1. Volcanic Ash Advisory Support for the U.S. DoD Charles Holliday Air Force Weather Agency Offutt AFB, Nebraska

2. - Background - Monitoring - Products - Communications - W-VAAC Backup DoD Volcanic Ash Advisory Support Overview

3. - Situational Awareness for DoD planners - Resource Protection (worldwide deployment) DoD Volcanic Ash Advisory Support Background

4. Air Force Weather Agency Satellite Applications Branch Offutt AFB, Nebraska Global Event Coverage DoD Focal Point - Volcanic Ash Activity Monitoring - Advisory Product Generation

5. - Background - Monitoring - Products - Communications - W-VAAC Backup DoD Volcanic Ash Advisory Support Overview

6. Volcanic Ash Activity Monitoring - AFWA Automated Database Filter -- Ash Observations (Surface, Pireps) -- Sigmets/VAAC Bulletins - Internet -- Web Cams, Observatories, News Media AFWA Satellite Applications Branch AFWA Satellite Applications Branch

7. Volcanic Ash Activity Monitoring - Continued - Satellite Imagery Database -- Geostationary: NOAA-3, EUMETSAT - 2 -- Polar Orbiters: NOAA- 3, DMSP- 5 AFWA Satellite Applications Branch AFWA Satellite Applications Branch DMSP Visible (0.3 nm) Sakura-Jima Eruption Defense Meteorological Satellite Program -AFWA leverages both global stored and tactical direct readout

8. - Background - Monitoring - Products - Communications W-VAAC Backup - W-VAAC Backup DoD Volcanic Ash Advisory Support Overview

9. FVAW31 KGWC 141715 VOLCANIC ASH ERUPTION UPDATE VOLCANO: NYIRAGONGO 0203-02 LOCATION: 01.52S 29.25E AREA: DR-CONGO SUMMIT ELEVATION: 11378 FT (3469 M) 1. DETECTION SOURCE: MET-7 IMAGERY. NOAA-16 IMAGERY. 2. ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING EMISSIONS SINCE 04 JUN 04. TRAJECTORY: ASH TO FL180 MOVG SOUTHWEST AT 5-10 KTS. 3. REMARKS: ASH/STEAM PLUME VISIBLE ON 14/1000Z THROUGH 14/1500Z MET-7 VISUAL IMAGERY AND NOAA-16 VISUAL IMAGERY. FOR METSAT ANALYSIS AND PUFF MODEL FORECAST BASED ON GFS DATA SEE: HTTPS ://WEATHER.AFWA.AF.MIL/ENVIRONMENTAL(UNDERSCORE)EVENTS.HTML (LOWER-CASE ONLY). 4. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE CURRENT FVAF LFPW BULLETIN. 5. THIS BULLETIN WILL BE UPDATED EVERY SIX HOURS FOR CONTINUOUS ERUPTIONS AND/OR ERUPTIONS ABOVE FL300. PREPARED BY PIATT - Advisory Products -- Text bulletins -- Graphic output for plume forecasts AFWA Satellite Applications Branch AFWA Satellite Applications Branch Animation Static Panel Text Bltn T 0 +3 hr T 0 +6 hr

10. Ash Plume Forecast - Background PUFF Volcanic Ash Dispersion Forecast Model - Univ of Alaska Geophysical Institute (model development) - John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab -- Developed Graphical User Interface -- Adapted to ingest GFS or MM5 wind fields Product Output - Eruption events, hypothetical situations Forecast Period - Function of plume height - Minimum 6 hrs PUFF

11. - Background - Monitoring - Products - Communications - W-VAAC Backup DoD Volcanic Ash Advisory Support Overview

12. - Air Force -- Tanker Airlift Control Center -- Operational Weather Squadrons -- Selected Base Weather Stations - Navy -- Meteorological & Oceanographic Centers Dissemination Channels

13. - DoD Automated Weather Network - E-Mail Alerts - Telecon Call Down List - Posting on AFWA web site Advisory Communications

14. I Joint Air Force and Army Weather Information Network AFWA Web Site Regional Breakdown for Volcanic Activity - 4

15. I Joint Air Force and Army Weather Information Network AFWA Web Site South Pacific/Indonesian Region – Active Volcano Ash Forecast Charts

16. - Background - Monitoring - Products - Communications - W-VAAC Backup DoD Volcanic Ash Advisory Support Overview

17. Backup-Washington VAAC Backup-Washington VAAC NOAA - Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) NOAA - Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) AFWA Hot Backup - Assure Continuity of W-VAAC operations -- Contingencies, Power & Communication Outages - Assume Monitoring Function - Issue Text Bulletins, Ash Forecast Panel Graphics Frequency - Run Quarterly Exercises with W-VAAC - Hot Backup Activated Five Times in 2003

18. Volcanic Ash Advisory Support for the U.S. DoD Charles Holliday Air Force Weather Agency Offutt AFB, Nebraska