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Recent Abstracts (2007 - 2008)
2008 Abstracts

Collett, J., Beem, K., Raja, S., Taylor, C., Carrico, C., Schwandner, F., Lee, T., Sullivan, A., Day, D., McMeeking, G., Mack, L., Kreidenweis, S., Hand, J., Schichtel, B., and Malm, W. (2008):
Nitrogen deposition budgets for Rocky Mountain National Park.
EOS Transactions AGU 89(5x), Fall Meeting Suppl., AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco Dec. 14-19.
Link: [conference link]

Beem, K., Collett, J., Raja, S., Schwandner, F., Carrico, C., Taylor, C., Lee, T., Sullivan, A., Day, D., McMeeking, G., Mack, L., Kreidenweis, S., Hand, J., Schichtel, B., and Malm, W. (2008):
A Spatial Analysis of Precipitation Chemistry Coupled With Aerosol and Gas Concentrations During The Rocky Mountain Airborne Nitrogen and Sulfur (RoMANS) Study.
EOS Transactions AGU 89(5x), Fall Meeting Suppl., AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco Dec. 14-19.
Link: [conference link]

Schwandner, F.M., Dietrich, V.J., Frueh-Green, G., and Kipfer, R. (2008):
Noble Gas and Stable Isotope Systematics of Volcanic Gases and Hot Springs in the Aegean Arc, Greece.
EOS Transactions AGU 89(5x), Fall Meeting Suppl., AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco Dec. 14-19.
Link: [conference link]

Schwandner, F.M., Beem, K.B., Raja, S., Desyaterik, Y., Kreidenweis, S., Malm, W.,
Collett, J.L., Jr. (2008):
Organic Nitrogen (ON) in wet deposition in Rocky Mountain National Park.
NADP Annual Meeting, October 14 - 16, 2008, Madison, Wisconsin.
Link: [conference link]

Schwandner, F.M., Sewell, H.J., Collett, J.L., Molenar, J.V., Archuleta, C., Tigges, M., Bote, A.A., and Raja, S. (2008):
Ammonia Monitoring in the Upper Green River Basin, Wyoming.
AAAR 27th Annual Conference, October 20 - 24, 2008, Orlando FL.
Link: [conference link]

Collett, J., Mazzoleni, L., Herckes, P., Schwandner, F., Beem, K., Raja, S., Liu, Y.,
Sun, Y., Zhang, Q. (2008):
Organic nitrogen in clouds and precipitation.
EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria Apr 15 - 20, 2008. (invited talk, abstract).
Link: [conference link] [PDF abstract]

J. Collett, S. Raja, F. Schwandner, T. Lee, A. Sullivan, C. Taylor, C. Carrico, D. Day, G. McMeeking, K. Beem, J. Hand, S. Kreidenweis (2008):
Spatial and temporal variability in trace gas and aerosol nitrogen species during the Rocky Mountain Airborne Nitrogen and Sulfur (RoMANS) study.
AWMA Specialty Conference on Aerosol and Atmospheric Optics: Visual Air Quality and Radiation, Moab, Utah Apr 28 - May 2, 2008.
Link: [conference link]

J. L. Hand, J. L. Collett, C. Taylor, S. Raja, C. Carrico, T. Lee, F. Schwandner, D. E. Day, A. Sullivan, G. McMeeking, K. Beem, S. M. Kreidenweis, K. Gebhart and W. C. Malm (2008):
Spatial patterns in wet deposition during the 2006 Rocky Mountain Atmospheric Nitrogen and Sulfur Study (RoMANS).
AWMA Specialty Conference on Aerosol and Atmospheric Optics: Visual Air Quality and Radiation, Moab, Utah Apr 28 - May 2, 2008.
Link: [conference link]

