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Letizia Spampinato BSc

PhD Student, supervised by Dr Clive Oppenheimer and Dr. Sonia Calvari, senior researcher at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Catania, (Italy)

Application of thermal imaging to lava flow hazard assessment at Mt. Etna (Italy)

Biography

After I obtained my first degree in Earth Sciences in 2002, I took a research post at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) in Catania, joining the Volcanology and Geochemistry Group. Since November 2002, I have been applying thermal imaging to research and monitoring of the active volcanoes of southern Italy, (Mt Etna, Stromboli and Vulcano). The instrument used is a FLIR TM 695 thermal camera, and I have been able to study several eruptions including the 2002-03 eruptions at Stromboli and Mt. Etna. In addition, I also work with the Cartography Group of the INGV Catania Section, particularly during volcanic crises, when I assist with lava flow field mapping based on thermal images and digital photo interpretation.

Career

• 1 November 2010 – 31 October 2011: Scholarship supported by the 'Progetto Sicilia', "Programma Triennale di Estensione e Potenziamento dei Sistemi di Monitoraggio Vulcanico e Sismico della Sicilia".
• 1 November 2009 – 31 October 2010: Scholarship supported by the 'Progetto Sicilia', "Programma Triennale di Estensione e Potenziamento dei Sistemi di Monitoraggio Vulcanico e Sismico della Sicilia".
• 1 May 2009 – 31 October 2009: Scholarship supported by the 'Progetto Sicilia', "Programma Triennale di Estensione e Potenziamento dei Sistemi di Monitoraggio Vulcanico e Sismico della Sicilia".
• 1 May 2008 – 30 April 2009: Scholarship supported by the 'Progetto Sicilia', "Programma Triennale di Estensione e Potenziamento dei Sistemi di Monitoraggio Vulcanico e Sismico della Sicilia", Task V1 (Monitoraggio gas plume)" coordinated by Dr M. R. Burton.
• 1 May 2007 – 30 April 2008: Scholarship supported by the 'Progetto Sicilia', "Programma Triennale di Estensione e Potenziamento dei Sistemi di Monitoraggio Vulcanico e Sismico della Sicilia", Task V1 (Monitoraggio gas plume)" coordinated by Dr M. R. Burton.
• 1 November 2006 – 31 March 2007: Scholarship on the project supported by Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR) "Simulazione dei flussi lavici con gli automi cellulari", coordinated by Dr G.M. Crisci, Università della Calabria.
• 1 November 2005 - 1 November 2006: Scholarship on the project supported by Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR) "Simulazione dei flussi lavici con gli automi cellulari", coordinated by Dr G.M. Crisci, Università della Calabria.
• 2005 - 2006: I.N.G.V. - DPC (Dipartment of Civil Protection) Research Project V4 -"Conception, verification, and application of innovative techniques to study active volcanoes".
• 20 May 2005 - 1 July 2005: Scholarship University of Hilo, Hawai'I, USA, to attend an International Training Program in Volcano Hazard Monitoring CSAV - Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes - University of Hawai'I, Hilo and U.S. Geological Survey.
• 1 November 2004 - 1 November 2005: Scholarship on the project supported by Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR) "Simulazione dei flussi lavici con gli automi cellulari", coordinated by Dr G.M. Crisci, Università della Calabria.
• 1 December 2003 - 30 September 2004: Scholarship of Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia Catania Section.
• 10 June 2003 - 10 December 2003: Contract of Research with I.N.G.V. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - Catania Section.
• 5 March 2003 - 10 June 2003: Collaboration with INGV Catania, Italy.
• 1 December 2002 - 5 March 2003: Contract of Research with I.N.G.V. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - Catania Section.
• October 2002 - 1 December 2002: Collaboration with INGV Catania, Italy.

Qualifications

• 2005 - present. Ph.D. student, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge.
• 1 - 2 March 2004. Course on volcanic surveillance, INGV Catania Section, Italy.
• 20 May to 1 July 2005. International Training Program in Volcano hazards Monitoring. CSAV - Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes - University of Hawai'I, Hilo and U.S. Geological Survey.
• In 2003-04. Autodesk (AutoCad and Map 2004) and GeoMedia 2004 Professional courses, Teseo Sistemi, in Catania, Italy.
• 2002. BSc (Earth Sciences) University of Catania, Italy.

