GPS Monitoring Data for Active Volcanos Available on Internet

Authors

Timothy H. Dixon, University of MiamiFollow
Frederic Farina, University of Miami
Ailin Mao, University of Miami
Frank Webb, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Marcus Bursik, State University of New York
Ross Stein, U.S. Geological Survey
Grant Marshall, U.S. Geological Survey

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1995

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1029/EO076i001p00002

Abstract

Recent technological advances have now made it possible for volcanologists to continuously monitor active volcanoes with the Global Positioning System (GPS). These observations allow detection of large changes in surface strain near active volcanoes that may precede major volcanic eruptions by days, weeks or even months. They are therefore a critical component of programs designed to assess hazard and predict eruptions of active volcanoes.

Researchers who are unfamiliar with GPS technology or who do not have facilities to process large amounts of GPS data may have difficulty obtaining GPS results, however. To address this problem, we recently initiated a “proof of concept” system that provides, to anyone with access to Internet, analyzed results from two permanent GPS sites in Long Valley Caldera in California.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, v. 76, issue 1, p. 2-3

©1995. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.

Scholar Commons Citation

Dixon, Timothy H.; Farina, Frederic; Mao, Ailin; Webb, Frank; Bursik, Marcus; Stein, Ross; and Marshall, Grant, "GPS Monitoring Data for Active Volcanos Available on Internet" (1995). School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications. 496.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/496