Deployment of Small-size X-band MP Radars near Volcanoes in Southern Kyushu and Observation of Eruption Plumes

Haruhisa Nakamichi; Masato Iguchi; Makoto Shimomura; Yusuke Takenaka

Presentation information

[JJ] Oral

M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-IS Intersection

[M-IS16] Dynamics of eruption cloud and cumulonimbus; modelling and remote sensing

Mon. May 21, 2018 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM 106 (1F International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Eiichi Sato(Meteorological Research Institute), Fukashi Maeno(Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo), Takeshi Maesaka(防災科学技術研究所), Chairperson:Sato Eiichi(Meteorological Research Institute)

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

[MIS16-03] Deployment of Small-size X-band MP Radars near Volcanoes in Southern Kyushu and Observation of Eruption Plumes

*Haruhisa Nakamichi¹, Masato Iguchi¹, Makoto Shimomura², Yusuke Takenaka¹ (1.Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, 2.Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba)

Keywords:Volcano, Eruption, Radar, X-band, Seismic waveform, Southern Kyushu

Compact X-band dual polarimetric Doppler weather radars (Model: WR-2100 Furuno electric co.) ware installed in August 2017 at six sites near Sakurajima, Kirishima, Satsuma-Iwojima Kuchinoerabujima and Suwanosejima Volcanoes. The X-band radars detected volcanic columns of Shinmoedake eruptions of Kirishima volcano in October 2017 and Minamidake eruptions of Sakurajima volcano since November 2017. We compare between reflectivity images of X-band radars and seismic amplitudes at sites of a volcano.