Molenar, J.V., Sewell, H.J., Collett, J., Tigges, M., Archuleta, C., Raja, S., Schwandner, F.M. (2008):
NH3 Monitoring in the Upper Green River Basin, Wyoming.
AWMA Specialty Conference on Aerosol and Atmospheric Optics: Visual Air Quality and Radiation, Moab, Utah Apr 28 - May 2, 2008.
Link: [conference link]


2007 Abstracts

Fox, P.,Sinha, K., Raskin, R., McGuinness, D.L., Ammann, C., Venezky, D.Y.,
Schwandner, F. (2007):
Semantic Mediation and Integration of Volcanic and Atmospheric Data: In Search of Statistical Signatures.
EOS Transactions AGU 88(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., AGU Fall Meeting,
San Francisco Dec. 10-14, 2007.
Link: [HTML link]

Schwandner, F.M., Selva, J., Ueda, H., Venezky, D.Y., Cervelli, D.P., Weertman, B., Stroker, K., Malone, S.D., Fujita, E., Marzocchi, W., Schilling, S.P., Newhall, C.G.
WOVOdat: The World Organization of Volcano Observatories Database of Volcanic Unrest.
Cities on Volcanoes 5, Shimabara, Japan Mov. 19-23, 2007.
Link: [HTML link]

Collett, J., Raja, S., Taylor, C., Carrico, C., Schwandner, F., Beem, K., Lee, T., Sullivan, A., Day, D., McMeeking, G., Kreidenweis, S., Hand, J., Schichtel, B., and Malm, W. (2007):
Nitrogen transport and deposition during the Rocky Mountain Airborne Nitrogen and Sulfur (RoMANS) study.
EOS Transactions AGU 88(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., AGU Fall Meeting,
San Francisco Dec. 10-14, 2007.
Link: [HTML link]

Schwandner, F.M., Raja, S., Beem, K.B., Sullivan, A.P., Lee, T., McMeeking, G.R., Carrico, C.M., Gorin, C.A., Day, D.E., Collett, J.L., Kreidenweis, S.M., Hand, J., and Malm, W.C. (2007):
Airborne gas and particle concentrations during the 2006 Rocky Mountain Airborne Nitrogen and Sulfur (RoMANS) study.
NADP Annual Meeting, Boulder CO Sept. 10-13, 2007.
Link: [HTML link]

Marcillac, N.M., Hanan, N.P., Schwandner, F.M., Follett, R.F., Collett, J.L., and D.E. Johnson (2007):
Characterization and Quantification of Emissions from Dairy CAFO's.
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, International Symposium on Air Quality and Waste Management for Agriculture, 16-19 September 2007, Broomfield, Colorado.
Link: [HTML link]



Invited lectures
Dept. of Geology, Colorado State University, October 16th, 2006
Active volcanism: new avenues toward monitoring, hazard assessment, and mitigation.
(invited by Dr. John Ridley)

NASA-JPL, Pasadena, March 23rd, 2005
Prebiotic organic compounds in volcanic gases.
(invited by Dr. Rosaly Lopes)

NOAA,CMDL, Boulder CO, Dec 3rd 2002
Continuous natural VOC emissions from quiescent active volcanoes.
(invited by Dr. James H. Butler)

2nd Workshop on Worldwide Volcanic Unrest Data Management (WOVOdat),
World Organization of Volcano Observatories (WOVO), USGS Menlo Park CA, 2002
GEOWARN: data management system for monitoring of dormant volcanoes.
(invited by Prof. Dr. Christopher Newhall; co-lectured with Dr. Radu C. Gogu).



