Award Abstract #0530109
PIRE: Remote Sensing for Hazard Mitigation and Resource Protection in Pacific Latin America

NSF Org:	OISE Office of International Science and Engineering
Initial Amendment Date:	September 16, 2005
Latest Amendment Date:	March 20, 2009
Award Number:	0530109
Award Instrument:	Continuing grant
Program Manager:	Jessica H. Robin OISE Office of International Science and Engineering O/D OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
Start Date:	October 1, 2005
Expires:	September 30, 2010 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$2320044
Investigator(s):	John Gierke jsgierke@mtu.edu (Principal Investigator) Gregg Bluth (Former Principal Investigator) William Rose (Co-Principal Investigator) Gregg Bluth (Co-Principal Investigator) Essa Gross (Co-Principal Investigator) Gregory Waite (Co-Principal Investigator) John Gierke (Former Co-Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, MI 49931 906/487-1885
NSF Program(s):	PIRE, COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH, PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY
Field Application(s):	0000099 Other Applications NEC, 0208000 Water Resources
Program Reference Code(s):	OTHR, 7566, 7563, 7298, 5977, 5926, 0000
Program Element Code(s):	7742, 7298, 1573

ABSTRACT



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This Partnership for International Research and Education (PIRE) award will support scientists, engineers and students from Michigan Technological University to work with collaborators in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Ecuador on the collaborative development of remote sensing tools for hazard mitigation and water resource development. The project will use satellite remote sensing in wide-ranging ways to monitor active volcanism (e.g., volcanic gas emission and lava flow topography) and to conduct systematic investigation of groundwater (e.g., contour and fracture analysis for water resource exploration); these approaches will have longer-than-usual timeframes and will be accompanied by complementary field studies. The collaboration of scientists and engineers from Michigan State University, INSIVUMEH (Instituto Nacional de Sismologia, Vulcanologia, Meteorologia, E Hidrologia) in Guatemala, from SNET (Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales) in El Salvador, and from the Escuela Politecnica-Nacional Instituto Geofisico in Ecuador will connect the U.S. community with the first formal linkage among geoscience agencies from four Pacific Rim Latin American countries. This PIRE award features a diverse combination of educational activities, including extended field research opportunities for post-doctoral associates, for Ph. D. and Masters students, and for undergraduate students, expansion of an existing Peace Corps International Masters Program in Natural Hazards, a specialized undergraduate curriculum in hydrology that combines geoengineering and entrepreneurial training with international research, and coursework in the language, culture, history and politics of Latin America. One hundred undergraduate students and 51 graduate students will come together to work in this large-scale project with researchers from Latin America and the U.S. This partnership will serve both the U.S. and Latin America by bringing together diverse groups in long-term collaborations to develop remote sensing applications of great value to all of the nations. This award is co-funded by NSF's Division of Earth Sciences.

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH

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Durant, A J, R A Shaw and W I Rose.  "Ice nucleation and overseeding of ice in volcanic clouds,"  J Geophys Res (Atmospheres),  v.113,  2008, 

Durant, A J; Rose, W I; Mann, C; Stix, J.  "Multi-university Internet video-conferencing course provides novel approach to student-directed learning,"  Leading Edge,  v.26,  2007,  p. 1320.

Matiella-Novak, MA, I M Watson, H Delgado-Granados, WI Rose, L Cardenas-Gonzalez and VJ Realmuto.  "Volatile emissions of Popocatepetl volcano, Mexico, quantified using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) infrared data: a case study of the December 2000-January 2001 emissions,"  J Volcanol Geoth Res,  v.170,  2007,  p. 76.

Rose, W I, S Self, P J Murrow, G J Ernst, C Bonadonna, and A J Durant.  "Pyroclastic fall deposit from the October 14, 1974 eruption of Fuego Volcano, Guatemala,"  Bull Volcanol,  2007, 


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