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AVO STAFF DIRECTORY
AVO is a very extended family. Some people work full time for the observatory, others well under half time. Others perform essential work, but only draw operating expenses. Several agencies contribute personnel at several locations. A wide variety of disciplines are represented, including geophysics, geology, glaciology, hydrology, geochemistry, remote sensing, computing, electronics, and administration. The following people are the paid staff, and share among themselves about 22 Full Time Equivalent positions.

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John Lyons
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Discipline(s):Seismology
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Bishop, J.W., Haney, M.W., Fee, D., Matoza, R.S., McKee, K.F., and Lyons, J.J., 2023, Back‐azimuth estimation of air‐to‐ground coupled infrasound from transverse coherence minimization: The Seismic Record v. 3, no. 4, p. 249-258. https://doi.org/10.1785/0320230023.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0320230023


Matoza, R.S., et al., 2022, Atmospheric waves and global seismoacoustic observations of the January 2022 Hunga eruption, Tonga: Science, p. 11, DOI:10.1126/science.abo7063.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abo7063


Power, J.A., Roman, D.C., Lyons, J.J., Haney, M.M., Rasmussen, D.J., Plank, Terry, Nicolaysen, K.P., Izbekov, Pavel, Werner, Cynthia, Kaufman, A.M., 2021, Volcanic seismicity beneath Chuginadak Island, Alaska (Cleveland and Tana volcanoes): implications for magma dynamics and eruption forecasting: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 412, no.107182, 18 p., 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2021.107182.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2021.107182
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Fee, David, Toney, Liam, Kim, Keehoon, Sanderson, R.W., Iezzi, A.M., Matoza, R.S., De Angelis, Silvio, Jolly, A.D., Lyons, J.J., and Haney, M.M., 2021, Local explosion detection and infrasound localization by reverse time migration using 3-D finite-difference wave propagation: Frontiers in Earth Science, v. 9, article no. 620813, 14 p., https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.620813.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.620813
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Fee, David, Lyons, John, Haney, Matthew, Wech, Aaron, Waythomas, Christopher, Diefenbach, A.K., Lopez, Taryn, Van Eaton, Alexa, and Schneider, David, 2020, Seismo-acoustic evidence for vent drying during shallow submarine eruptions at Bogoslof volcano, Alaska: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 82, n. 2, 14 p.,doi:10.1007/s00445-019-1326-5.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1326-5
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Power, J.A., Haney, M.M., Botnick, S.M., Dixon, J.P., Fee, David, Kaufman, A.M., Ketner, D.M., Lyons, J.J., Parker, Tom, Paskievitch, J.F., Read, C.W., Searcy, Cheryl, Stihler, S.D., Tepp, Gabrielle, and Wech, A.G., 2020, Goals and development of the Alaska Volcano Observatory seismic network and application to forecasting and detecting volcanic eruptions: Seismological Research Letters, doi: 10.1785/0220190216 .
http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0220190216


Schwaiger, H.F., Lyons, J.J., Iezzi, A.M., Fee, David, and Haney, M.M., 2020, Evolving infrasound detections from Bogoslof volcano, Alaska: insights from atmospheric propagation modeling: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 82, n. 27, doi:10.1007/s00445-020-1360-3.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00445-020-1360-3


Lyons, J.J., Iezzi, A.M., Fee, David, Schwaiger, H.F., Wech, A.G., and Haney, M.M., 2020, Infrasound generated by the 2016-2017 shallow submarine eruption of Bogoslof volcano, Alaska: Bulletin of Volcanology, n. 82, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1355-0.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1355-0


Lopez, Taryn, Lieven, Clarisse, Schwaiger, Hans, Van Eaton, Alexa, Loewen, Matthew, Fee, David, Lyons, John, Wallace, Kristi, Searcy, Cheryl, Wech, Aaron, Haney, Matthew, Schnieder, David, and Graham, Nathan, 2020, Constraints on eruption processes and event masses for the 2016-2017 eruption of Bogoslof volcano, Alaska, through evalution of IASI satellite SO2 masses and complementary datasets: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 82, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1348-z.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1348-z


Van Eaton, A.R., Schneider, D.J., Smith, C.A., Haney, M.M., Lyons, J.J., Said, Ryan, Fee, David, Holzworth, R.H., and Mastin, LG., 2020, Did ice-charging generate volcanic lightning during the 2016-2017 eruption of Bogoslof volcano, Alaska?: Bulletin of Volcanology, v, 82, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1350-5
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1350-5


Tepp, Gabrielle, Dziak, R.P., Haney, M.M., Lyons, J.J., Searcy, Cheryl, Matsumoto, Haru, and Haxel, Joseph, 2020, Seismic and hydroacoustic observations of the 2016-17 Bogoslof eruption: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 82, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1344-3.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1344-3


Haney, M.M., Van Eaton, A.R., Lyons, J.J., Kramer, R.L., Fee, David, Iezzi, A.M., Dziak, R.P., Anderson, Jacob, Johnson, J.B., Lapierre, J.L., and Stock, Michael, 2020, Characteristics of thunder and electromagnetic pulses from volcanic lightning at Bogoslof volcano, Alaska: Bulletin of Volcanology v. 82, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1349-y.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1349-y


