Department of Earth Sciences

Selected research products

2020

Coppola D, Laiolo M, Cigolini C, Massimetti F, Donne D, Ripepe M, Arias H, Barsotti S, Parra CB, Centeno RG, Cevuard S, Chigna G, Chun C, Garaebiti E, Gonzales D, Griswold J, Juarez J, Lara LE, López CM, Macedo O, Mahinda C, Ogburn S, Prambada O, Ramon P, Ramos D, Peltier A, Saunders S, de Zeeuw - van Dalfsen E, Varley N and Willia R (2020) Thermal Remote Sensing for Global Volcano Monitoring: Experiences From the MIROVA System. Front. Earth Sci. 7:362. doi: 10.3389/feart.2019.00362

2019

Tarquini, S., de’ Micheli Vitturi, M., Jensen, E., Pedersen, G.M.B., Barsotti, S., Coppola, D., Pfeffer, M.A. (2019). Modeling lava flow propagation over a flat landscape by using MrLavaLoba: the case of the 2014-2015 eruption at Holuhraun, Iceland. Annals of Geophysics, 61, doi: 10.4401/ag-7812

Ramsey, M., Chevrel, M.O., Coppola, D., Harris, A.J.L. (2019). The influence of emissivity on the thermos-rheological modelling of the channelized lava flows at Tolbachik volcano. Annals of Geophysics, 61; doi:10.4401/ag-8077

Harris, A.J.L., Chevrel, M.O., Coppola, D., Ramsey, M., Hrysiewicz, A., Thivet, S., Villeneuve, N., Favalli, M., Peltier, A., Kowalski, P., Di Muro, A., Froger, J-L, Gurioli, L. (2019). Validation of an integrated satellite-data-driven response to an effusive crisis: the April-May 2018 eruption of Piton de la Fournaise. Annals of Geophysics, 61, doi: 10.4401/ag-7972

Coppola, D., Barsotti, S., Cigolini, C., Laiolo, M., Pfeffer M.A., Ripepe, M. (2019). Monitoring the time-averaged discharge rates, volumes and emplacement style of large lava flows by using MIROVA system: the case of the 2014-2015 eruption at Holuhraun (Iceland). Annals of Geophysics, 61, doi: 10.4401/ag-7812

Walter, T., Haghighi, M.H., Motagh, M., Saul, J., Babeyko, A., Coppola, D., Tilmann S.F., Dahm T., Heimann, S., Valade, S., Laiolo, M., Massimetti, F., Triyono, R., Khomarudin, M., Troll, V., Kartadinata, N., and Peter Gaebler (2019). Complex hazard cascade culminating in the Anak Krakatau sector collapse. Nature Communication  [Paper #NCOMMS-19-08387B]

Massaro, S., Costa, A., Sulpizio, R., Coppola, D., Capra, L. (2019). Cyclic activity of the Fuego de Colima volcano (Mexico): insights from satellite thermal data and nonlinear models. Solid Earth 10, 1429-1450, doi:/10.5194/se-10-1429-2019

Coppola, D., M. Laiolo, F. Massimetti & C. Cigolini (2019). Monitoring endogenous growth of open-vent volcanoes by balancing thermal and SO2 emissions data derived from space. Scientific Reports, 9: 9394, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45753-4

Valade, S.; Ley, A.; Massimetti, F.; D’Hondt, O.; Laiolo, M.; Coppola, D.; Loibl, D.; Hellwich, O.; Walter, T.R. (2019). Towards Global Volcano Monitoring Using Multisensor Sentinel Missions and Artificial Intelligence: The MOUNTS Monitoring System. Remote Sens 11(13), 1528, doi: 10.3390/rs11131528

Delle Donne, D., Aiuppa, A., Bitetto, M., D’Aleo, R., Coltelli, M., Coppola, D., Pecora, E., Ripepe, M., Tamburello, G. (2019). Changes in SO2 Flux Regime at Mt. Etna Captured by Automatically Processed Ultraviolet Camera Data. Remote Sens., 11(10), 1201; doi: 10.3390/rs11101201

Laiolo, M., Ripepe, M., Cigolini, C., Coppola, D., Della Schiava, M., Genco, R., Innocenti, L., Lacanna, G., Marchetti, E., Massimetti, F., Silengo, M.C. (2019). Space- and Ground-Based Geophysical Data Tracking of Magma Migration in Shallow Feeding System of Mount Etna Volcano. Remote Sens. 11(10), p. 1182; doi: 10.3390/rs11101182

