Review article: Volcanological applications of meteorological satellites

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2829-2864

  Oppenheimer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; REMOTE SENSING; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANOLOGICAL REMOTE SENSING;

WEATHER SATELLITES;

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH PROGRAM; VOLCANOLOGY;

EID: 0032194077     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698214307     Document Type: Article

References (111)

1. Aokerman, S. Aand Strabala, K. I., 1994, Satellite remote sensing of H2SO4 aerosol using the 8 mm to 12 mm window region-application to Mount Pinatubo. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, 18639-18649.
2. Arohambault, C., and Tanguy, J. C., 1976, Comparative temperature measurements on Mount Etna lavas: problems and techniques. Journal of V olcanology and Geothermal Research, 1, 113-125.
3. Badrudin, M., 1994, Kelut volcano monitoring: hazards, mitigation and changes in water chemistry prior to the 1990 eruption. Geochemical Journal, 28, 233-241.
4. Baran, A. J., Foot, J. S., and Dibben, P. C., 1993, Satellite detection of volcanic sulfuric acid aerosol. Geophysical Research Letters, 20, 1799-1801.
5. Barton, I. J., Prata, A. J., Watterson, I. G., and Young, S. A., 1992, Identification of the Mount Hudson volcanic cloud over S.E. Australia. Geophysical Research Letters, 19, 1211-1214.
6. Bluth, G. J. S., Casadevall, T. J., and Sohnetzler, C. C., 1994, Evaluation of sulfur dioxide emissions from explosive volcanism-the 1982-1983 eruptions of Galunggung, Java, Indonesia. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 63, 243-256.
7. Bluth, G. J. S., Doiron, S. D., Schnetzler, C. C., Krueger, A. J., and Walter, L. S., 1992, Global tracking of the SO2 clouds from the June 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruptions. Geophysical Research Letters, 19, 151-154.
8. Bluth, G. J. S., Sohnetzler, C. C., Krueger, A. J., and Walter, L. S., 1993, The contribution of explosive volcanism to global atmospheric sulfur dioxide concentrations. Nature, 344, 327-329.
9. Bonneville, A., and Gouze, P., 1992, Thermal survey of Mount Etna volcano from space. Geophysical Research Letters, 90, 725-728.
10. Bonneville, A., and Kerr, Y., 1987, A thermal forerunner of the 28th March 1983 Mt. Etna eruption from satellite thermal infrared data. Journal of Geodynamics 7, 1-31.
11. Bonneville, A., Vasseur, G., and Kerr, Y., 1985, Satellite thermal infrared observations of Mt. Etna after the 17th March 1981 eruption. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 24, 293-313.
12. Brantley, S. R., 1990, The eruption of Redoubt volcano, Alaska, December 14, 1989-August 31, 1990. US Geological Survey Circular, 1061.
13. Casadevall, T. J., 1994, The 1989-1990 eruption of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska: impacts on aircraft operations. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 62, 301-316.
14. Chretien, D., and Brousse, R., 1989, Events preceeding the great eruption of 8 May, 1902 at Mount Pelee, Martinique. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 38, 67-75.
15. Clark, R. H., Cole, J. W., Nairn, I. A., and Wood, C. P., 1979, Magmatic eruption of White Island volcano, New Zealand, December 1976-April 1977. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 22, 175-190.
16. Craoknell, A. P., 1997, The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (London: Taylor and Francis).
17. Crisp, J., and Baloga, S., 1990, A model for lava flows with two thermal components. Journal of Geophysical Research, 95, 1255-1270.
18. Dean, K., Bowling, S. A., Shaw, G., and Tanaka, H., 1994, Satellite analyses of movement and characteristics of Redoubt Volcano plume, January 8, 1990. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 62, 339-352.
19. Delene, D. J., Rose, W. I., and Grody, N. C., 1996, Remote sensing of volcanic ash clouds using Special Sensor Microwave Imager data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 11579-11588.
20. DENNISS, A. M., HARRIS, A.J. L., CARLTON, R. W., FRANCIS, P. W., and ROTHERY, D. A., 1996, The 1993 Láscar pyroclastic flow imaged by JERS-1. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 17, 1975-1980.
21. Dozier, J., 1981, A method for satellite identification of surface temperature fields of subpixel resolution. Remote Sensing of Environment, 11, 221-229.
