TaskForce - Team 2.1

We support the activities of the Hazard Assessment and Risk Task Force, which has become a key element of natural hazard studies at the GFZ. The Task Force aims to study geohazard processes and their consequences. Multidisciplinary intervention teams use data and/or travel to field areas to install instruments that can record hazard-related phenomena and their associated impacts. The scientific objective is to go beyond standard expeditions and collect unique data within a window of opportunity that is too short to secure funding to observe specific geohazards and their transients. The technical objective is to enhance the capacity to develop and test novel instrumentation, ranging from low-cost sensor systems to innovative tools. 

Section 2.1 has many years of experience in Task Force activities for earthquake and volcano studies. Our fieldwork aims to enhance our understanding of hazardous events and their consequences by collecting unique data sets during the preparatory phase of volcanic eruptions and the immediate aftermath of earthquakes, for example. These activities have stimulated high-impact publications, novel discoveries, new projects and new collaborations.