A global study of volcanic infrasound characteristics and the potential for long-range monitoring

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 369-379

  Dabrowa, A L ^a   Green, D N ^b   Rust, A C ^a   Phillips, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Explosive volcanism; Remote monitoring; Volcano infrasound; Volcano monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ENERGY; ACOUSTIC PRESSURE AMPLITUDE; DATA SETS; ERUPTION PLUMES; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FREQUENCY CONTENTS; GEOMETRICAL SPREADING; INFRASOUND; INTERNATIONAL MONITORING SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM DISTANCE; MONITORING NETWORK; MONITORING TECHNIQUES; REMOTE MONITORING; VOLCANIC INFRASOUND; VOLCANO MONITORING;

MONITORING;

VOLCANOES;

DATA SET; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MONITORING SYSTEM; PLUME; REMOTE SENSING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 80053352211     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.027     Document Type: Article

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