22. Ernst, G. G. J., Davis, J. P., and Sparks, R. S. J., 1994, Bifurcation of volcanic plumes in a crosswind. Bulletin of Volcanology, 56, 159-169.
23. Fisher, N. H., 1976, 1941-42 eruption of Tavurvur volcano, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. In Volcanism in Australasia, edited by R. W. Johnson (Amsterdam: Elsevier), pp. 201-210.
24. Fiske, R. S., and Sigurdsson, H., 1982, Soufriere volcano, St Vincent: observations of its 1979 eruption from the ground, aircraft, and satellites. Science, 216, 1105-1106.
25. Flynn, L. P., Mouginis-Mark, P. J., Gradie, J. C., and Lucey, P. G., 1993, Radiative temperature measurements at Kupaianaha lava lake, Kilauea volcano, Hawaii. Journal of Geophysical Research, 98, 6461-6476.
26. Gawarecki, S. J., Lyon, R. J. P., and Nordberg, W., 1965, Infrared spectral returns and imagery of the Earth from space and their application to geological problems. Science and Technology Series-American Astronomical Society, 4, 13-33.
27. Glaze, L. S., Francis, P. W., Self, S., and Rothery, D. A., 1989, The 16th September 1986 eruption of Lascar volcano, north Chile: satellite investigations. Bulletin of Volcanology, 51, 149-160.
28. Gregoire, J. M., Belward, A. S., and Kennedy, P., 1993, Dynamics of signal saturation with channel 3 of the AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer)-major handicap of information source for environmental monitoring of the Sudan and Guinea. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 14, 2079-2095.
29. Gurevich, G. S., and Krueger, A. J., 1997, Optimization of TOMS wavelength channels for ozone and sulfur dioxide retrievals. Geophysical Research Letters, 24, 2187-2190.
30. Hanstrum, B. N., and Watson, A. S., 1983, A case study of two eruptions of Mount Galunggung and an investigation of volcanic eruption cloud characteristics using remote sensing techniques. Australian Meteorological Magazine, 31, 171-177.
31. Harris, A. J. L., Swabey, S. E. J., and Higgins, J., 1995 a, Automated thresholding of active lavas using AVHRR data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 16, 3681-3686.
32. Harris, A. J. L., Vaughan, R. A., and Rothery, D. A., 1995 b, Volcano detection and monitoring using AVHRR data: the Krafla eruption, 1984. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 16, 1001-1020.
33. Harris, A. J. L. et al, 1997c, Chronology of the episode 54 eruption at Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, from GOES-9 satellite data. Geophysical Research Letters, 24, 3281-3284.
34. H Arris, A. J. L., and Stevenson, D. S., 1997, Thermal observations of degassing open conduits and fumaroles at Stromboli and Vulcano using remotely sensed data. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 76, 175-198.
35. Harris, A. J. L., Blake, S., Rothery, D. A., and Stevens, N. F., 1997a, A chronology of the 1991 to 1993 Mount Etna eruption using advanced very high resolution radiometer data: Implications for real-time thermal volcano monitoring. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 7985-8003.
36. Harris, A. J. L., Butterworth, A. L., Carlton, R. W., Downey, I., Miller, P., Navarro, P., and Rothery, D. A., 1997 b, Low cost volcano surveillance from space: case studies from Etna, Krafla, Cerro Negro, Fogo, Lascar and Erebus. Bulletin of Volcanology, 59, 49-64.
37. Harris, A. J. L., Rothery, D. A., Carlton, R. W., Langaas, S., and Mannstein, H., 1995 c, Nonzero saturation of AVHRR thermal channels over high-temperature targets-evidence from volcano data and a possible explanation. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 16, 189-196.
38. Hazlett, R. W., 1987, Geology of the San Cristobal volcanic complex, Nicaragua. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 33, 223-230.
39. Higgins, J., and Harris A., 1997, VAST: a program to automatically locate and analyse volcanic thermal anomalies in remotely sensed data. Computers and Geoscience, 23, 627-645.
40. Holasek, R. E., and Rose, W. I., 1991, Anatomy of 1986 Augustine volcano eruptions as recorded by multispectral image processing of digital AVHRR weather satellite data. Bulletin of Volcanology, 53, 420-435.
41. Holasek, R. E., and Self, S., 1995, GOES weather satellite observations and measurements of the May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens eruption. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 8469-8487.
