Assessing RAT (Robust AVHRR Techniques) performances for volcanic ash cloud detection and monitoring in near real-time: The 2002 eruption of Mt. Etna (Italy)

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 440-454

  Filizzola, C ^a   Lacava, T ^a   Marchese, F ^b   Pergola, N ^a,b   Scaffidi, I ^b   Tramutoli, V ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AVHRR; RAT; Satellite monitoring; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; METEOROLOGY; REAL TIME CONTROL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VOLCANOES;

METEOROLOGICAL CLOUDS; ROBUST AVHRR TECHNIQUES (RAT); SATELLITE MONITORING; VOLCANIC ASH CLOUD;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR);

AVHRR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REAL TIME; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRACKING; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC CLOUD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947305288     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.09.020     Document Type: Article

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