Satellite Monitoring of Volcanic Sulfur Dioxide Emissions for Early Warning of Volcanic Hazards

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 196-206

  Rix, Meike ^a,b   Valks, Pieter ^a   Hao, Nan ^a   Loyola, Diego G R ^a   Zimmer, Walter ^a   Emmadi, Sunil ^a   van Geffen, Jos ^c   Clerbaux, Catherine ^d,e   Clarisse, Lieven ^d   Coheur, Pierre François ^d   Erbertseder, Thilo ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

GOME 2; IASI; MetOp; satellite applications; SO2 atmospheric measurements

Indexed keywords

GOME-2; IASI; METOP; SATELLITE APPLICATIONS; SO 2 ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AVIATION; DEGASSING; HAZARDS; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

VOLCANOES;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; DEGASSING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EMISSION CONTROL; GOME; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES; YEMEN;

EID: 77951621408     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2009.2031120     Document Type: Article

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