In situ observations and sampling of volcanic emissions with NASA and UCR unmanned aircraft, including a case study at turrialba volcano, Costa rica

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 380, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 321-352

  Pieri, David ^a   Diaz, Jorge Andres ^b   Bland, Geoffrey ^c   Fladeland, Matthew ^d   Madrigal, Yetty ^b   Corrales, Ernesto ^b   Alegria, Oscar ^b   Alan, Alfredo ^b   Realmuto, Vincent ^a   Miles, Ted ^c   Abtahi, Ali ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Teladaq LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ASTER; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; TERRA (SATELLITE); UNMANNED VEHICLE; VOLCANIC GAS; AIRCRAFT; EXPLOSIVE; PLUME; RADIOMETER; SEA LEVEL; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC CLOUD; VOLCANO;

CARTAGO; COSTA RICA; TURRIALBA;

ACCIPITRIDAE;

EID: 84889017939     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP380.13     Document Type: Article

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