Alberto Del Carpio Calienes, Marco Antonio Rivera Porras, Hernando Tavera, Luisa Diomira Macedo Franco, Jorge Andrés Concha Calle, Ivonne Alejandra Lazarte Zerpa, Riky Gustavo Centeno Quico, Nino Celestino Puma Sacsi, José Luis Torres Aguilar, Katherine Andrea Vargas Alva, John Edward Cruz Igme, Lizbeth Velarde Quispe, Javier Vilca Nina, Alan Reinhold Malpartida Garay

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.04.S1.4971
Misti volcano looms over the city of Arequipa

Hazard assessment studies and multiparametric volcano monitoring developed by the Instituto Geológico, Minero y Metalúrgico in Peru

Rigoberto Aguilar Contreras, Edu Taipe Maquerhua, Yanet Antayhua Vera, Mayra Ortega Gonzales, Fredy Apaza Choquehuayta, Luis Cruz Mamani

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.04.S1.7392
Explosive eruption of Tungurahua volccano, Ecuador. Photo by Silvia Vallejo Vargas

Instituto Geofísico – Escuela Politécnica Nacional, the Ecuadorian Seismology and Volcanology Service

Patricio Ramon, Silvia Vallejo, Patricia Mothes, Daniel Andrade, Francisco Vásconez, Hugo Yepes, Silvana Hidalgo, Santiago Santamaría

93 - 112

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.04.S1.93112
Galeras Volcanic Complex taken from the SGC-OVSP office, Pasto, Colombia, in 2019. Photo by Diego Mauricio Gómez Martínez.

Active volcanism in Colombia and the role of the Servicio Geológico Colombiano

Diego Gómez, Cristian López, Maria Luisa Monsalve, Adriana Agudelo, Gloria Cortés Jiménez, Marta Calvache

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.04.S1.113139
Phreatomagmatic eruption at Poás volcano, Costa Rica. Photo by Geoffroy Avard.

Volcano hazard and surveillance in Costa Rica

Geoffroy Avard, Mauricio Mora, Henriette Bakkar, Guillermo Alvarado, Mario Angarita, Monserrat Cascante, J. Maarten de Moor, María Martínez, Cyril Muller, Javier Pacheco, Paulo Ruiz, Gerardo Soto

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.04.S1.141161
Volcán San Cristóbal, Nicaragua. Photo by Roberto Zuniga via Unsplash.

Nicaraguan volcanic monitoring program of the Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales

Eveling Espinoza, José Armando Saballos Peréz, Martha Navarro Collado, Virginia Tenorio Bellanger, Teresita Olivares Loaisiga, Martha Ibarra Carcache, David Chavarría González, Dodanis Matus Sanchez, Elvis Mendoza Rivera

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.04.S1.163181
The late Eduardo Gutiérrez looks over the crater of San Miguel volcano, El Salvador. Photo courtesy of Rodolfo Castro/MARN.

Volcanic monitoring and hazard assessment in El Salvador

Rodolfo Antonio Castro Carcamo, Eduardo Gutiérrez

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.04.S1.183201
View across Lake Atitlán towards Volcan San Pedro, Guatemala. Photo by Mathijs Beks via Unsplash.

Volcano observatories and monitoring activities in Guatemala

Amilcar Roca, Edgar Roberto Mérida Boogher, Carla Maria Fernanda Chun Quinillo, Dulce María Esther González Domínguez, Gustavo Adolfo Chigna Marroquin, Francisco Javier Juárez Cacao, Peter Darwin Argueta Ordoñez

203 - 222

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.04.S1.203222
View of the summit of Volcán de Colima, Mexico, from Nevado de Colima. Photo by Sergio Ortiz via Unsplash.

Monitoring volcanoes in Mexico

Ramón Espinasa-Pereña, Raúl Arámbula, Silvia Ramos, Katrin Sieron, Lucia Capra, Ariadna Hernández-Oscoy, Miguel Alatorre, Francisco Córdoba Montiel

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.04.S1.223246