Snow cover correlation between Mt. Villarrica and Mt. Lliama in Chile

Jeong Cheol Kim, Sung Hwan Park, Hyung Sup Jung

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Abstract

The Southern Volcanic Zone (SVZ) of Chile consists of many volcanoes, and all of the volcanoes are covered with snow at the top of mountain. Monitoring snow cover variations in these regions can give us a key parameter in order to understand the mechanisms of volcanic activity. In this study, we investigate on the volcanic activity and snow cover interaction from snow cover area mapping, snow-line extraction. The study areas cover Mt. Villarrica and Mt. Llaima, Chile. Both of them are most active volcanos in SVZ. Sixty Landsat TM and Landsat ETM+ images are used for observing snow cover variations of Mt. Villarrica and Mt. Llaima, spanning the 25 years from September 1986 to February 2011. Results show that snow cover area between volcanic activity and non-activity are largely changed from 42.84 km2 to 13.41 km2, temporarily decreased 79% at the Mt. Villarrica and from 28.98 km2 to 3.82 km2, temporarily decreased 87% at the Mt. Villarrica. The snow line elevation of snow cover retreated by approximately 260 m from 1, 606m to 1, 871 m at the Mt. Villarrica, approximately 266m from 1, 741m to 2, 007m at the Mt. Llaima. The results show that there are definitely correlations between snow cover and volcanic activity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLand Surface Remote Sensing II
EditorsShunlin Liang, Jing Ming Chen, Peng Gong, Jing Ming Chen, Thomas J. Jackson, Shunlin Liang, Shunlin Liang
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781628413274
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
EventLand Surface Remote Sensing II - Beijing, China
Duration: 13 Oct 201016 Oct 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9260
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceLand Surface Remote Sensing II
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period13/10/1016/10/10

Keywords

  • Landsat
  • Mt. Villarrica
  • Mt.Lliama
  • Snow cover area
  • Snow line elevation

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