Transnational Access to on-site modelling resources and hazard assessment tools: Establishing the pillars of scientific collaboration.
- 1Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera, ICTJA, CSIC, Lluis Sole i Sabaris s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain (ageyer@ictja.csic.es)
- 2Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
- 3Gerardo Barrios University, Calle Las Flores y Avenida Las Magnolias, Colonia Escolán, San Miguel, El Salvador
The Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) is the largest public multidisciplinary research organization in Spain. The Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera (ICTJA) of Barcelona is one of the main CSIC centres dedicated to Earth Sciences. The Group of Volcanology of Barcelona (GVB), part of Environmental Geology and Geohazards of the ICTJA, has vast experience in numerical and experimental modelling of volcanic and related processes, as well as in the development of hazard assessment and risk management e-tools and methodologies to be applied in active volcanic regions. Within the framework of the EUROVOLC project, the GVB-ICTJA has offered physical access to on-site modelling resources including initial training, guidelines and technical assistance to simulate with the FEM modelling software COMSOL Multiphysics: (i) thermo-fluid dynamic processes occurring during the phases of magma injection, accumulation and cooling and (ii) local and regional stress field of a volcanic area. The on-site access has been complemented with further remote assistance to the users to help finishing their research work. Additionally, the ICTJA has provided on-site access to VOLCANBOX (http://www.volcanbox.eu), an e-tool that integrates, in a systematic and sequential way, a series of well-tested tools addressing various aspects of the volcanic hazard processes and risk assessment. E-tools-computer or Web-based applications can help users employ probabilistic methods to assess and forecast volcanic eruptions and hazards, as well as their spatial and temporal likelihood of occurrence. In the first Transnational Access Call opened by the EUROVOLC project two accesses were funded, one for each offered installation. Thanks to the activities carried out during both accesses, the pillars for future scientific collaboration between the visiting research groups and the GVB-ICTJA have been successfully consolidated.
These activities were funded by the EUROVOLC project (Horizon 2020 Grant Agreement: 731070).
How to cite: Geyer, A., Ronchin, E., Jimenez, D., Martí, J., and Martínez, M.: Transnational Access to on-site modelling resources and hazard assessment tools: Establishing the pillars of scientific collaboration. , EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-12669, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-12669, 2020
