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| Coordination Committee for Prediction Research on Volcanic Eruption in Universities |
The coordination committee was established in ERI in 2000 to discuss the state of the eruption prediction researches in universities and to reflect the results to the future plan. We strengthen observation researches on volcanoes and promote the basic researches on volcanic eruption prediction under the 7th plan of the national program for volcanic eruption prediction. We carry out two main projects, extensive observationn and volcanic structure explorationn. The visiting professor system was introduced for this committee to make close relationship among researches for these projects. Our basic researches include understanding of eruption mechanisms, clarifying magma plumbing system and its change, long- to short-term prediction of eruptions, technical development of volcanic observation and analysis, and promotion of international researches and cooperation.
University researchers conduct two main projects, volcanic structure
exploration to investigate the state of the interior and extensive
observation for evaluating the potential of eruption.