Meteorological monitoring of an active volcano: Implications for eruption prediction

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-358

  Barclay, Jenni ^a   Johnstone, Jade E ^a   Matthews, Adrian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dome collapse; Forecasting; Montserrat; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

DOMES; METEOROLOGY; PROBABILITY; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DOME COLLAPSE; ERUPTION; METEOROLOGICAL MONITORING; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ACTIVITY;

VOLCANOES;

METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; PREDICTION; VOLCANO;

EID: 32044452440     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.07.020     Document Type: Article

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