Abstract
Since 1979, several papers have been published on the use of satellite data to detect volcanic eruptions and their ash clouds. Eruptions documented include: Augustine, Alaska, 1976 (Kienle and Shaw, 1979); Soufrière, St. Vincent, 1979 (Krueger, 1982); Alaid, U.S.S.R., and Pagan, Marianna Island, both in 1981 (Sawada, 1983); el Chichón, Mexico, 1982 (Matson, 1984); and Galunggung, Indonesia, 1982 (Hanstrum and Watson, 1983). The El Chichón event is used here to show how eruptions can be monitored with meteorological satellite data.
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Rao, P.K., Holmes, S.J., Anderson, R.K., Winston, J.S., Lehr, P.E. (1990). Thermal Anomalies. In: Rao, P.K., Holmes, S.J., Anderson, R.K., Winston, J.S., Lehr, P.E. (eds) Weather Satellites: Systems, Data, and Environmental Applications. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-944970-16-1_31
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