Reath, K.,  Pritchard, M.E.,  Moruzzi, S.,  Alcott, A.,  Coppola, D.,  Pieri, D.  (2019). The AVTOD (ASTER Volcanic Thermal Output Database) Latin America archive. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 376, pp. 62-74; doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.03.019

Naismith, A., Watson, I., Quinillo, C.C., Chigna, G., Escobar-Wolf R., Coppola, D., Thomas, H., Eruption frequency patterns through time for the current (1999 – 2018) activity cycle at Volcán de Fuego derived from remote sensing data: Evidence for an accelerating cycle of explosive paroxysms and potential implications of eruptive activity (2019). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 371, pp. 206-219; doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.01.001

Bernard, B., Gibson, S., Ramon, P., Gleeson, M., Stock, M., Hernandez, S., Coppola, D., Bagnardi, M., Hidalgo, S. (2019). Chronology and phenomenology of the 1982 and 2015 Wolf volcano eruptions, Galápagos Archipelago. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 374, pp. 26-38; doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.02.013

Reath, K., Pritchard, M., Poland, M., Delgado, F., Carn, S., Coppola, D., Andrews, B., Ebmeier, S.K., Rumpf, E., Henderson, S., Baker, S., Lundgren P., Wright, R., Biggs, J., Lopez, T., Wauthier, C., Moruzzi, S., Alcott,A., Wessels, R., Griswold, J., Ogburn, S., Loughlin, S., Meyer, F., Vaughan, G., Bagardi, M., (2019). Thermal, deformation, and degassing remote sensing time-series (A.D. 2000-2017) at the 47 most active volcanoes in Latin America: Implications for volcanic systems. Journal Geophysical Research 124 (1), pp. 195-218; doi: 10.1029/2018JB016199.

D’Aleo, R., Bitetto, M., Delle Donne, D., Coltelli, M., Coppola, D., McCormick Kilbride, B., Pecora, E., Ripepe, M., Salem, L. C., Tamburello, G., Aiuppa, A. (2019). Understanding the SO2 Degassing Budget of Mt Etna’s Paroxysms: First Clues From the December 2015 Sequence. Front. Earth Sci. 6: 239. doi: 10.3389/feart.2018.00239

2018

Tarquini, S., & Coppola, D. (2018). Combined morphological and thermal analysis of lava flows: A way to boost understanding of emplacement dynamics. Terra Nova, 30(3), 215-221. doi:10.1111/ter.12328

Laiolo, M., Massimetti, F., Cigolini, C., Ripepe, M., & Coppola, D. (2018). Long-term eruptive trends from space-based thermal and SO2 emissions: A comparative analysis of stromboli, batu tara and tinakula volcanoes. Bulletin of Volcanology, 80(9) doi:10.1007/s00445-018-1242-0

Cigolini C., Coppola D, Yokoo A, Laiolo M. (2018). The thermal signature of Aso Volcano during unrest episodes detected from space and ground‑based measurements. Earth, Planets and Space 70, 1-15, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-018-0831-7.

Cigolini, C., Taticchi, T., Alvarado, G. E., Laiolo, M., & Coppola, D. (2018). Geological, petrological and geochemical framework of miravalles-guayabo caldera and related lavas, NW Costa Rica. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 358, 207-227. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2018.05.013

Aiuppa A, de Moor JM, Arellano S, Coppola D, Francofonte V, Galle B, Giudice G, Liuzzo M, Mendoza E, Saballos A, Tamburello G, Battaglia A, Bitetto M, Gurrieri S, Laiolo M., Mastrolia A, Moretti M (2018) Tracking formation of a lava lake from ground and space: Masaya volcano (Nicaragua), 2014–2017. Geochem Geophys Geosyst 19 (2): 496-515. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GC007227.

Cigolini C., Laiolo M., Coppola D., Trovato C. & Borgogno G. (2018). Radon surveys and monitoring at active volcanoes: learning from Vesuvius, Stromboli, La Soufrière and Villarrica. In: Gillmore G., Crockett R., Perrier F. & Przylibksi T. (Eds.) “Radon and its progeny: perspectives in environmental and health sciences”. Geological Society of London Special Publications. v. 451, doi: 10.1144/SP451.1.

