Mass discharge rate retrieval combining weather radar and thermal camera observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 5679-5695

  Vulpiani, Gianfranco ^a   Ripepe, Maurizio ^b   Valade, Sebastien ^b  

^a DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

mass disharge rate; mass eruption rate; radar volcanology; remote sensing; volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84981517046     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JB013191     Document Type: Article

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