Near real-time routine for volcano monitoring using infrared satellite data

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Valerio Lombardo
Malvina Silvestri
Claudia Spinetti

Abstract

An Advanced Very-High-Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) routine for hot-spot detection and effusion rate estimation (AVHotRR) using AVHRR infrared space-borne images is presented here for the monitoring of active lava flow. AVHotRR uses directly broadcast National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-AVHRR remotely sensed data. The 2006 summit eruption of Mount Etna provided the opportunity to test the products generated by AVHotRR for monitoring purposes. Low spatial and high temporal resolution products can also be used as inputs of flow models to drive numerical simulations of lava-flow paths and thus to provide quantitative hazard assessment and volcanic risk mitigation.

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Lombardo, V., Silvestri, M. and Spinetti, C. (2011) “Near real-time routine for volcano monitoring using infrared satellite data”, Annals of Geophysics, 54(5). doi: 10.4401/ag-5336.
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