Studies of the Hawaii volcano plume from satellite and models

Author

Porter, John N. ; Businger, Steve ; Watanabe, Dan ; Baerman, Annette ; Motell, Craig

Author_Institution

Hawaii Inst. of Geophys. & Planetology, Hawaii Univ., Honolulu, HI, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1649

Abstract

The Hawaii Kilauea volcano has been active for over 10 years. The trajectory and concentration of the acidic aerosol is currently poorly monitored. The authors report on a new effort to alert the public of the vog concentrations using satellite and model products. Satellite aerosol products are derived from the AVHRR and GOES satellite sensors in near real time. The satellite derived aerosol concentrations will be combined with results from a meso-scale dispersion model to better predict the height and extent of the vog plume

Keywords

aerosols; atmospheric composition; atmospheric techniques; remote sensing; volcanology; AVHRR; GOES; Hawaii; Kilauea; North Pacific; acidic aerosol; aerosol; atmosphere; concentration; height; mesoscale dispersion model; model; satellite remote sensing; spatial extent; trajectory; vog; volcanic eruption; volcanic plume; volcanic smog; volcano plume; Aerosols; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geologic measurements; Optical sensors; Pollution measurement; Satellites; Vents; Volcanoes; Weather forecasting; Wind;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.857300

Filename

857300