2017

Coppola, D., Laiolo, M., Franchi, A., Massimetti, F., Cigolini, C., Lara, L.E., (2017). Measuring effusion rates of obsidian lava flows by means of satellite thermal data. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (In press): doi: 0.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.09.003

Ripepe, M., Pistolesi, M., Coppola, D., Delle Donne, D., Genco, R., Lacanna, G., Laiolo, M., Marchetti, E., Ulivieri, G.,  Valade, S., (2017). Forecasting effusive dynamic and decompression rates by magmastatic model at open-vent volcanoes. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 3885. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-03833-3

Harris, A.J.L., Villeneuve, N., Di Muro, A., Ferrazzini, V., Peltier, A., Coppola, D., Favalli, M., Bachèlery, P., Froger, J.-L., Gurioli, L., Moune, S., Vlastélic, I., Galle, B., Arellano, S. (2017) - Effusive Crises at Piton de la Fournaise 2014-2015: A Multi-National Response Model. Journal of Applied Volcanology 6(1): 11. DOI: 10.1186/s13617-017-0062-9

Werner, C., Kern, C., Coppola, D., Lyons, J., Kelly, P., Wallace, K., Schneider, D., Wessels, R., (2017) Magmatic degassing, lava dome extrusion, and explosions from Mount  Cleveland Volcano, Alaska, 2011-2015: Insight into the continuous nature of volcanic activity over multi-year timescales. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. Volume 337,  p. 98-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.03.001

Eibl E.P.S., Bean, C.J., Jonsdottir, I., Höskuldsson, A., Thordarson, T., Coppola, D., Witt, T., Walter, T. (2017) Multiple coincident eruptive seismic tremor sources during the 2014-2015 eruption at Holuhraun, Iceland. Journal of Geophysical Research -Solid Earth 122 (4), pp. 2972-2987. doi:10.1002/2016JB013892.

Coppola, D., Ripepe, M., Laiolo, M., Cigolini, C.(2017) Modelling Satellite-derived magma discharge to explain caldera collapse. Geology 45(6), pp. 523-526. doi:10.1130/G38866.1

Coppola, D., Di Muro, A., Peltier, A., Villeneuve, N., Ferrazzini, V., Favalli, M., Bachèlery, P., Gurioli, L., Harris, A.J.L., Moune, S., Vlastélic, I., Galle, B., Arellano, S., Aiuppa, A. (2017) Shallow system rejuvenation and magma discharge trends at Piton de la Fournaise volcano (La Réunion Island). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 463, pp. 13-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.01.024

Courses

• GEOCHIMICA (MFN0621)
  Corsi di studi in Scienze Geologiche (L-34 e LM-74)
• TELERILEVAMENTO: Applicazioni in Scienze Geologiche (STE0108)
  Corsi di studi in Scienze Geologiche (L-34 e LM-74)
• VULCANOLOGIA ED ELEMENTI DI GEOTERMIA (MFN0653)
  Corsi di studi in Scienze Geologiche (L-34 e LM-74)

Research topics

My scientific interests mainly concern remote sensing of volcanic activity. In particular, my current research focus on the following aspects:

• automatic detection and quantification of thermal and volcanic gas emissions, using remote sensing techniques (optical, thermal, UV sensors);
• search for thermal and geochemical precursors of volcanic, seismic and hydrothermal activity;
• real time quantification of gas and magma budget;
• correlations between thermal, geochemical, seismic and deformation patterns associated with volcanic eruptions;
• interrelation between rheology, morphology and thermal emission of active lava bodies (flows and domes).

I conceived, and developed the automatic hotspot detection system named MIROVA:

www.mirovaweb.it

for real-time thermal monitoring of volcanic activity.

Currently the system operates on more than 220 volcanoes, distributed in 43 different countries, and is used by 15 volcano observatories for daily monitoring and activity report. In this context, I currently collaborate with numerous colleagues from observatories, research institutions and universities, with whom I keep alive a daily exchange of information and data, as well as a continuous discussion on the topics covered by my research and future developments.

Research groups

• Experimental Petrology
• Experimental Volcanology
• Global volcano monitoring from space
• Magma budget quantification
• Measurement and monitoring of radon gas at active volcanoes
• Multidisciplinary Volcanology

• Misura e monitoraggio del gas radon in siti di vulcanismo attivo
• Monitoraggio vulcanico globale dallo spazio
• Petrologia Sperimentale
• Quantificazione del bilancio magmatico
• Vulcanologia Multidisciplinare
• Vulcanologia Sperimentale

Research projects

• Sviluppo del sistema unico (INGV - UNIVERSITA) di monitoraggio vulcanico di STROMBOLI
• ToMAPS - Tecniche innOvative per la MAPpatura dell’inquinamento atmosferico dallo Spazio
• Consolidamento ed implementazione del sistema di monitoraggio satellitare in relazione all'attività vulcanica di Stromboli ed Etna"

Academic bodies

• Consiglio di Dipartimento

Office hours

Su appuntamento.