Title :
MODIS Borne Analysis of Long Series of Radiant Fluxes at Active Lava Lakes
Author :
Hirn, Barbara ; Bartola, Concettina Di ; Ferro, Francesca ; Ferrucci, Fabrizio
Author_Institution :
Intell. for Environ. & Security, IES Consulting Ltd., Rome
Abstract :
We report on the mid-to-long term spaceborne measurement of thermal energy radiated by volcanic, melt `lava lakes´ at Nyiragongo volcano (Congo, permanent 2006-2007), and at Karthala volcano (Comoros) during its eruptive bursts of October 2000, July and August-September 2003, April and November-December 2005, May-July 2006 and January 2007. Measurements were performed on multispectral, low-resolution MODIS scenes acquired by platforms Terra and Aqua up to 4 times daily.
Keywords :
heat radiation; remote sensing; terrestrial heat; volcanology; AD 2000 to 2007; Aqua platform; Comoros; Congo; Karthala volcano; MODIS borne analysis; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; Nyiragongo volcano; Terra platform; eruptive bursts; spaceborne measurement; thermal energy radiation; thermal radiant flux; volcanic lava lake melt; Lakes; MODIS; MODIS; infrared; lava lake; volcano;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2807-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2808-3
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779360
