IVATF/4-DP/08
15/6/12
INTERNATIONAL VOLCANIC ASH TASK FORCE (IVATF)
FOURTH MEETING
Montréal, 13 to 15 June 2012
Agenda Item 8: Any other business
DRAFT REPORT
8.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
8.1
Iceland informed the task force of the availability of a comprehensive report on the 2010
eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano. The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO), Institute for Earth
Sciences (IES) of the University of Iceland, and the Department of Civil Protection and Emergency
Management of the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police (NCIP-DCPEM) had compiled the
report which included information on the geophysical monitoring system in Iceland, a detailed overview
on the eruption, analysis of the event with discussion and main findings and lessons learned. The task
force expressed its appreciation to Iceland for the making hard-copies of the report available to the
participants of the meeting. The task force also pleased to note that the report was available on the IMO
website1.
8.2
No other items were raised by the task force under this agenda item.
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http://en.vedur.is/about-imo/publications/2012
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