Environmental Emergency Response Division

VAAC Montréal

ATTENTION PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PAGE IS NOT UPDATED IN REAL TIME. THE INFORMATION IT CONTAINS IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE TO OFFICIAL FORECASTS / SPOKESPERSONS.

THE INTERPRETATION OF THE MODEL OUTPUTS SHOULD BE DONE BY A METEOROLOGIST HAVING A STRONG BACKGROUND IN SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY AND ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION.

Introduction

• Description of the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre

• Volcanic Ash Forecasting at the Canadian Meteorological Centre

  • ( "Pan Pacific Hazards '96", July 29 au August 2 1996, Vancouver BC )

• Description of the volcanic ash charts

VAAC Montréal Products

• Current and recent products

• Past eruptions

Other links of interest

• Alaska Volcano Observatory

• Cascades Volcano Observatory

• Emergency Preparedness Information Exchange

• International Civil Aviation Organization

• MTU Volcanoes page

• Other Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres :

  • Anchorage
  • Darwin
  • Toulouse

  • Washington

• Pacifique Geoscience Center of the Geological Survey of Canada

• Volcanic Ash Transport and Dispersion model (VAFTAD) - NOAA-ARL

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