Theoretical study on volcanic plume SO 2 and ash retrievals using ground TIR camera: Sensitivity analysis and retrieval procedure developments

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 3 PART2, 2010, Pages 1619-1628

  Corradini, Stefano ^a   Tirelli, Cecilia ^b   Gangale, Gabriele ^c   Pugnaghi, Sergio ^c   Carboni, Elisa ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ground measurements; Mt. Etna volcano; Remote sensing; Sulfur dioxide (SO 2); Thermal infrared (TIR) camera; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; CAMERA GEOMETRY; CIVIL SOCIETY; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LEAST-SQUARE FIT METHOD; MT. ETNA; NOISE EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; OPTICAL DEPTH; RETRIEVAL PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY INCREASE; SENSITIVITY LIMIT; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SPECTRAL RANGE; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMAL INFRARED; THERMAL INFRARED CAMERAS; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC PLUME;

CAMERAS; GEOMETRY; INFRARED RADIATION; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFUR; VAPORS; VOLCANOES;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; GEOMETRY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; PLUME; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VIDEOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84865126525     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2032242     Document Type: Article

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