The geometry of Strombolian explosions: Insights from Doppler radar measurements

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1376-1391

  Gouhier, Mathieu ^a,b,c   Donnadieu, Franck ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Eruption mechanisms and flow emplacement; Explosive volcanism; Numerical approximations and analysis; Remote sensing of volcanoes; Time series analysis; Volcano monitoring

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC MODEL; CONDUIT PROCESS; DOPPLER SPECTRA; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; ERUPTION MECHANISMS; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GEOMETRICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; GROUND BASED; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS AND ANALYSIS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE LOAD; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; RADAR RECORDING; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE; SPECTRUM SHAPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TIME-SCALES; TRIANGULAR SHAPES; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC EXPLOSIONS; VOLCANIC MATERIALS; VOLCANO MONITORING;

BALLISTICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DOPPLER EFFECT; DOPPLER RADAR; EXPLOSIONS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MONITORING; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

EXPLOSIVES;

CRATER; DOPPLER RADAR; EMPLACEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GEOMETRY; MAGMA; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; STROMBOLI;

EID: 78449250077     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04829.x     Document Type: Article

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