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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2017, Vol. 14, No. 7, pp. 65-76

The use of Himawari satellite data for monitoring Kamchatka volcanoes

O.A. Girina 1 , L.S. Kramareva 2 , E.A. Loupian 3 , D.V. Melnikov 1 , A.G. Manevich 1 , A.А. Sorokin 4 , I.A. Uvarov 3 , A.V. Kashnitskiy 3 , M.A. Bourtsev 3 , V.V. Marchenkov 3 , A.A. Bril 3 , A.A. Mazurov 3 , I.M. Romanova 1 , S.I. Malkovsky 4 
1 Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FEB RAS, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
2 Far Eastern Center of Planeta Research Center for Space Hydrometeorology, Khabarovsk, Russia
3 Space Research Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia
4 Computing Center FEB RAS, Khabarovsk, Russia
Accepted: 13.12.2017
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2017-14-7-65-76
The volcanoes of Kamchatka are the most active in the world. Annually, from 3 to 7 volcanoes produce eruptions, during which the explosions eject ash to 10−15 km above sea level, and ash clouds spread thousands of kilometers from volcanoes. Strenuous volcanic activity could cause ash falls in towns and settlements, destruction of forests and communications. Ash clouds and plumes pose a serious threat to the present-day jet aviation. Since 1993, the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) has conducted daily monitoring of Kamchatka volcanoes to mitigate volcanic hazards to airline operations and population. Since 2014, satellite monitoring of volcanoes is carried out by KVERT scientists using the VolSatView information system that since 2016 has utilized data from Himawari-8 geostationary satellite. The system has created special tools that allow us to work with promptly received data, as well as analyze series of long-term observations. Using data from Himawari-8, as well as the tools implemented in VolSatView to work with them, enables to: significantly raise the efficient response to detection of explosive events in the region; identify the onset of eruptive events with an accuracy of 10 minutes or less; track and forecast all changes in the dynamics of volcanic activity, including the near onset of strong explosive events. The paper describes the technology features for integrating Himawari-8 data into VolSatView and the main possibilities of working with them, implemented now in the system.
Keywords: volcano, eruption, Kamchatka, monitoring, Himawari, VolSatView
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