Publications
Windman, T, Zolotova, N., Schwandner, F., and Shock, E. (2007):
Formate as an Energy Source for Microbial Metabolism in Chemosynthetic
Zones of Hydrothermal Ecosystems.
Astrobiology 7(6):873-890.
Link: [publisher link]

Carrico, C.M., Kreidenweis, S.M., Collett, J.L., Lee, T., Sullivan, A.P., McMeeking, G.R.,
Raja, S.R., Schwandner, F.M., Beem, K.L., Taylor, C.A., Day, D.E., Hand, J., Rodriguez, M.A.,
Barna, M.G., Gebhart, K.A., Schichtel, B.A., and Malm, W.C. (2007):
The Rocky Mountain Atmospheric Nitrogen and Sulfur (RoMANS) Study of 2006.
IMPROVE Newsletter 16(2):4-6.
Download: [PDF article]    Link: [IMPROVE link]

Schwandner, F. M. (2006):
Preface & Introduction to: R.W. Bunsen, Gasometrische Methoden (1877). (German)
Ostwalds Klassiker der Naturwissenschaften 296, 18 p.
Link: [Ostwalds Series] [OCLC link]

Gogu, R.C., Dietrich, V.J., Jenny, B., Schwandner, F.M., and Hurni, L. (2006):
A geo-spatial database concept for data-management of dormant volcanoes.
Computers and Geosciences 32(1): 29-41.
Download: [PDF article]    Link: [publisher link]
*Ranked in the top 25 publications for this journal, after publication.

Hurni, L., Jenny, B., Terribilini, A., Freimark, H., Schwandner, F. M., Gogu, R. C.,
and Dietrich, V. J.(2004):
Ein Internet-basiertes Multimedia-Atlas-Informationssystem für vulkanologische
Anwendungen [translated title: A multimedia warning and information system for volcanoes].
Kartographische Nachrichten 2004(2): 67-72 (invited).
Download: [PDF abstract]

Schwandner F. M., Seward T. M., Gize A. P., Hall P. A., and Dietrich V. J. (2004):
Diffuse emission of organic trace gases from the flank and crater of a quiescent
active volcano (Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy).
Journal of Geophysical Research D - Atmospheres 109, D04301.
Download: [PDF article]    Link: [publisher link]

Dietrich,. V. J., Kipfer, R. & Schwandner, F. (1998):
Mantle-derived noble gases in the South Aegean volcanic arc: Indicators for
incipient magmatic activity and deep crustal movements.
Newsletter of the European Centre on Prevention and Forecasting of
Earthquakes (Council of Europe) 2 (Sept. 1998): 28-32.
Download: [PDF article]

Schwandner, F.M. (1998):
Polyphase Meso-Cenozoic Structural Development on Poros Island (Greece).
Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece 32 (1): 129-136.
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Reports
Schwandner, F.M., Malone, S.D., Newhall, C.G., & Volentik, A. (2008):
Report and Minutes, WOVOdat 2nd Steering Committee Meeting,
Shimabara (Japan), Nov 20, 2008.
WOVOdat electronic publication, 5p., abstract 1p.
Download: [coming soon]

Schwandner, F.M., & Malone, S..D. (2007):
Summary of the 1st technical workshop, Fort Collins CO Feb 7-9, 2007.
WOVOdat electronic publication, 3p., abstract 1p.
Download: [PDF report]

Schwandner, F.M., Newhall, C.N., Venezky, D., Malone, S., & Marzocchi, W. (2006):
WOVOdat steering committee assembly San Francisco, Dec 14 2006, documentation.
WOVO documentation and report, 68p.
Download: [PDF report]

Schwandner, F.M. & Fischer, T. P. (2005):
Transporting Giggenbach flasks safely by aircraft.
IAVCEI Commission on the Chemistry of Volcanic Gases (CCVG) recommendations.
Download: [Online report]

Gogu, R.C., Jenny, B., Schwandner, F.M., Freimark, H., Hurni, L., and Dietrich, V.J. (2003):
GEOWARN - geospatial warning systems Nisyros volcano (Greece) - an emergency
case study: workflow design and geospatial platform design.
In: European Union IST1999-12310 Final Deliverables and Report to:
"GEOWARN - geo-spatial warning systems, Nisyros volcano (Greece) -
an emergency case study" 4(D01): 35p.
Download: [PDF abstract]