42. Holasek, R. E., Self, S., and Woods, A. W., 1996, Satellite observations and interpretation of the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption plumes. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 27635-27655.
43. Jeyaseelan, A. T., and Thiruvengadachari, S., 1993, Suspected Mt. Pinatubo aerosol impact on the NOAA AVHRR NDVI over India. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 603-608.
44. Kerdiles, H., and Diaz, R., 1996, Mapping of volcanic ashes from the 1991 Hudson eruption using NOAA AVHRR data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 17, 1981-1995.
45. Koyaguchi, T., and Tokuno, M., 1993, Origin of the giant eruption cloud of Pinatubo, June 15, 1991. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 55, 85-96.
46. Kramer, H. J., 1996, Observation of the Earth and its environment: Survey of missions and sensors (Berlin: Springer-Verlag).
47. Krotkov, N. A., Krueger, A. J., and Bhartia, P. K., 1997, Ultraviolet optical model of volcanic clouds for remote sensing of ash and sulfur dioxide. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 21891-21904.
48. Krueger, A. J., 1983, Sighting of El Chich^n eruption clouds with the Nimbus 3 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer. Science, 220, 1377-1379.
49. Krueger, A. F., and Oliver, V. J., 1980, Satellite observations of the Soufriere Volcano. Weatherwise, 30, 71-74.
50. Krueger, A. J., Sohnetzler, C. C., and Walter, L. S., 1996, The December 1981 eruption of Nyamuragira volcano (Zaire), and the origin of the mystery cloud of early 1982. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 15191-15196.
51. Krueger, A. J., Walter, L. S., Bhartia, P. K., Sohnetzler, C. C., Krotkov, N. A., Sprod, I., and Bluth, G. J. S., 1995, Volcanic sulfur dioxide measurements from the total ozone mapping spectrometer instruments. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 14057-14076.
52. Krueger, A. J., Walter, L. S., Sohnetzler, C. C., and Doiron, S. D., 1990, TOMS measurement of the sulfur dioxide emitted during the 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruptions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 41, 7-15.
53. Langaas, S., 1993, A parameterised bispectral model for savannah fire detection using AVHRR night images. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 14, 2245-2262.
54. Lee, T. F., and Tag, P. M., 1990, Improved detection of hotspots using the AVHRR 3.7 mm channel. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 71, 1722-1730.
55. Long, C. S., and Stowe, L. L., 1994, Using the NOAA AVHRR to study stratospheric aerosol optical thicknesses following the Mt. Pinatubo eruption. Geophysical Research Letters, 21, 2215-2218.
56. Malingreau, J. P., and Kaswanda, 1986, Monitoring volcanic eruptions in Indonesia using weather satellite data: the Colo eruption of July 28, 1983. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 27, 179-194.
57. Matson, M., and Dozier, J., 1981, Identification of subresolution high temperature sources using a thermal IR sensor. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 47, 1312-1318.
58. Matson, M., 1984, The 1982 El Chichôn volcano eruptions-a satellite perspective. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 23, 1-10.
59. M Ccormiok, M. P., and Veiga, R. E., 1992, SAGE II measurements of early Pinatubo aerosols. Geophysical Research Letters, 19, 155-158.
60. Mckee, C. O., Cooke, R. J. S., and Wallace, D. A., 1976, 1974-1975 eruptions of Karkar volcano, Papua New Guinea. In Volcanism in Australasia, edited by R. W. Johnson (Amsterdam: Elsevier), pp. 173-190.
61. Mcpeters, R. D., 1993, The atmospheric SO2 budget for Pinatubo derived from NOAA-11 SBUV/2 spectral data. Geophysical Research Letters, 20, 1971-1974.
62. Moore, J. G., Nakamura, K., and Alcaraz, A., 1966, The eruption of Taal volcano, Philippines, September 28-30, 1965. Science, 151, 955-960.
63. Mouginis-M Ark, P. J., Garbeil, H., and Flament, P., 1994, Effects of viewing geometry on AVHRR observations of volcanic thermal anomalies. Remote Sensing of Environment, 48, 51-60.
64. Neumann Van Padang, M., 1959, Changes in the top of Mount Ruang (Indonesia). Geologie on Mijinbouw, 21, 113-118.
65. O Ppenheimer, C., 1989, AVHRR volcano hotspot monitoring. Proceedings of the 4th AVHRR Data Users' Meeting, Rothenburg, Germany, 3-5 September 1989, pp. 335-338.
