One of the most beautiful views of Lipari.
The INGV Etneo Observatory proved, right from the start, an ideal site for direct observation of the Great Crater of Vulcano and for monitoring Stromboli, thanks to its strategic position on a promontory south of the island of Lipari which dominates the island of Vulcano and the Aeolian archipelago.
It is the Lipari Geophysical Observatory, one of the historic headquarters of the Catania Section of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), for 50 years at the service of scientific research and seismic and volcanic surveillance of the Aeolian Islands, with seismometers located in the various islands and, in particular, concentrated in Vulcano and Stromboli.
Detecting with micrometric precision the mechanical and thermoelastic stresses in the rocks that occur in the event of the ascent of magmatic masses, as well as the activity of complex seismogenic structures, is what the permanent network managed by the Lipari Observatory has set out to do since its foundation.
The geophysical and volcanic monitoring was completed over time with the most recent clinometric, GPS (Global Positioning System), geochemical and video surveillance networks (cameras in thermal and visible bands of Vulcano and Stromboli). The data, concentrated at the Observatory's acquisition center, are thus transmitted in real time, using satellite communications and the network, to the Catania operations room where, 24 hours a day, the seismic and volcanic surveillance of the Etna and the Aeolian volcanoes. Part of the multiparameter signals are available (in near real time) on the institutional website http://www.ct.ingv.it/it/.
In 2001 the International Institute of Volcanology of Catania, to which the Geophysical Observatory of Lipari was a member, became part of the nascent INGV which brought together all the Italian scientific realities operating in the sector. In the historical site of Contrada Falcone in Lipari, the new institution immediately starts the necessary building and technical-logistic modernization works.
But the Geophysical Observatory of Lipari, which for 50 years has been rendering a constant service to the community in terms of seismic and volcanic surveillance, also has an important role in the scientific and social sphere which it carries out according to the methods established by the agreement with the Department of Protection. National Civil.
The recent provision of new telematic infrastructures with very high transmission speed (optical fiber, wireless backbone), in addition to ensuring the due redundancy of geophysical data in the event of a disaster, paves the way for the implementation of new alert systems and services for surveillance. and the assessment of the danger of tsunamis, volcanoes and earthquakes.
Since 2000, the Aeolian Islands have been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, rightfully entering the World Heritage List.
UNESCO's attention to volcanology had already materialized since the second half of the 1960s, with the foundation of the International Institute of Volcanology, formalized in Finland by Alfred Rittmann.
INGV Observatory and Weather Station - Etneo - 360 ° Immersive Images
Address: Contrada S. Salvatore, Lipari, Me 98055, 98050
Phone: 090 981 1650
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Sergio Contrafatto