Icelandic ash events: Open meeting, Oxford, Fri April 30 12 - 4 pm (from David Pyle, Prof of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford)

[Robert Doe]

A message from Prof. David Pyle, Prof of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford:

 

Dear All,

Re: Icelandic ash events

I am writing to you in my capacity as the Chair of UK's volcanology
and magmatic studies group, and on behalf of my colleagues in Oxford
Earth Sciences and Oxford AOPP. The current ash event which is
affecting northern Europe is an unprecedented opportunity for studying
the processes of fine ash transport and deposition, and its
environmental impacts. Given the considerable and diverse resources
available across the UK for making measurements, and running models,
it seems to us that it would be useful to set up a short science
meeting next week to bring together information about the many and
varied ongoing scientific investigations into the Icelandic ash event.

I propose to hold an open meeting to this end, in the Department of
Earth Sciences, Parks Road, Oxford, on Friday April 30th from 12 noon
- 4 pm.

The aim of the meeting is mainly to bring together information about
all of the UK-based activities relevant to the ash event and its
environmental impacts. We wish to invite people from the UK national
agencies (Met Office, BGS, Defra); scientists from all relevant
disciplines (volcanology; earth observation; atmospheric physics and
chemistry; meteorology; aerobiology; environmental pollution and
health, etc). I would encourage anyone interested in the event
(whether they can attend or not) to submit a very short abstract
(along the lines of 'we measured X and are doing Y') and contact
details. Obviously only include information which you are happy to
have circulated widely!

The immediate outcome of the meeting will be a list of what the whole
UK community is doing - which we will make available online to the
whole community as quickly as possible. The meeting itself would allow
people from completely different disciplines to interact and discover
common ground. Ultimately, this will hopefully lead to a series of
integrated scientific response(s) to the events (perhaps, even, under
a rapid-response thematic activity?) - and hopefully maximise the
scientific return from the opportunity, and minimise the risk of one
community rushing headlong into print without being aware of the full
spectrum of observations which might be available.

Please circulate this to anyone who you think might be interested,

Best wishes,
David


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