Research

The monitoring of active lava flow field evolution has become one of the main focuses of studies on basaltic volcanoes characterized by effusive activity. The evaluation of hazard and the simulation of lava flow paths are crucial to developing mitigation strategies to protect settled areas. Mt. Etna, for instance, with its frequent lava effusions from lateral vents has threatened towns, villages and tourist facilities several times. At the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Catania-Section, volcano surveillance is carried out by several different techniques, including the use of a TM 695 thermal imaging camera manufactured by FLIR. Infrared imaging surveys (handheld or tripod-mounted camera) conducted on Mt. Etna and also on Stromboli (Aeolian Islands, Italy) have enabled tracking of the development of lava flow fields and the collection of a large amount of data even when it was impossible to approach directly the active lava flows.

I will focus on infrared imagery collected during the 2002-3 eruption of Mt Etna with two main objectives: (i) to detect lava flow field spreading, and (ii) to discriminate lava flow field structures by mapping features such as lava tubes, which contribute to hazard because they promote the lengthening of lava flows (Calvari and Pinkerton, 1998). The study of lava flow field emplacement mechanisms and lava flow field structures is fundamental to assessment of lava flow invasion risk and its potential effects on land, property, and people. The techniques applied and developed, and the results obtained from this study of Etna, should be applicable to other basaltic volcanoes.

Projects

1. Volcanological field work at Santiaguito lava dome complex and Pacaya volcano (Guatemala), 2011. Spampinato L., Salerno, G.G., La Spina, A.. INGV, CT Grants (Italy).
2. Volcanological field work at Villarrica Volcano (Chile), 2009. Barnie T., Donovan A., Le Blond J., Roberts T., Salerno G.G., Sawyer G.M., Spampinato L.. Antofagasta Plc. Grants - University of Cambridge (United Kingdom).
3. Volcanological field work at Poàs, Arenal, and Masaya Volcano, Costa Rica and Nicaragua (Central America), 2009. University of Cambridge-University of Bristol-Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).
4. INGV-DPC 2008-2010. Progetto di ricerca V2-"Paroxysm – definition of expected precursors for major explosions, paroxysms and effusive eruptions at Stromboli volcano". Coord. Dr. A. Aiuppa (University of Palermo), Dr A. Bertagnini (INGV, sezione di Pisa), Dr S. Calvari (INGV, sezione di Catania).
5. University of Cambridge-HVO-USGS campaign, Kilauea, 2008. Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Urgency Grants.
6. INGV-DPC (Department of Civil Protection) 2005 - 2006. Research Project V4-"Conception,verification, and application of innovative techniques to study active volcanoes". Coord. Dr L. Lodato. Responsibles: Dr W. Marzocchi (INGV Bologna, Bologna, Italy) and Dr A. Zollo (Dept. Of Physics, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy).
7. INGV-DPC (Department of Civil Protection) 2005 - 2006. Research Project V2-UR 01 - "Attivita' di ricerca e monitoraggio a Stromboli e Panarea". Responsibles: Dr D. Patane' (INGV Catania) and Dr A. Tibaldi (University of Milano-Bicocca). Coord. Dr S. Calvari.

Publications

Selected publications

2011

• Calvari S., Spampinato L., Bonaccorso A., Oppenheimer C., Rivalta E., Boschi E. (2011) - Lava effusion – a slow fuse for paroxysms at Stromboli volcano?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 301, 317-323.
• Spampinato L., Salerno G.G., Martin R., Sawyer G.M., Ramírez C., Ilyinskaya E., Oppenheimer C. (2011) - The March 2009 thermal imaging and gas measurements survey at Poás Volcano (Costa Rica) in March 2009. Revista Geológica de América Central, RGAC, Special Volume on Poás Volcano, ISSN:0256-7024, 43, 171-190.
• Spampinato L., Calvari S., Oppenheimer C., Boschi E. (2011) - Volcano surveillance using infrared cameras. Earth-Science Reviews, 106, 63-91.
• Sawyer G.M., Salerno,G.G., Le Blonde,J.S., Martin,R.S., Spampinato L., Roberts T.J., Mather T.A., Witt M.L.I., Oppenheimer C. (2011) - Gas and aerosol emissions from Villarrica volcano, Chile. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. Accepted.

2010

• Calvari S., Lodato L., Steffke A., Cristaldi A., Harris A.J.L., Spampinato L., Boschi E. (2010) - The 2007 Stromboli flank eruption: chronology of the events, and effusion rate measurements from thermal images and satellite data. Journal Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2009jb006478.
• Martin R.S., Sawyer G.M., Spampinato L., Salerno G.G., Ramirez C., Ilyinskaya E., Witt M.L.I., Mather T.A., Watson I.M., Oppenheimer C. (2010) - A total inventory for Masaya volcano, Nicaragua. Journal Geophysical Research, 115, B09215, doi:10.1029/2010JB007480.

