Resources

DAAC feature on Volcanoes and Climate Change
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Volcano

This site explains how AVHRR image data is processed. Uses four images of Mount Spurr eruption as an example showing how different processing options produce different results.
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/avo4/atlas/volc/spurr/photo.htm

This site provides individual images that went into the composite images in Figures 7 and 8.
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/research/avhrr/images/spurr

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/framework.html

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/volcano_terminology.html

Alaskan Volcano Observatory&emdash;Outstanding images and text about all volcanoes in Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, and Kamchatka Peninsula. Regional and local maps. Images of volcanoes, their eruptions, and the effects on the nearby human populations
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/avo4/atlas/atlas.htm

 Images:

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