This paper presents a method for retrieving volcanic sulphate aerosols optical parameters from the AHI radiometer on board the Himawari-8 satellite. The proposed method is based on optical models for various mixtures of the volcanic cloud’s aerosol components, including ash particles, ice crystals, water drops, and sulphate aerosol droplets. The application of multicomponent optical models of various aerosol compositions allowed the optical thickness and mass loading of sulphate aerosol to be estimated in the sulfuric cloud formed after the Karymsky volcano eruption on November 3, 2021. A comprehensive analysis of the brightness temperatures of the sulfuric cloud in the infrared bands was performed, which revealed that the cloud composed a mixture of sulphate aerosol and water droplets. The use of the models of various aerosol composition allows the satellite-based estimation of optical parameters not only for sulphate aerosol but also for the whole aerosol mixture.

Исходя из анализа Величины Разницы Температур термальной Аномалии и Фона (ВРТАФ) в информационной системе VolSatView определен «фон активности» вулканов Шивелуч, Ключевской и Безымянный для периода 2015-2022 гг. Совместный анализ динамики извержения каждого вулкана и изменения его термальной активности позволил установить диапазон ВРТАФ для разных фаз извержения вулкана.

В работе описана активность вулканов Камчатки и Курил в 2023 г. Эксплозивные извержения вулканов Шивелуч, Ключевской и Безымянный представляли опасность для международных и местных авиаперевозок, Эбеко и Чикурачки − для местных авиаперевозок.

This article provides a brief description of the expedition work conducted by the staff of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, FEBRAS, in the central part of the Eastern Volcanic belt of Kamchatka, and in the Kamchatka River valley in the Summer-Autumn of 2023. In order to study the conditions for the formation and discharge of thermal waters of large volcanic centers, to estimate the hydrothermal discharge of magmatic volatiles (primarily CO2), hydrochemical and gas testing was carried out on the thermal fields of the Kikhpinych and Bolshoi Semyachik volcanic massifs, and in the Uzon caldera. In parallel with geochemical sampling, aerial and infrared photography of thermal sites was carried out. To determine the degree of influence of volcanic and hydrothermal activity on the ion runoff into the Pacific Ocean, hydrochemical and hydrological works were carried out in the Kamchatka Riverv alley. A comprehensive study of unique alkaline cold springs was carried out in the Belaya River valley (Kamchatsky Peninsula). A large number of water and gas samples, sediments and mineral salts were collected for further analytical studies during the expedition works.

В работе приведена информация о минеральных парагенезисах, сформировавшихся в двух различных поствулканических обстановках: на поверхности термального поля и вокруг бескорневых сольфатар пирокластического потока.

The area of Central Kamchatka limited by latitudes of 52.5 and 54 degrees includes six active volcanoes (Avacha, Koryaksky, Zhupanovsky, Mutnovsky, Gorely and Opala), as well as a number of dormant and extinct stratovolcanoes, monogenic cones and large calderas. Furthermore, it contains the Malko-Petropavlovsk fracture zone (MPZ), which marks the boundary between two distinct subduction regimes to the south and to the north. We present a new seismic tomography model for this area, which was constructed based on the joint use of data of the Kamchatkan permanent seismic stations and a temporary network installed in the region in 2019–2020. A series of synthetic tests have demonstrated fair resolution of the derived seismic velocity structures in the crust and in the mantle wedge down to ~150 km. The distributions of the P and S wave velocities, and especially the Vp/Vs ratio, clearly highlight the connection between the volcanic centers in Central Kamchatka and the subducting slab. At depths below 40 km depth, we observe two large low-velocity anomalies centered below Zhupanovsky and Mutnovsky volcanoes and covering all other volcanoes in the area. In the vertical sections, the corresponding anomalies of high Vp/Vs ratio have mushroom shapes with the heads spreading along the bottom of the crust, which probably represent the underplating of magma material that feeds the volcanoes of the groups. The tomography results also reveal some important tectonic features, such as a V-shaped fault system in the Avacha Graben, which is the part of the MPZ.