a.s.l. - above sea level
AVO - Alaska Volcano Observatory
AVHRR - Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
CENAPRED - Centro Nacionale de Prevencion de Desastres (México)
CONRED - Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres
COSPEC - Correlation Spectrometer
CVGHM (formerly VSI) - Center of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation
CVO - Cascades Volcano Observatory (USGS)
GMS - Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
GOES 8 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 8
GVO - Goma Volcano Observatory
GVP - Global Volcanism Program (Smithsonian Institution)
HVO - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (USGS)
ICE - Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (Costa Rica)
IG - Instituto Geofísico (Ecuador)
IGNS - Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (New Zealand)
INETER - Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (Nicaragua)
INGEMMET - Instituto Geológical Minero y Metalúrgico (Peru)
INGEOMINAS - Instituto Colombiano de Geología y Minería (Colombia)
INGV-CT - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - Sezione di Catania (Italy)
INSIVUMEH - Instituto Nacional de Sismologia, Vulcanologia, Meteorologia e Hidrologia (Guatemala)
IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (France)
JMA - Japanese Meteorological Agency
KEMSD - Kamchatkan Experimental and Methodical Seismilogical Department
KVERT - Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team
M - magnitude
METEOSAT - Meteorological Satellite
MEVO - Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory
MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
MVO - Montserrat Volcano Observatory
MWO - Meteorological Watch Office
NEIC - National Earthquake Information Center
NIED - National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (Japan)
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTAM - Notice to Airmen
OFDA - Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance
ONEMI - Oficina Nacional de Emergencia - Ministerio del Interior (Chile)
OVPDLF - Observatoire Volcanologique du Piton de la Fournaise (France)
OVSICORI-UNA - Observatorio Vulcanologico y Sismologico de Costa Rica, Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica)
PHIVOLCS - Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
RVO - Rabaul Volcano Observatory
SERNAGEOMIN - Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (Chile)
SIGMET - Significant Meteorological Information
SNET - Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales (El Salvador)
USAID - US Agency for International Development
USGS - United States Geological Survey
UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
VAAC - Volcanic Ash Advisory Center
VAFTAD - Volcanic Ash Forecast Transport And Dispersion
VDAP - Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (USGS)
VHP - Volcano Hazards Program (USGS)
VRC - Volcano Research Center (Japan)
URL: http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/
