TY - BOOK AU - Dean,Kenneson Gene AU - Dehn,Jonathan ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Monitoring Volcanoes in the North Pacific: Observations from Space T2 - Springer Praxis Books SN - 9783540687504 AV - QC801-809 U1 - 550 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer KW - Earth sciences KW - Geology KW - Mineralogy KW - Geophysics KW - Geoecology KW - Environmental geology KW - Earth Sciences KW - Geophysics/Geodesy KW - Geoecology/Natural Processes N2 - This book provides a unique visual experience, showing satellite images of volcanic eruptions worldwide and detailed observations from the North Pacific ‘ring of fire’. Daily volcano monitoring and analysis from this region have resulted in one of the most detailed collections of satellite images in the world. An international team of experts has provided comprehensive coverage of the state-of-the-art techniques for real-time volcano monitoring and analysis using space-borne data, as well as satellite data acquisition and analysis, ash-dispersion models, wind field data, case studies, hazard mitigation, transmitting warnings and discussion of global impacts of eruptions. UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68750-4 ER -