First testing of a volcano Doppler radar (Voldorad) at Mount Etna, Italy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3389-3392

  Dubosclard, G ^a,c   Cordesses, R ^a,c   Allard, P ^d   Hervier, C ^a,c   Coltelli, M ^b,e   Kornprobst, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b Istituto Internazionale di Vulcanologia   (Italy)

^c Campus des Cézeaux   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR MEASUREMENT; VOLCANOES; DOPPLER RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

DOPPLER RADAR; RADAR;

DOPPLER RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ITALY;

DISTANCE RANGES; DOPPLER SPECTRA; ERUPTIVE ACTIVITY; LAVA FOUNTAINS; MEDIUM POWER; MOUNT ETNA , ITALY; VERTICAL VELOCITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 0033570610     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL008371     Document Type: Article

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