Dear colleagues!

Due to a loss of government funding beginning February 01, 2010, KVERT will no longer distribute information regarding volcanic activity in Kamchatka and the Northern Kuriles.

Specifically, the following KVERT services are suspended:

- Assignment of Aviation Color Codes;
- Sending: - email operational messages from IVS FED RAS and KB GS RAS;
- daily activity report in English from KB GS RAS (table format);
- KVERT Information Releases about current activity and forecasts activity of volcanoes of Kamchatka and Northern Kuriles from IVS FED RAS

to all users including Tokyo VAAC, Anchorage VAAC, and Washington VAAC, and airlines.

In addition, KVERT will no longer maintain its public web site with volcano information. Access to the following information will cease:

- KVERT information releases
- Volcanic danger prognosis for aviation for next week (in Russian)
- Current Activity of the Volcanoes - MODIS and NOAA satellite images
- Weekly information on current eruptions on the IVS website.

Dr. Olga Girina,
KVERT, IVS FED RAS
E-mail: girina@kscnet.ru
Tel. (41522) 58627

Sergey Senyukov,
KVERT, KB GS RAS
E-mail: ssl@emsd.ru
Tel. (41522) 59523

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT REDUCE THE RISK OF AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERS WITH VOLCANIC ASH CLOUDS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC REGION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Marina V. Petrova,
Meteorological agency of “Rosgidromet”, Moscow,
Tel. 8-(495)-605-48-00
e-mail: meteoag@mcc.mecom.ru , meteoag@mecom.ru