2009

• Harris A.J.L., Lodato L., Dehn J., Spampinato L. (2009) - Thermal Characterization of the Vulcano Fumarole Fields. Bulletin of Volcanology, 71, 441-458.

2008

• Spampinato L., Oppenheimer C., Calvari S., Cannata A., Montalto P. (2008) - Lava lake surface characterization by thermal imaging: Erta 'Ale volcano (Ethiopia). Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystems, 9(12), Q12008, doi:10.1029/2008GC002164.
• Lodato L., Spampinato L., Harris A.J.L., Dehn J., M.R. James, Pecora E., Biale E., Curcuruto A. (2008) - Use of Forward Looking InfraRed thermal cameras at active volcanoes. In "Conception, verification and application of innovative techniques to study active volcanoes". Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, ISBN 9788889972090. Eds: W. Marzocchi, A. Zollo, 427-434.
• Spampinato L., Calvari S., Harris A.J.L., Dehn J. (2008) - Evolution of the lava flow field by daily thermal and visible airborne surveys. In "Learning from Stromboli and its 2002-03 eruptive crisis", American Geophysical Union-Geophysical Monograph. Eds: S. Calvari, S. Inguaggiato G. Puglisi, M. Ripepe, M. Rosi, in press.
• Burton M., Calvari S., Spampinato L., Lodato L., Mangiagli S., Pecora E., Pino N.A., Marchetti E., Mure' F. (2008) - Volcanic activity st Stromboli preceding the 2002/03 eruption. In "Learning from Stromboli and its 2002-03 eruptive crisis", American Geophysical Union-Geophysical Monograph. Eds: S. Calvari, S. Inguaggiato, G. Puglisi, M. Ripepe, M. Rosi, in press.
• Pioli L., Rosi M., Calvari S., Spampinato L., Renzulli A., Di Roberto A. (2008) - The eruptive activity of 28 and 29 December 2002. In "Learning from Stromboli and its 2002-03 eruptive crisi", American Geophysical Union-Geophysical Monograph. Eds: S. Calvari, S. Inguaggiato, G. Puglisi, M. Ripepe, M. Rosi, in press.
• Harris A.J.L., Ripepe M., Calvari S., Lodato L., Spampinato L. (2008) - The 5 April 2003 explosion of Stromboli: Timing of eruption dynamics using thermal data. In "Learning from Stromboli and its 2002-03 eruptive crisis", American Geophysical Union-Geophysical Monograph. Eds: S. Calvari, S. Inguaggiato, G. Puglisi, M. Ripepe, M. Rosi, in press.
• Spampinato L., Calvari S., Oppenheimer C., Lodato L. (2008) - Shallow magma transport for the 2002-3 Mt. Etna eruption inferred from thermal infrared surveys. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 177, 301-312.

2007

• Pecora E., Biale E., Saraceno B., Curcuruto A., Reitano D., Lodato L., Spampinato L., Harris A.J.L., Dehn J. (2007) - Installazione di una telecamera termica permanente al cratere "La Fossa" di Vulcano. Rapporti Tecnici INGV, n. 50.
• Lodato L., Spampinato L., Harris A., Calvari S., Dehn J., and Patrick M. - The Morphology and Evolution of the Stromboli 2002-03 Lava Flow Field: An Example of Basaltic Flow Field Emplaced on a Steep Slope. Bulletin of Volcanology. Bulletin of Volcanology. doi:10.1007/s00445-006-0101-6.

2006

• Calvari S., Spampinato L., Lodato L. (2006) - The 5 April 2003 vulcanian paroxysmal explosion at Stromboli volcano (Italy) from field observations and thermal data. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. Vol. 149 (1-2), pp. 160-175.

