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Authors: | Murphy, Sam* Wright, Robert* Rouwet, Dmitri* |
Title: | Color and temperature of the crater lakes at Kelimutu volcano through time | Journal: | Bulletin of Volcanology | Series/Report no.: | /80 (2018) | Issue Date: | Jan-2018 | DOI: | 10.1007/s00445-017-1172-2 | Abstract: | We investigated the color and temperature of three volcanic crater lakes that co-exist at Kelimutu volcano (Indonesia) using ~ 30 years of Landsat data. These satellite data were obtained through Google Earth Engine. Time series of surface reflectance (visible wavelengths) and brightness temperature above background (thermal infrared wavelengths) were calculated. Color was defined in the RGB (red-green-blue) and HSV (hue-saturation-value) color spaces, and we introduce a visualization concept called “hue stretch” to consistently represent hue through time. These parameters display long-term trends, seasonal cycles and short duration bursts of activity at the lakes. We demonstrate that the color of the lakes are related over a period of months to years and discovered a previously unreported but significant episode around 1997, which included large agglomerations of floating elemental sulfur. Globally speaking, these techniques could reveal trends at any of the ~ 100 crater lakes on active volcanoes. Furthermore, they could apply to any target whose color changes through time (e.g., forests, crops, and non-volcanic water bodies). We have open-sourced the code necessary to perform these analyses. |
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