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| Titel |
Autonomous thermal camera system for monitoring the active lava lake at Erebus volcano, Antarctica |
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N. Peters, C. Oppenheimer  , P. Kyle |
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Englisch
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2193-0856
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In: Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems ; 3, no. 1 ; Nr. 3, no. 1 (2014-02-05), S.13-20 |
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250115208
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/gi-3-13-2014.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| In December 2012, the Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory installed a thermal
infrared camera system to monitor the volcano's active lava lake. The new
system is designed to be autonomous, and capable of capturing images of the
lava lake continuously throughout the year. This represents a significant
improvement over previous systems which required the frequent attention of
observatory researchers and could therefore only be operated during a few
weeks of the annual field campaigns. The extreme environmental conditions at
the summit of Erebus pose significant challenges for continuous monitoring
equipment, and a custom-made system was the only viable solution. Here we
describe the hardware and software of the new system in detail and report on
a publicly available online repository where data will be archived. Aspects
of the technical solutions we had to find in order to overcome the challenges
of automating this equipment may be relevant in other environmental science
domains where remote instrument operation is involved. |
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