2005

• Andronico D., Branca S., Calvari S., Burton M.R., Caltabiano T., Corsaro R.A., Del Carlo P., Garfì G., Lodato L., Miraglia L., Muré F., Neri M., Pecora E., Pompilio M., Salerno G., Spampinato L. (2005) - A multi-disciplinary study of the 2002-03 Etna eruption: insights for a complex plumbing system. Bulletin of Volcanology. ISSN: 0258-8900 (Paper) 1432-0819. doi:10.1007/s00445-004-0372-8. Received: 7 July 2003 Accepted: 2 April 2004 Published online: 7 July 2004.
• Burton M.R., Neri M., Andronico D., Branca S., Caltabiano T., Calvari S., Corsaro R.A., Del Carlo P., Lanzafame G., Lodato L., Miraglia L., Salerno G. and Spampinato L. (2005) - Etna 2004-2005: An Archetype for geodynamically-controlled effusive eruption. Geophysical Research Letters. VOL. 32, L09303, doi:10.1029/2005GL022527.
• Calvari S., Spampinato L., Lodato L., Dehn J., Harris A., Patrick M., Burton M. R., Andronico D. (2005) - Complex volcanic processes during observed with a hand-held thermal camera during the 2002-2003 flank eruption at Stromboli volcano (Italy). Journal Geophysical Research. doi:10.1029/2004JB003129.

2004

• Calvari S., Del Carlo P., Branca S., Andronico D., Bruno N., Burton M.R., Caltabiano T., Cascone M., Coltelli M., Condarelli D., Corsaro R.A., Cristalli A., De Beni E., Garfì G., Lanzafame G., Lodato L., Longo V., Mangiagli S., Messina L., Miraglia L., Morabito F., Muré F., Neri M., Pecora E., Pompilio M., Salerno G., Sawyer G., Scollo S., Spampinato L. (2004) - The first period of the 2002 Etna eruption (27 October-5 November): preliminary results. Quaderni di Geofisica. ISSN: 1590-2595 (accepted on 16/6/2003) Vol. N°32 2004.
• Calvari S., Lodato L. and Spampinato L. (2004) - Monitoring active volcanoes using a handheld thermal camera. In Thermosense XXVI, edited by Douglas D. Burleigh, K. Elliott Cramer,G. Raymond Peacock, Proceedings of SPIE. Vol. 5405 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2004) pp. 199-209.

