Introduction to special session on satellite remote sensing of volcanic hazards
Abstract
This talk presents an overview of the relevant volcanic phenomena and satellite techniques that are the focus of this special session. There is a wide diversity of volcanic hazards that can be studied from space, including lahars, ash-ingestion in jet engines, persistent tropospheric degassing, lava flows, pyroclastic flows. Some of the techniques that are used to observe these phenomena are radar-interferometry, thermal flux measurements, visible and near-IR analysis eruption plume studies, UV and IR gas plumes, and multispectral time-series mapping. To place the rest of the session in the context of issues that are relevant to disaster managers, this talk will also provide a summary of the operational constraints and challenges for the use of satellites for monitoring volcanic hazards.
- Publication:
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EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly
- Pub Date:
- April 2003
- Bibcode:
- 2003EAEJA.....3285M