ARISE project capabilities for hazards monitoring Free

The ARISE (Atmospheric dynamics InfraStructure in Europe) project funded by the European Union combines the International infrasound monitoring system developed for the CTBT (Comprehensive nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty) verification, the NDACC (Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Changes) lidar network, European observatories at mid latitudes (OHP observatory), tropics (OPAR observatory), high latitudes (ALOMAR), the European infrasound stations and satellites for the study of the dynamics of the atmosphere from ground to thermosphere. The ARISE network is unique by its coverage from equatorial to polar regions and the involved scales both in time (to tens of years) and space (one to thousands of kilometers). One of the major objective of ARISE is the monitoring of extreme events including lightning, earthquakes, tornadoes, and volcanoes. A review of the ARISE results will be presented. Volcano monitoring by the infrasound technology presents a strong interest for aviation safety in case of eruption of distant non instrumented volcanoes in broad coverage in complement to satellite observations, which can be limited by the cloud cover. One of the ARISE objectives is to provide eruption notifications including confidence index representative on propagation conditions and additional analysis results. Such studies interest the VACCs (including VAAC Toulouse) and the IAVWOPSG.