Tools tagged with "Volcanology"

MintPy is an open-source Python package developed for processing Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) time-series data. It specializes in analyzing ground deformation by extracting precise displacement measurements from satellite imagery. The software provides tools for various geodetic applications, including monitoring earthquakes, volcanoes, and land subsidence.

The Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) is a NASA JPL instrument designed to collect hyperspectral imagery of Earth's surface. It plays a crucial role in various scientific research missions, monitoring environmental impacts, natural hazards, and ecological changes across diverse landscapes. The project offers access to collected data, flight planning information, and research publications.

This library, hosted on GitHub, provides tools for InSAR phase linking, a critical technique for measuring surface displacement. It supports both persistent scatterer (PS) and distributed scatterer (DS) processing methods. The primary goal is to facilitate the generation of accurate surface displacement maps, crucial for various geoscientific applications.

Geocatmin is an agile geographic information system that facilitates interactive and easy access to and comprehension of information. It provides comprehensive geological, mining, and energy data, primarily focusing on Peru but also including global information.

The European Ground Motion Service (EGMS) offers high-precision data on ground movements across Copernicus participating countries. This service leverages space-based remote sensing technology, specifically Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR) from Sentinel-1, to detect and measure ground motion with millimeter accuracy. The data is updated annually, supporting diverse applications from infrastructure monitoring to urban planning and climate change research.

This dataset contains various data and products recorded by the GeoNet sensor network, crucial for monitoring natural hazards across New Zealand. It includes GNSS, coastal gauge, camera images, waveform, seismic, and time series data, all vital for geological hazard assessment.

The Icelandic Institute of Natural History (Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands) offers a comprehensive data download portal. It contains extensive collections covering various aspects of Iceland's natural environment, such as geographical names, land surveying, vegetation communities, ecosystems, bedrock and superficial deposits, species distribution, fossils, and minerals.

grond is a probabilistic earthquake source inversion framework, designed and crafted within the Pyrocko ecosystem. This robust tool provides functionalities for analyzing seismic data and inverting for earthquake source parameters, employing advanced probabilistic methods.

NCEI and the World Data Service for Geophysics maintain the Global Historical Tsunami Database. This unique resource supports tsunami warning centers, engineers, oceanographers, seismologists, and the public by providing information on tsunami events from 2000 B.C. to the present across major oceans and seas.

The Natural Science Institute of Iceland focuses on comprehensive research and data collection across various natural sciences. It provides information on Iceland's unique geological features, diverse flora, and significant natural hazards, contributing to scientific understanding and conservation efforts.

This online course from the University of Alaska Fairbanks focuses on the applications of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) remote sensing for disaster monitoring. It covers weather and illumination-independent SAR technology and its use in analyzing natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and flooding.

The UPCODES Lab is an experimental facility within the Institute of Geosciences at the University of Potsdam. It supports research in General Geophysics, contributing to a wide range of studies across the geosciences.

This platform offers a comprehensive collection of core data sets related to Natural Disaster Hotspots – A Global Risk Analysis. These data sets are freely available for download and include information on hazard frequency, distribution, mortality risks, and economic loss deciles for various natural disasters. The data is provided in common GIS-compatible formats to facilitate research and analysis.

This book details five and a half years of research into radar interferometry, a space-geodetic technique for measuring Earth's topography and deformation with high precision. It addresses critical issues such as data interpretation and the propagation of various errors from sensors, processing, and atmospheric effects. The work aims to provide a quantitative approach for understanding and mitigating errors in interferometric measurements.