Experiences from near-real-time satellite-based volcano monitoring in Central America: case studies at Fuego, Guatemala

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 6621-6646

  Webley, P W ^a,b   Wooster, M J ^a   Strauch, W ^c   Saballos, J A ^c   Dill, K ^a   Stephenson, P ^d   Stephenson, J ^d   Escobar Wolf, R ^e   Matias, O ^f  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales   (Nicaragua)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Coordinadora Nacional para la Reduccion de Desastres ^*  (Guatemala)

^f Instituto Nacional De Sismologia Vulcanologia Meteorologia E Hydrologia (INSIVUMEH)   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; HAZARDS; MONITORING; SATELLITES; VOLCANOES;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING; LARGE-SCALE MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS; SATELLITE-BASED SYSTEM; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANO MONITORING;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; DATA QUALITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 55449102634     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802168301     Document Type: Article

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