66. Oppenheimer, C., 1997, Remote sensing of the colour and temperature of volcanic lakes. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 18, 5-37.
67. Oppenheimer, C., 1998a, Satellite observation of active carbonatite volcanism at Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 19, 55-64.
68. Oppenheimer, C., 1998b, Satellite observation of lava lake activity at Nyiragongo volcano, ex-Zaire, during the Rwandan refugee crisis. Disasters, in press.
69. Oppenheimer, C., and Francis, P., 1997, Remote sensing of heat, lava and fumarole emissions from Erta 'Ale volcano, Ethiopia. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 18, 1661-1692.
70. Oppenheimer, C., Francis, P. W., Rothery, D. A., Carlton, R. W. T., and Glaze, L. S., 1993, Infrared image analysis of volcanic thermal features: Lascar volcano, Chile, 1984-1992. Journal of Geophysical Research, 98, 4269-4286.
71. Pearl, J. C., and Sinton, W. M., 1982, Hot spots of Io. In Satellites of Jupiter, edited by D. Morrison (Tucson: University of Arizona Press), pp. 724-755.
72. Prata, A. J., 1989, Observations of volcanic ash clouds in the 10-12 mm window using AVHRR/2 data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 10, 751-761.
73. Prata, A. J., Barton, I. J., Johnson, R. W., Kamo, K., and Kingwell, J., 1991, Hazard from volcanic ash. Nature, 354, 25.
74. Richardson, A. J., 1984, El Chichon volcanic ash effects on atmospheric haze measured by NOAA-7 AVHRR data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 16, 157-164.
75. Robinson, J. M., 1991, Fire from space-global fire evaluation using infrared remote sensing. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 12, 3-24.
76. Robock, A., and Matson, M., 1983, Circumglobal transport of the El Chichon volcanic dust cloud. Science, 221, 195-197.
77. Rose, W. I., and Schneider, D. J., 1996, Satellite images offer aircraft protection from volcanic clouds. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 77, 529-532.
78. Rothery, D. A., and Oppenheimer, C., 1994, Monitoring Mount Erebus by satellite remote sensing. Antarctic Research Series, 66, 51-56.
79. Rothery, D. A., Francis, P. W., and Wood, C. A., 1988, Volcano monitoring using shortwav-elength infrared data from satellites. Journal of Geophysical Research, 93, 7993-8008.
80. Rothery, D. A., Oppenheimer, C., Bonneville, A., 1995, Infrared thermal monitoring. In Monitoring active volcanoes, edited by B. McGuire, C. R. J. Kilburn and J. Murray (London: University College London Press), pp. 84-216.
81. Rowe, G. L., and Varekamp, J. C., 1993, A call for constributions to the IWGCL Crater and Caldera Lake Database. International Working Group on Crater Lakes Newsletter, 6, 54-61.
82. Sawada, Y., 1989, The detection capability of explosive eruptions using GMS imagery, and the behaviour of dispersing eruption clouds. IAVCEI Proceedings in Volcanology 1. Volcanic Hazards, edited by J. H. Latter (Berlin: Springer-Verlag), pp. 233-245.
83. Sawada, Y., 1996, Detection of explosive eruptions and regional tracking of volcanic ash clouds with Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (GMS). In Monitoring and Mitigation of Volcano Hazards, edited by R. Scarpa and R. I. Tilling (Berlin: Springer-Verlag), pp. 299-314.
84. Schentzler, C. C., Doiron, S. D., Walter, L. S., and Krueger, A. J., 1994, Satellite measurement of sulfur dioxide from the Redoubt eruptions of 1989-1990. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 62, 353-357.
85. Schoeberl, M. R., Doiron, S. D., Lait, L. R., Newman, P. A., and Krueger, A. J., 1993, A simulation of the Cerro Hudson SO2 cloud. Journal of Geophysical Research, 98, 2949-2955.
86. Scorer, R. S., Etna: The Eruption Of Christmas 1985 as seen by meteorological satellite. Weather, 41, 378-385.
87. Seftor, C. J., Hsu, N. C., and Herman, J. R., 1997, Detection of volcanic ash clouds from Nimbus 7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 16749-16759.
