Summer is for Field work! and field classes

Ecuador? Hawaii?
there are 2 field volcanology classes I could take... one is 3 weeks one (Ecuador) is a month and a half (Hawaii) ...

Graduate-level Volcano Geophysics Field Course in Ecuador

3-week intensive geophysics field course focused on multi-disciplinary volcano geophysics and digital signal processing. The course will entail hands-on deployment of broadband seismometers, infrasound sensors, and tilt meters at one or more actively erupting volcanoes in Ecuador followed by data collection, processing, and analysis of the data. Classroom instruction will focus on time series analysis, signal processing, source localization, seismic array analyses, and integrated geophysical data analysis techniques. Intra-course field trips in physical volcanology are planned for Reventador, Cotopaxi, Guagua Pichincha, and Tungurahua Volcanoes as well as observatories in Quito and at Tungurahua. Approximately 50% of the course will be spent in the classroom and 50% in the field.

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International Training in Volcano Hazard Management

The Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes announces its annual
*International Training Course in Volcano Hazards Monitoring* to be
held on the Island of Hawaii from May 25 through July 3, 2009. The
course is offered in cooperation with the US Geological Survey
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and is intended for technicians and
professionals who are currently working, or who will work, in the
field of volcano hazards assessment, monitoring, and
management/response. Both classroom instruction and field training
will be provided in five modules: Physical Volcanology; Volcano
Seismology; Ground Deformation Monitoring; Geochemistry of Thermal
Discharges; and Civil Defense and Hazard Management.

Right now I am leaning toward the Ecuador one, if I can get in, because it would give me more time to do field work here, and its more focused on the geophysics or at least it looks like it... I might apply to both and see if I get in!