Haney, M.M., Fee, David, McKee, K.F., Lyons, J.J., Matoza, R.S., Wech, A.G., Tepp, Gabrielle, Searcy, Cheryl, and Mikesell, T.D., 2020, Co-eruptive tremor from Bogoslof volcano: seismic wavefield composition at regional distances: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 82, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1347-0.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1347-0


Sanderson, R.W., Matoza, R.S., Fee, David, Haney, M.M., and Lyons, J.J., 2020, Remote detection and location of explosive volcanism in Alaska with the EarthScope Transportable Array: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, v. 125, 23 p., doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018347
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018347


De Angelis, Silvio, Haney, M.M., Lyons, J.J., Wech, Aaron, Fee, David, Diaz-Moreno, Alejandro, and Zuccarello, Luciano, 2020, Uncertainty in detection of volcanic activity using infrasound arrays: examples from Mt. Etna, Italy: Frontiers in Earth Science, v. 8, article no. 169, 11 p., 10.3389/feart.2020.00169.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00169
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Iezzi, A.M., Fee, David, Haney, M.M., and Lyons, J.J., 2020, Seismo-acoustic characterization of Mount Cleveland Volcano explosions: Frontiers in Earth Science, v. 8, no. 573368, 19 p., doi:10.3389/feart.2020.573368.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.573368
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Werner, Cindy, Rasmussen, D. J., Plank, Terry, Kelly, P. J., Kern, Christoph, Lopez, Taryn, Gliss, Jonas, Power, J.A., Roman, D.C., Izbekov, Pavel, and Lyons, John, 2020, Linking subsurface to surface using gas emission and melt inclusion data at Mount Cleveland volcano, Alaska: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 125, article no. e2019GC008882, 33 p. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008882.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008882


Dixon, J.P., Stihler S.D., Haney, M.M., Lyons, J.J., Ketner, D.M., Mulliken, K.M., Parker, T., and Power, J.A., 2019, Catalog of earthquake parameters and description of seismograph and infrasound stations at Alaskan volcanoes - January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2017: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1115, 92 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1115.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds1115
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Lyons, J.J., Haney, M.M., Fee, David, Wech, A.G., and Waythomas, C.F., 2019, Infrasound from giant bubbles during explosive submarine eruptions: Nature Geoscience, v. 12, p. 952-958, doi:10.1038/s41561-019-0461-0.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0461-0
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Coombs, Michelle, Wallace, Kristi, Cameron, Cheryl, Lyons, John, Wech, Aaron, Angeli, Kim, and Cervelli, Peter, 2019, Overview, chronology, and impacts of the 2016-2017 eruption of Bogoslof volcano, Alaska: Bulletin of Volcanology, v, 81, n. 62, doi:10.1007/s00445-019-1322-9.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1322-9


Waythomas, C.F., Lyons, J.J., Fee, David, and Wallace, K.L., 2019, The 2016-2017 eruption of Bogoslof volcano, Alaska: preface to the special issue: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 81, n. 48, doi:10.1007/s00445-019-1301-1.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1301-1


Haney, M.M., Van Eaton, A.R., Lyon, J.J., Kramer, R.L., Fee, David, Iexxi, A.M., 2018, Volcanic thunder from explosive eruptions at Bogoslof volcano, Alaska: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 45, n. 8, doi: 10.1002/2017/GL076911.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076911


Coombs, M.L., Wech, A.G., Haney, M.M., Lyons, J.J., Schneider, D.J., Schwaiger, H.F., Wallace, K.L., Fee, David, Freymueller, J.T., Schaefer, J.R., and Tepp, Gabrielle, 2018, Short-term forecasting and detection of explosions during the 2016-2017 eruption of Bogoslof Volcano, Alaska: Frontiers in Earth Science, v. 6, article 122, doi: 10.3389/feart.2018.00122 .
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00122
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Werner, Cynthia, Kern, Christoph, Coppola, Diego, Lyons, J.J., Kelly, P.J., Wallace, K.L., Schneider, D.J., and Wessels, R.L., 2017, Magmatic degassing, lava dome extrusion, and explosions from Mount Cleveland volcano, Alaska, 2011-2015: Insights into the continuous nature of volcanic activity over multi-year timescales: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 13 p. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.03.001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.03.001


citation imageLyons, J.J., Haney, M.M., Werner, C., Kelly, P., Patrick, M., Kern, C., and Trusdell, F.., 2016, Long period seismicity and very long period infrasound driven by shallow magmatic degassing at Mount Pagan, Mariana Islands: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 121, p. 188-209, doi: 10.1002/2015JB012490.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015JB012490


Fee, D., Haney, M., Matoza, R., Szuberla, C., Lyons, J., and Waythomas, C., 2016, Seismic Envelope‐Based Detection and Location of Ground‐Coupled Airwaves from Volcanoes in Alaska: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 106, n. 3, p. 1-12.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0120150244


citation imageLyons, J.J., Haney, M.M., Fee, David, and Paskievitch, J.F., 2014, Distinguishing high surf from volcanic long-period earthquakes: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 41, 8 p., doi:10.1002/2013GL058954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013GL058954


Gestrich, J.E., Fee, David, Matoza, R.S., Lyons, J.J., and Ruiz, Mario, 2021, Fitting jet noise similarity spectra to volcano infrasound data: Earth and Space Science, v. 8, article no. e2021EA0018944, 16 p.

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