Eruption column height estimation of the 2011-2013 Etna lava fountains

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Scollo, Simona ^a   Prestifilippo, Michele ^a   Pecora, Emilio ^a   Corradini, Stefano ^a   Merucci, Luca ^a   Spata, Gaetano ^a   Coltelli, Mauro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eruption column height; SEVIRI and MODIS satellites; Video surveillance cameras; Volcano monitoring

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; LAVA FLOW; MODIS; MONITORING; PLUME; SEVIRI; VIDEOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84900454981     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4401/ag-6396     Document Type: Article

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