Conference presentations

• Spampinato L., Oppenheimer C., Cannata A., Montalto P., Salerno G.G., Calvari S. "Superimposed degassing cycles at active basaltic volcanoes". International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Melbourne Assembly, V08-1792, 2011.
• Spampinato L., Ganci G., Calvari S., Vicari A., Cristaldi A., Del Negro C. "Pattern of the Stromboli's recent effusive activity by fixed, portable and satellite infrared data". International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Melbourne Assembly, V07-5206, 2011.
• Spampinato L., Oppenheimer C., Cannata A., Montalto P., Salerno G.G., Calvari S. "Superimposed degassing cycles at active basaltic volcanoes". EGU General Assembly Vienna, 13, EGU2011-10341, 2011.
• Cannata A., Sciotto M., Spampinato L., Spina L. "Investigation of esplosive activity along an eruptive fissure by infrasound: 2008 Mt. Etna eruption". EGU General Assembly Vienna, 13, EGU2011-2096, 2011.
• Calvari S., Buettner R., Cristaldi A., Dellino P., Giudicepietro F., Orazi M., Peluso R., Spampinato L., Zimanowski B., Boschi E. "The 7 September 2008 major explosion at Stromboli volcano: Characterisation of the event and quantification of the ejecta from a multi-parametric analysis". EGU General Assembly Vienna, 13, EGU2011-2163, 2011.
• Calvari S., Spampinato L., Bonaccorso A., Oppenheimer C., Rivalta E., Boschi E. "Lava effusion - A slow fuse for paroxysms at Stromboli volcano?". EGU General Assembly Vienna, 13, EGU2011-2160, 2011.
• Spampinato L., Salerno G.G., Martin R.S., Sawyer G.M., Ramírez C., Ilyinskaya E., Oppenheimer C. "Degassing pathways through the shallow magmatic-hydrothermal system of Poás Volcano (Costa Rica)". Cities on Volcanoes 6, Tenerife, CoV6/1.3/P/30, 2010.
• Sawyer G.M., Salerno G.G., Le Blond J.S., Martin R., Spampinato L., Roberts T., Witt M., Mather T., Tsanev V.I., Oppenheimer C. "Monitoring gas and particle emissions from Villarrica volcano, Chile". Cities on Volcanoes 6, Tenerife, CoV6/1.3/P/48, 2010.
• Spampinato L., Salerno G.G., Martin R.S., Sawyer G.M., Ramírez C., Ilyinskaya E., Oppenheimer C. "Degassing pathways through the shallow magmatic-hydrothermal system of Poás Volcano (Costa Rica)". International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, 7^th Workshop on Volcanic Lakes, Costa Rica, V43B-2258, 2010.
• Spampinato L., Salerno G.G., Martin R.S., Sawyer G.M., Ramírez, Ilyinskaya E., Oppenheimer C., "Degassing pathways through the shallow magmatic-hydrothermal system of Poás Volcano (Costa Rica)". AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco 2009.
• Spampinato L., Oppenheimer C., Calvari S., Cannata A., Montalto P., "Thermal imaging of Erta 'Ale active lava lake (Ethiopia)". EGU General Assembly 2009.
• Calvari S., Spampinato L., Bonaccorso A., Lodato L., Boschi E., "Basis for predicting explosive paroxysmal events during flank eruptions at Stromboli volcano". IAVCEI Reykjavik, Iceland 2008.
• Spampinato L., Oppenheimer C., Calvari S., "Thermal imaging of Erta 'Ale active lava lake (Ethiopia)". IAVCEI Reykjavik, Iceland 2008.
• Spampinato L., Lodato L., Harris A., Dehn J., "Tracking of Volcano's Fumarole Field Variations Using Real Time, High Temporal Resolution Data From A Permanent Thermal Camera". AGU Fall Meeting San Francisco 2007.
• Lodato L., Spampinato L., Harris A., Calvari S., Dehn J. and Patrick M. "Thermal imaging applied for studying the spreading of a'a' lava flows during the 2002-2003 Stromboli effusive eruption". AGU Fall Meeting San Francisco 2007.
• Spampinato L., Calvari S., Oppenheimer C., Lodato L. and Boschi E. "Shallow dike emplacement, geometric stabilization and drainage revealed from thermal surveys during the 2002-03 Etna southern eruption (Italy)". Cities on Volcanoes 5, Shimabara, Japan, 2007.
• Calvari S. Lodato L., Spampinato L. and Boschi E. "Comparison Between the 2002-03 and 2007 Flank Eruptions at Stromboli Volcano: Basis for Predicting Future Volcanic Events". Cities on volcanoes 5, Shimabara, Japan.
• Spampinato L.,"Preliminary thermal data obtained through the use of a permanent A40 (FLIR) camera in Vulcano La Fossa Fumarole Field (Italy)" Project INGV-DPC V4 "Conception, verification, and application of innovative techniques to study active volcanoes", Workshop, Rome, 18-19 January 2007.
• Spampinato L., Calvari S., Lodato L. and Oppenheimer C. "Dike emplacement and vent distribution during the 2002-03 etna southern eruption, investigated using a FLIR handheld thermal camera" AGU Fall Meeting San Francisco 2006.
• Lodato L., Dehn J., Harris A.J.L. and Spampinato L. "Preliminary thermal data using a continuously recording A 40 (FLIR) camera at the Vulcano la Fossa Fumarole Field (Italy). AGU Fall Meeting San Francisco 2006.
• Spampinato L., Lodato L., Harris A., Calvari S., Dehn J. And Patrick M. "Development of a complex lava tube network during the 2002-03 Stromboli effusive activity detected using a handheld FLIR thermal camera". GPL Walker Symposium 2006, Reykholt, Reykjavik, Iceland.
