Arnold Okamura (Former Employee)
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Volcano Watch — Student worker and volunteer programs at HVO
As summer is quickly approaching, it seems appropriate to write about the student worker and volunteer programs at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Volcano Watch — Age and appearance of lava flows
When visitors to this island arrive at the Keahole airport and travel along the Queen Ka'ahumanu highway to a hotel in south Kohala, they cannot help but notice the bare, black, glistening fields of lava. The flows, with their glassy surfaces, appear to have erupted yesterday.
Volcano Watch — Margaret Mangan, Scientist-in-Charge
On March 1, 1996, Dr. Margaret Thair Mangan succeeded David A. Clague as Scientist-in-Charge of the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and became the fifteenth person to lead this illustrious institution in its 84-year history.
Volcano Watch — End of the federal shutdown
Although the partial Federal Government shutdown is over for now, the effects of three weeks with a very reduced staff were heavily felt at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Volcano Watch — Thirteen years and counting
Wednesday, January 3, marks the thirteenth anniversary of the start of the nearly continuous eruptive activity at Kīlauea Volcano. The Pu'u 'O'o-Kupaianaha eruption is the longest-lived and most voluminous historic eruption on Kīlauea's East Rift Zone. The thirteen years of the eruption can be divided into three distinct phases.
Volcano Watch — The Volcanic Hazards Program at HVO
The staff and associates of the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) extend a warm and hearty holiday greeting to all of the faithful readers of this column.
Volcano Watch — Kapaho Cone, an ash and tuff cone
The superintendent for the parks maintenance division of the Hawaii County Parks and Recreation Department recently called the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory to inquire about a possible source of cinder/ash mixture similar to that found at Kapoho Cone.
Volcano Watch — Student opportunities, volunteer programs
The mission of the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is to monitor the volcanoes of Hawaii, to study the geological processes associated with eruptive and seismic activities, and to inform the public of the results of our studies.
Volcano Watch — Hualālai
For several weeks we have been fielding calls from anxious people in Kona asking about an imminent eruption of Hualālai Volcano.
Volcano Watch — HVO's Clague honored at AGU meeting
This past week, six members of the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory traveled to San Francisco to participate in the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Volcano Watch — 67,145 quakes recorded at HVO so far this year
The staff and associates of the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory extend a warm and cheerful holiday greeting to all of the faithful readers of our column.