ESA - Eduspace EN - Natural Disasters - Exercise 2: Possible disasters

25-May-2025

Earthquakes

Introduction Izmit earthquake

Floods

Thessaloniki (Greece)

Hurricanes

Storm surges Hurricane Katrina

Volcanoes

Introduction Andean Volcanic Belt Etna Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira

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Exercise 2: Possible disasters

Inspection of the volcano and its surroundings

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The surroundings of the Villarrica volcano,

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Task

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Isolines indicating the distribution of volcanic ash (in cm)

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Isolines indicating the distribution of volcanic ash (in cm) after the last eruption of Lonquimay. Take notice of the scale.

Credits: H.A. Moreno and J.A. Naronjo, 1990

Andean Volcanic Belt

Introduction Background

Exercises

Exercise 1: Display of satellite images Exercise 3: Land cover and land use classification

Eduspace - Software

LEOWorks 4 (MacOS)LEOWorks 4 (Windows)LEOWorks 4 (Linux)

Eduspace - Download

Villarrica.zip Region Araucanía Google Earth.kmz