Radar observations of ash eruptions

Authors

D. M. Harris, Michigan Technological University
William I. Rose, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
R. Roe, Michigan Technological University
M. R. Thompson, Michigan Technological University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1981

Department

Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering

Abstract

Radar systems located at Portland, Oreg., Seattle, Wash., and near Spokane, Wash., have been used extensively for observations of ash clouds from explosive volcanic eruptions at Mount St. Helens during 1980. Eruption clouds are composed of silicate particles and are therefore detectable by radar. Radar observations can be made at night and in overcast weather when conventional observations of eruptions are difficult.-from Authors

Publisher's Statement

Access entire The 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens, Washington, US Geological Survey Professional Paper here: https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1250/report.pdf

Publication Title

The 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens, Washington, US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Recommended Citation

Harris, D., Rose, W. I., Roe, R., & Thompson, M. (1981). Radar observations of ash eruptions. The 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens, Washington, US Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1250, 323-333.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/17211