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Sulfur dioxide emission rates from Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, an update: 1998-2001

January 1, 2002

Introduction Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission rates from Kilauea Volcano were first measured by Stoiber and Malone (1975) and have been measured on a regular basis since 1979 (Greenland and others, 1985; Casadevall and others, 1987; Elias and others, 1998; Sutton and others, 2001). A compilation of SO2 emission-rate and wind-vector data from 1979 through 1997 is available as Open-File Report 98-462 (Elias and others, 1998) and on the web at http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/products/OF98462/. The purpose of this report is to update the existing database through 2001. Kilauea releases SO2 gas predominantly from its summit caldera and east rift zone (ERZ) (fig. 1), as described in previous reports (Elias and others, 1998; Sutton and others, 2001). These two distinct sources are quantified independently. The summit and east rift zone emission rates reported here were derived using vehicle-based Correlation Spectrometry (COSPEC) measurements as described in Elias and others (1998). In 1998 and 1999, these measurements were augmented with airborne and tripod-based surveys.

Publication Year 2002
Title Sulfur dioxide emission rates from Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, an update: 1998-2001
DOI 10.3133/ofr2002460
Authors Tamar Elias, A. Jefferson Sutton
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 2002-460
Index ID ofr2002460
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Hawaiian Volcano Observatory; Volcano Science Center