Chiodini, G., Brombach, T., Fiebig, J., Schwandner, F.M., Dietrich, V.J. (2003):
Geochemical models of Nisyros.
In: European Union IST1999-12310 Final Deliverables and Report to:
"GEOWARN - geo-spatial warning systems, Nisyros volcano (Greece) -
an emergency case study" 4(D09): 27p.
Download: [PDF abstract]

Nomikou, E., Dietrich, V.J., Papanikolaou, D., Schwandner, F. M., and Gogu, R. C. (2003):
Volcanological map and 3D model of Nisyros, incl. sub-seafloor.
In: European Union IST1999-12310 Final Deliverables and Report to:
"GEOWARN - geo-spatial warning systems, Nisyros volcano (Greece) -
an emergency case study" 4(D11): 44p.
Download: [PDF abstract]

Terribilini, A., Jenny, B., Freimark, H., Gogu, R. C., Schwandner, F. M., Hurni, L.
and Dietrich, V.J. (2003):
Interactive multimedia maps and models of the Nisyros-Kos volcanic field
in 2, 3, and 4D modes.
In: European Union IST1999-12310 Final Deliverables and Report to:
"GEOWARN - geo-spatial warning systems, Nisyros volcano (Greece) -
an emergency case study" 4(D12): 20p.
Download: [PDF abstract]

Dietrich, V. J., Schwandner F. M. an Gogu, R. C. (2003):
GEOWARN - geo-spatial warning systems, Nisyros volcano (Greece):
Hazard assessment and maps (probabilistic calculation)
In: European Union IST1999-12310 Final Deliverables and Report to:
"GEOWARN - geo-spatial warning systems, Nisyros volcano (Greece) -
an emergency case study" 4(D13): 41p.
Download: [PDF abstract]



Research Theses
Schwandner, F.M. (2002):
The organic chemistry of volcanic gases at Vulcano (Aeolian Islands, Italy).
PhD thesis, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). ETH Diss. No. 14706.
Download: [PDF abstract]

Schwandner, F.M. (1997):
Die Geologie der Insel Poros (Argolis, Griechenland).
Diplom Thesis, FU Berlin, 139 pages.
Download: [PDF abstract]



News Media & Outreach (selected)
Schwandner, F.M. (2001-2006):
Various consulting services for Swiss / German / US print, tv & news media journalists (NZZ Switzerland, NOVA, etc.) about volcanology, astrobiology, air quality.

Schwandner, F.M. (2005):
Natürliche nichtfossile geologische Methanquellen ("Natural non-fossil geological sources of methane").
Radio interview at EGU 2005.

Schwandner, F.M. (1997-2003):
Elementary and High School guest lectures about volcanoes and geology, held in Switzerland, Greece and Germany.
Example: [Germany talk]

Blattmann, H. & Schwandner F.M. (2002):
Für Experten kein grosser Ausbruch ("For experts not a large eruption"). German newspaper article on the Nyiragongo eruption that started January 17, 2002.
Neue Zürcher Zeitung 17:56 (January 22, 2002).
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Dietrich, V.J. & Schwandner F.M. (2001):
Exhibition and lecture series, "Feuerwerk - Katastrophen und Faszination von Vulkanen" ("Fireworks - catastrophes and fascination of volcanoes").
Exhibition, films, interviews and lectures at ETH Zürich, Sept. 1-2, 2001, as part of a city-wide exhibition series "Die lange Nacht der Museen"

ETH Life (Article about F.M. Schwandner) (2001):
Die lange Nacht der Museen an der ETH: Lange Filme und kurze Weile. (in German)
ETH Life, Tagesberichte, 3 Sept 2001.
Download: [HTML article]

Schwandner, F.M. (2001):
Wem die Stunde schlägt. ("For whom the bells toll")
ETH Life, Tagesberichte, 22 Oct 2001.
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