The volcanology agency is also drawing data from GPS and satellite imagery, including a thermal camera.
Travelers are being urged to reconfirm plans with airlines and tour operators, and to check for Bali volcano updates and news issued by local geological and
volcanology agencies.
Not exact matches
The new plan specifies that the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), the Italian Space
Agency, the National Institute of Geophysics and
Volcanology, and nine other institutes overseen by Profumo's ministry would be merged to form a single body with the same initials as that of the largest of the dozen, the National Research Council.
Yesterday, Italian news
agency ANSA quoted project coordinator Giuseppe De Natale of Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and
Volcanology as saying that the office of Naples mayor Luigi de Magistris has approved the drilling of a pilot hole 500 meters deep.
«The activity of Mount Agung has entered the magmatic eruption phase,» Gede Suantika, an official at the
volcanology and geological disaster mitigation
agency, told Reuters.
Based on
volcanology data, the volcano's eruption was quite huge, with an amplitude level of 52 dB and a volcanic ash altitude of more than 2,000 meters above the crater,» said NTB Disaster Mitigation
Agency (BPBD) head Muhammad Rum on Tuesday.
The
Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation
Agency (PVMBG) said the alert status for Mt. Agung remained at level 3, with a 4 km exclusion zone declared around the crater.
He said the decision had been made during the evaluation meeting to discuss reports from the
Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG), the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics
Agency (BMKG) and the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) in Darwin as well as pilots» observation and tests conducted at the airport.