Rapid Response to Volcanic Eruptions with an Autonomous Sensor Web: The Nyamulagira Eruption of 2006
Davies, A.G.; Castao, R.; Chien, S.; Tran, D.; Mandrake, L.; Wright, R.; Kyle, P.; Komorowski, J.-C.; Mandl, D.; Frye, S.
Aerospace Conference, 2008 IEEE
Volume , Issue , 1-8 March 2008 Page(s):1 - 11
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/AERO.2008.4526456
Summary:Rapid response to alerts of impending or active volcanism is vital in the assessment of volcanic risk and hazard. The JPL model-driven volcano sensor Web (MSW) demonstrated such an autonomous response during a volcanic crisis at Nyamulagira volcano, D. R. Congo, in December 2006, quickly providing vital information to volcanologists in the field. The MSW was developed to enable fast science-driven asset command and control. Alerts of volcanic activity from around the world are used to trigger high resolution observations (both spectral and spatial) by the EO-1 spacecraft. Data are processed onboard EO-1 by advanced software (the autonomous sciencecraft experiment [ASE]). If volcanic thermal emission is detected, ASE retasks EO-1 to obtain more data. A summary of the observation is returned within two hours of data acquisition.
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