Open AccessJoint effort results in first infrared survey of Kamchatka volcanoes
Author(s) -
Pieri D. C.,
Khrenov A. P.,
Miller T. P.,
Zharinov S. E.,
Realmuto V.,
Abrams M.,
Glaze L. S.,
Kahle A. B.,
Drozhnin V.,
Dvigalo V.,
Kirianov V.,
Abbott E.,
Chernobieff S.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/97eo00078
Subject(s) - volcano , geology , multispectral scanner , peninsula , lava , thermal infrared , joint (building) , lava dome , seismology , geothermal gradient , remote sensing , dome (geology) , earth science , infrared , geomorphology , geography , geophysics , archaeology , architectural engineering , physics , engineering , optics
Scientists from the United States and the former Soviet Union (FSU) have performed a joint airborne infrared imaging survey of active volcanoes on the remote and politically sensitive Kamchatka Peninsula. The temperature map of Bezymyanny Volcano (Figure 1), revealing slow lava dome growth and collapse on the northwestern slope, shows the excellent quality of the images. The collaborative effort, which yielded thermal infrared multispectral scanner (TIMS) images of some of the 29 active volcanoes of the Eastern Range of the Kamchatka Peninsula (see Figure 2) provided new information on the ages, extent, and morphologies of volcanic deposits and quantitative data on thermal flux for active volcanoes and geothermal areas throughout the volcanic range. These data also provided a baseline against which changes caused by future eruptions can be gauged.