Modern techniques for interdisciplinary investigation of submarine volcano 6.1 in the Kurile island arc. The paper suggests that there are peripheral magmatic chambers at depth 4,1 - 5,2 km and subvertical conduit channels, submarine volcano, Kurile island arc.

The article presents new data from field observations at Karymskiy in August 2012, which were carried out by a complex of equipment allowing recording infrasonic fluctuations, aerodynamic noise and intensity of the atmospheric electric field and volumetric activity of underground radon. It is shown that integrated geophysical observations are quite informative to monitor explosive volcanic activity. The analysis of wave disturbances in the atmosphere (the aerodynamic noise, air shock waves) and seismic events accompanying the fragmentation of magma allow us to get an insight about the physics of the explosive process. The dynamics of volumetric activity of radon near to Karymskiy is correlated to the activity of the volcano, which indicates the perspective of such observations.

The results of monitoring at high-temperature fumarolic fields (Eastern and Western) of Avachinsky volcano in 2013–2020 are presented. Those were visual observations, temperature measurement and gas sampling, supplemented with video surveillance data. In order to identify the relationship between fumarolic activity and deep processes, the analysis of the volcano area seismicity for the specified period was carried out. Two periods of increased seismic activity have been identified. The first period, November 2014 – January 2015, is associated with changes in the character of gas emission, morphology and temperature of Western Fumarole observed in the field, reflected in the ratio of gas fluxes of the two high-temperature fumarolic fields. The second seismic increase, in October – December 2019, was accompanied in the dark by glowing, sometimes by bright flashes in the area of Western Fumarole, and as a result of ground survey in 2020 further changes in its morphology were revealed.

Эксплозивные извержения вулканов являются наиболее опасными в мире в связи с высокой энергетикой вулканогенного процесса и их непредсказуемостью. Для обеспечения безопасности населения при извержениях необходимо проведение вулканологами комплексного мониторинга вулканов с использованием данных всех доступных видов наблюдений (дистанционных и наземных инструментальных средств, метеоинформации). Созданная в 2011-2015 гг. совместными усилиями специалистов ИВиС ДВО РАН, ИКИ РАН, ВЦ ДВО РАН и ДВ НИЦ Планета ИС “Дистанционный мониторинг активности вулканов Камчатки и Курил (VolSatView)” ориентирована на непрерывный мониторинг вулканической активности Камчатки и Курил и анализ влияния извержений на окружающую среду.

The paper presents the results of integrated geophysical observations of the Ebeko Volcano’s activity in late 2018 and early 2019. The instrument complex for observation was located at the Severo-Kurilsk seismic station at a distance of 7.2 km far from the volcanic crater. Three types of response in the vertical component of the electric field of the atmosphere have been distinguished during the drift of eruptive clouds from the Ebeko Volcano’s explosions, which gives evidence for various mechanisms of their occurrence. The registration of infrasonic acoustic signals in the near zone made it possible to estimate the trinitrotoluene equivalent for the strongest explosions, which was calculated to be about 100 kg of trinitrotoluene. The authors have revealed certain regularities in the dynamics of the volumetric activity of radon, associated with variations in meteorological values and hydrological features of the registration point. A long period of its activity and the proximity of the observation point to the crater give reason to suggest Ebeko Volcano to be a natural laboratory for studying the mechanisms of eruptions.

The monograph presents various data about the volcanoes of Kamchatka and describes the possibilities of studying them based on the integrated use of remote sensing, ground-based observation and numerical simulation methods and technologies. Considerable attention is paid to the construction and application of the information systems that today provide operational monitoring and studies of volcanic activity, which have been jointly developed in the recent years by the experts from the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IVS FEB RAS) (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky), Space Research Institute RAS (Moscow), Computing Center FEB RAS (Khabarovsk) and the Far East Branch of the Research Center “Planetа” (Khabarovsk). The results of complex studies of explosive volcanic eruptions and the potential hazards of the Kamchatkan active volcanoes to the population and aviation are presented which are obtained by the scientists of IVS FEB RAS, particularly exploring the new methods, technologies and systems described in the monograph.