Vast: A program to locate and analyse volcanic thermal anomalies automatically from remotely sensed data

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 627-645

  Higgins, Jez ^a   Harris, Andy ^b,c  

^a JEZ UK   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

AVHRR; Fumarole field; Lava flow; Thermal anomaly; Thermal flux; Vents; Volcano monitoring

Indexed keywords

THERMAL ANOMALY; VOLCANO MONITORING;

EID: 0031402585     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(97)00039-3     Document Type: Article

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