• Salerno G., Spampinato L., Burton M., Calvari S., Lodato L., Caltabiano T., Andronico D., Condarelli D., Longo V. and Muré F. "Hiatus in the typical strombolian activity during the 2002-03 Stromboli effusive eruption: SO2 flux degassing and thermal release relationship as a marker of anomalous activity. GPL Walker Symposium 2006, Reykholt, Reykjavik, Iceland.
• Salerno G., Spampinato L., Burton M., Calvari S., Lodato L., Caltabiano T., Andronico D., Condarelli D., Longo V. and Muré F. "Degassing and thermal release relationship as a marker of anomalous activity on Stromboli (Italy). EGU Vienna 2006.
• Lodato L., Dehn J., Harris A.J.L. and Spampinato L. "Preliminary thermal data using a continuously recording A 40 (FLIR) camera at the Vulcano la Fossa Fumarole Field (Italy). EGU Vienna 2006.
• Lodato L., Spampinato L., Harris A.J.L., Calvari S., Dehn J. and Patrick M. "The 2002-03 effusive activity at Stromboli: study of the development of a complex lava distribution system using a handheld FLIR thermal camera". EGU Vienna 2006.
• Andronico D., Branca S., Lodato L., Spampinato L. "Monitoring of the 2004-05 effusive eruption at Mt. Etna volcano, Italy". - (2005), Cities on Volcanoes 4.
• Andronico D., Branca S., Cascone M., Costa N., Lodato L., Spampinato L. "The Cartographic and Editing Laboratory of the INGV-Catania Section" – (2005), Cities on Volcanoes 4.
• Lodato L., Dehn J., Harris A.J.L., Spampinato L. "Advancement on Thermal Imagining in Volcanic Areas: Results from a Cross-Calibration Experiment in a Fumarolic Field, Vulcano (Italy)."- (2005), AGU Fall Meeting 5–9 December 2005, San Francisco, California, USA.
• Spampinato L., Calvari S., Lodato L., "Thermal measurements at active volcanoes, using a FLIR thermal camera." CSAV Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes, International Country Reports, University of Hawai'i, Hilo, 26 June 2005.
• Andronico D., Branca S., Calvari S., Burton M.R., Caltabiano T., Corsaro R.A., Del Carlo P., Garfì G., Lodato L., Miraglia L., Muré F., Neri M., Pecora E., Pompilio M., Salerno G., Spampinato L., "A multi-disciplinary study of the 2002-03 Etna eruption: insights for a complex plumbing system". – (2003). 28 April 2004 EGU 1st General Assembly, Nice.
• Calvari S., Garfì G., Lodato L., Spampinato L., "Monitoring eruptions and flank stability at Stromboli volcano with the aid of a portable thermal camera."18–20 November 2003 22° Convegno Nazionale del "Gruppo Nazionale di Geofisica della Terra Solida'', Rome.
• Calvari S., Lodato L., Garfì G., Spampinato L., "Monitoring eruptions and flank stability at Stromboli volcano with the aid of a portable thermal camera". 14 – 19 July 2003 Cities on Volcanoes, Hawaii.
• Calvari S., Lodato L., Garfì G., Spampinato L., "Monitoring eruptions and flank stability at Stromboli volcano with the aid of a portable thermal camera". 14 – 19 July 2003 Cities on Volcanoes, Hawaii.
• Calvari S., Lodato L., Spampinato L., Garfì G.. "Emplacement mechanisms of aa lava flows at Etna volcano during the 2002 eruption detected with a thermal camera: implication for hazard assessment. 14 – 19 July 2003 Cities on Volcanoes, Hawaii.
• Calvari S., Lodato L., Garfì G., and Spampinato L.. "Monitoring eruptions and flank stability at Stromboli volcano with the aid of a portable thermal camera". 9 – 11 June 2003 Convegno Scientifico Annuale del Gruppo Nazionale per la Vulcanologia, Rome.
• Calvari S., Lodato L., Spampinato L., Garfì G.. "Emplacement mechanisms of aa lava flows at Etna volcano during the 2002 eruption detected with a thermal camera: implication for hazard assessment". 9 – 11 June 2003 Convegno Scientifico Annuale del Gruppo Nazionale per la Vulcanologia, Rome.
• Calvari S., Lodato L., Garfì G., Spampinato L., Andronico D.. "Mapping of a complex lava flow using regular surveys with a thermal camera" 9 – 11 June 2003 Convegno Scientifico Annuale del Gruppo Nazionale per la Vulcanologia, Roma. (Poster session).
• Calvari S., Lodato L., Garfì G., Spampinato L.. "Monitoring eruptions and flank stability at Stromboli volcano with the aid of a portable thermal camera", 6 – 11 April 2003 EGS – AGU – EUG Joint Assembly, Nice.
• Calvari S., Lodato L., Spampinato L., Garfì G.. "Emplacement mechanisms of aa lava flows at Etna volcano during the 2002 eruption detected with a thermal camera: implication for hazard assessment", 6 – 11 April 2003 EGS – AGU – EUG Joint Assembly, Nice.
• Calvari S., Lodato L., Garfì G., Spampinato L., Andronico D.. "Mapping of a complex lava flow using regular surveys with a thermal camera". 6 – 11 April 2003 EGS – AGU – EUG Joint Assembly, Nice.

External activities

• Member, Cambridge Philosophical Society
• Member, American Geophysical Union
• Member, Cambridge Volcanology Group
• Member, European Geosciences Union
• Member, SPIDER Network
• Member, International Association of Volcanology and Geochemistry of the Earth's Interior

TV

• Contributor, TV science documentary on Mt. Etna in 2009 ("How Science Works – Journey to Etna" Teachers.tv).