Automatic Estimation of Volcanic Ash Plume Height using WorldView-2 Imagery

• Main Authors: McLaren, David, Thompson, David R., Davies, Ashley G., Gudmundsson, Magnus T., Chien, Steve
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: 46; Eyjafjallajokull; Iceland
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20130009129

We explore the use of machine learning, computer vision, and pattern recognition techniques to automatically identify volcanic ash plumes and plume shadows, in WorldView-2 imagery. Using information of the relative position of the sun and spacecraft and terrain information in the form of a digital e...