88. Setzer, A. W., and Vertstraete, M. M., 1994, Fire and glint in AVHRR's channel 3-a possible reason for the nonsaturation mystery. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 14, 711-718.
89. Shepherd, J. B., 1982, Mechanism of the 1979 explosive eruption of Soufriere volcano, St. Vincent. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 13, 119-130.
90. Sinton, W. M., 1981, The thermal emission spectrum of Io and a determination of the heat flux from its hot spots. Journal of Geophysical Research, 86, 3122-3128.
91. Smithsonian Institution, 1989, Global Volcanism 1975-1985 (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall and Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union).
92. Smithsonian Institution, 1995, Ruapehu. Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, 20, 15.
93. Sparks, R. S. J., Bursik, M. I., Carey, S. N., Gilbert, J. E., Glaze, L., Sigurdsson, H., and Woods, A. W. 1997, Volcanic Plumes (Chichester: Wiley).
94. Sparks, R. S. J., Moore, J. G., and Rice, C. J., 1986, The initial giant eruption cloud of the May 18th, 1980, explosive eruption of Mount St. Helens. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 28, 257-274.
95. Stephens, G., 1995, Mt. Spurr ash plume. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 16, 2513-2514.
96. Stowe, L. L., Carey, R. M., and Pellegrino, P. P., 1992, Monitoring the Mt. Pinatubo aerosol layer with NOAA/11 AVHRR data. Geophysical Research Letters, 19, 159-162.
97. Strong, A. E., and Stowe, L. L., 1993, Comparing stratospheric aerosols from El Chichon and Mount Pinatubo using AVHRR data. Geophysical Research Letters, 20, 1183-1186.
98. Takahata, S., and Miyama, K., 1982, Using remote sensing to survey the extent of damage caused by the eruption of Mt. Usu (Japan). Photo-Interpretation, 4, 1. 211-215.
99. Tanaka Y., Tsuchiya, K., and Yamaura, Y., 1981, Detection of volcanic smoke and ash-fall area at volcano Aso, from Landsat MSS data. Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics, 32, 275-290.
100. Tanaka, S., Sugimura, T., Harada, T., and Tanaka, M., 1993, Pinatubo volcanic dust diffusion into the stratosphere seen from space. Advances in Space Research, 14, 245-254.
101. Taylor, G. A. M., 1983, The 1951 eruption of Mt. Lamington, Papua. Bureau of Mineral Resources and Geology and Geophysical Bulletin 38, 2nd edition, Canberra, Australia.
102. Tucker, C. J., and Matson, M., 1985, Determination of volcanic dust deposition from El Chichon using ground and satellite data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 6, 619-627.
103. Wen, S., and Rose, W. I., 1994, Retrieval of particle sizes and masses in volcanic clouds using AVHRR band 4 and 5. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, 5421-5431.
104. White, K., and Hockey, B., 1996, 7 October 1995 eruption of Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand, observed by NOAA AVHRR. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 17, 1617-1622.
105. Wiesnet, D. R., and D'Aguanno, J., 1982, Thermal imagery of Mount Erebus from the NOAA-6 satellite. Antarctic Journal of the United States, 17, 32-34.
106. Williams, R. S., and Friedman, J. D., 1970, Satellite observation of effusive volcanism. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 23, 441-450.
107. Woods, A. W., and Self, S., 1992, Thermal disequilibrium at the top of volcanic clouds and its effect on estimates of the column height. Nature, 355, 628-630.
108. Woods, A. W., Holasek, R. E., and Self, S., 1995, Wind-driven dispersal of volcanic ash plumes and its control on the thermal structure of the plume-top. Bulletin of Volcanology, 57, 283-292.
109. Wooster M. J., and Rothery, D. A., 1997a, Thermal monitoring of Lascar Volcano, Chile, using infrared data from the along-track scanning radiometer: a 1992-1995 time series. Bulletin of Volcanology, 58, 566-579.
110. Wooster, M. J., and Kaneko, T., 1998, Satellite thermal analyses of lava dome effusion rates at Unzen volcano, Japan. Journal of Geophysical Research, in press.
111. Wooster, M. J., and Rothery, D. A., 1997b, Time-series analysis of effusive volcanic activity using the ERS Along-Track Scanning Radiometer: the 1995 eruption of Fernandina volcano, Galapagos Islands. Remote Sensing of Environment, 62, 109-117.