18th February 2025: COMET_Event Response Report 1.7 – Fentale Volcano, Ethiopia
Purpose/Caveats: These event response reports are designed to assist situational awareness and rapid response efforts, and represent best endeavours at the time of issue. Analysis and interpretation of the data is preliminary, and may not reflect the most up-to-date or complete information due to the evolving situation
Area of Interest: Fentale Volcano, Ethiopia
Date Covered: 14 January – 16 February 2025
Authors: Lin Way (Bristol), Weiyu Zheng (Bristol), Edna Dualeh (Bristol), Juliet Biggs (Bristol), Milan Lazecky (Leeds), Tim Wright (Leeds), Raphael Grandin (IPGP), Arthur Hauck (IPGP)
Reviewed by: Sue Loughlin (BGS), Julia Crummy (BGS)
Data Used:
– InSAR images collected by the European Sentinel-1 satellite and processed using the COMET LICSAR system (https://comet.nerc.ac.uk/comet-lics-portal/)
– InSAR and SAR backscatter images acquired by the COSMO-SkyMed (CSK) and COSMO-SkyMed 2nd generation (CSG) satellites, provided through the CEOS GVEWERS programme and processed at the University of Bristol using GAMMA.
– Digital Surface Model (DSM) based on the DSM-OPT webservice developed and performed by FormaTerre, Solid Earth component of the Data Terra Research Infrasctructure. Pléiades images were provided under the CIEST2 (CNESFormaTerre) initiative (image Pléiades ©CNES2025, distribution AIRBUS DS). This dataset is licenced under CC BY-NC 4.0.
– USGS Earthquake Catalogue (https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/)
5th February 2025: COMET Event Response Report 1.6 – Fentale Volcano, Ethiopia
Purpose/Caveats: These event response reports are designed to assist situational awareness and rapid response efforts, and represent best endeavours at the time of issue. Analysis and interpretation of the data is preliminary, and may not reflect the most up-to-date or complete information due to the evolving situation
Issued: 10.00 GMT, 5th February 2025
Area of Interest: Fentale Volcano, Ethiopia
Dates Covered: 22 January – 3 February 2025
Authors: Lin Way (Bristol), Weiyu Zheng (Bristol), Juliet Biggs (Bristol), Milan Lazecky (Leeds), Tim Wright (Leeds)
Data Used:
– InSAR images collected by the European Sentinel-1 satellite and processed using the COMET LICSAR system (https://comet.nerc.ac.uk/comet-lics-portal/)
– InSAR images acquired by the COSMO-SkyMed (CSK) satellite, provided through the CEOS GVEWERS programme and processed at the University of Bristol using GAMMA.
– USGS Earthquake Catalogue (https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/)
29th January 2025: COMET Event Response Report 1.5 – Fentale Volcano, Ethiopia
Purpose/Caveats: These event response reports are designed to assist situational awareness and rapid response efforts, and represent best endeavours at the time of issue. Analysis and interpretation of the data is preliminary, and may not reflect the most up-to-date or complete information due to the evolving situation
Issued: 17.00 GMT, 29th January 2025
Area of Interest: Fentale Volcano, Ethiopia
Dates Covered: 10 January 2025 – 25 January 2025
Authors: Lin Way (Bristol), Weiyu Zheng (Bristol), Juliet Biggs (Bristol), Milan Lazecky (Leeds), Tim Wright (Leeds)
Data Used:
– InSAR images collected by the European Sentinel-1 satellite and processed using the COMET LICSAR system (https://comet.nerc.ac.uk/comet-lics-portal/)
– InSAR images acquired by the COSMO-SkyMed (CSK) satellite, provided through the CEOS GVEWERS programme and processed at the University of Bristol using GAMMA.
– USGS Earthquake Catalogue (https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/)
14th January 2025: COMET Event Response Report 1.4 – Fentale Volcano, Ethiopia
Purpose/Caveats: These event response reports are designed to assist situational awareness and rapid response efforts, and represent best endeavours at the time of issue. Analysis and interpretation of the data is preliminary, and may not reflect the most up-to-date or complete information due to the evolving situation
Issued: 16.00 GMT, 14th January 2025
Area of Interest: Fentale Volcano, Ethiopia
Dates Covered: 05 December 2024 – 10 January 2025
Authors: Juliet Biggs (Bristol), Lin Way (Bristol), Weiyu Zheng (Bristol), Milan Lazecky (Leeds), Tim Wright (Leeds)
Data Used:
– InSAR images collected by the European Sentinel-1 satellite and processed using the COMET LICSAR system (https://comet.nerc.ac.uk/comet-lics-portal/)
– InSAR images acquired by the COSMO-SkyMed (CSK) satellite, provided through the CEOS GVEWERS programme and processed at the University of Bristol using GAMMA.
– USGS Earthquake Catalogue (https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/)
6th January 2025: COMET Event Response Report 1.3 – Fentale Volcano, Ethiopia
Purpose/Caveats: These event response reports are designed to assist situational awareness and rapid response efforts, and represent best endeavours at the time of issue. Analysis and interpretation of the data is preliminary, and may not reflect the most up-to-date or complete information due to the evolving situation
Issued: 14.00 GMT, 6th January 2025
Area of Interest: Fentale Volcano, Ethiopia
Dates Covered: 22nd October 2024 – 3rd January 2025
Authors: Juliet Biggs (Bristol), Lin Way (Bristol), Milan Lazecky (Leeds), Tim Wright (Leeds), Sue Loughlin (BGS)
Data Used:
– InSAR images collected by the European Sentinel-1 satellite and processed using the COMET LICSAR system (https://comet.nerc.ac.uk/comet-lics-portal/)
– USGS Earthquake Catalogue (https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/)
22nd October 2024: COMET Event Response Report 1.2 – Fentale Volcano, Ethiopia
Purpose/Caveats: These event response reports are designed to assist situational awareness and rapid response efforts, and represent best endeavours at the time of issue. Analysis and interpretation of the data is preliminary, and may not reflect the most up-to-date or complete information due to the evolving situation
Issued: 17.00 BST, 22nd October 2024
Area of Interest: Fentale Volcano, Ethiopia
Dates Covered: 8-22th October 2024
Authors: Juliet Biggs (Bristol), Lin Way (Bristol), Milan Lazecky (Leeds), Weiyu Zheng (Bristol), Tim Wright (Leeds), Andy Hooper (Leeds)
Data Used:
– InSAR images collected by the European Sentinel-1 satellite and processed using the COMET LICSAR system;
– InSAR images acquired by the CosmoSkyMed satellite, provides through the CEOS GVEWERS programme and processed at the University of Bristol using ISCE2;
– USGS Earthquake Catalogue.
8th October 2024: COMET Event Response Report 1.1 – Fentale Volcano, Ethiopia
Purpose/Caveats: These event response reports are designed to assist situational awareness and rapid response efforts, and represent best endeavours at the time of issue. Analysis and interpretation of the data is preliminary, and may not reflect the most up-to-date or complete information due to the evolving situation
Issued: 18.00 BST 8th October 2024
Area of Interest: Fentale Volcano, Ethiopia
Date Covered: 12th September 2024-8th October 2024
Authors: Juliet Biggs (Bristol), Lin Way (Bristol), Milan Lazecky (Leeds)
Data Used:
– InSAR images collected by the European Sentinel-1 satellite and processed using the COMET LICSAR system;
– USGS Earthquake Catalogue.