Satellite observations reveal little inter-annual variability in the radiant flux from the Mount Erebus lava lake

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 687-694

  Wright, Robert ^a   Pilger, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Erebus; MODIS; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; DEGASSING; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; NASA; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; SPECTROMETERS; VOLCANOES;

ACTIVE VOLCANOS; ANNUAL VARIABILITIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGOS; EREBUS; ETHIOPIA; FIELD INSTRUMENTATIONS; LONG DURATIONS; MAXIMUM FLUXES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRO RADIOMETERS; MODIS; POWER OUTPUTS; RADIANT FLUXES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; TIME SCALES; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

FLUXES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CRATER LAKE; DEGASSING; FIELD METHOD; MODIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AFRICA; AMBRYM; ANTARCTICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EAST AFRICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ERTA ALE; ETHIOPIA; MELANESIA; MOUNT EREBUS; NYIRAGONGO; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; ROSS ISLAND; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VANUATU;

EID: 55549108693     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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