1998/01/01 by Anthony Denniss, Andrew Harris, David A. Rothery +2 · 4 citations
Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Climate variability and models #Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations #Cryospheric studies and observations #Volcano #Geology #Satellite #Pyroclastic rock #Plume #Vulcanian eruption #Remote sensing #Volcanology #Seismology #Meteorology #Geography
paper · doi:10.1080/014311698215739
openalex publication_date 1998/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/13
The largest historic eruption of the Lascar volcano, Chile, occurred during April 1993. The eruption lasted two days, producing pyroclastic flows, covering an 18.5km2 area, and a major ash plume, leading to widespread ashfall. Here we demonstrate how combined observations from the Japanese Earth Observation (JERS-1) and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites were used to document this eruption. These two satellite platforms provide complementary data, giving high resolution spatial (JERS-1), spectral (JERS-1) and temporal information (NOAA). Such an integrated remote sensing approach offers a valuable means of easily and safely monitoring large, dangerous, volcanic eruptions and post eruption processes.