Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) video of the 2018 summit eruption of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii
Dates
Start Date
2018-05-19
End Date
2018-09-05
Publication Date
2021-07-22
Citation
DeSmither, L.G., and Diefenbach, A.K., 2021, Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) video of the 2018 summit eruption of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MYKFWB.
Summary
This dataset contains Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) footage from the 2018 summit collapse of Kīlauea Volcano, Island of Hawai‘i. The intrusion of magma into Kīlauea’s lower East Rift Zone triggered draining of the summit lava lake and magma withdrawal from the shallow reservoir. This resulted in 62 subsequent collapse events at the summit between May and early-August 2018. Each collapse event released energy equivalent to a magnitude-5.3 earthquake. The total collapse volume was about 0.8 km^3, with subsidence of more than 500 m in some places. There are 73 UAS videos in this publication, recorded from May 19 to September 5, which have been separated into subpages by month. Sub-pages for each month also contain a ReadMe text file [...]
Summary
This dataset contains Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) footage from the 2018 summit collapse of Kīlauea Volcano, Island of Hawai‘i. The intrusion of magma into Kīlauea’s lower East Rift Zone triggered draining of the summit lava lake and magma withdrawal from the shallow reservoir. This resulted in 62 subsequent collapse events at the summit between May and early-August 2018. Each collapse event released energy equivalent to a magnitude-5.3 earthquake. The total collapse volume was about 0.8 km^3, with subsidence of more than 500 m in some places. There are 73 UAS videos in this publication, recorded from May 19 to September 5, which have been separated into subpages by month. Sub-pages for each month also contain a ReadMe text file with information pertaining to the videos, including flight end time, video duration, take off/landing location, keywords, and aircraft name. UAS flights were conducted with permission and in coordination with Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.
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20180531_UAS_Kīlauea-summit.png “UAS view of Halema‘uma‘u crater at Kīlauea summit”
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Purpose
The videos were collected from various UAS platforms to support the USGS 2018 Kīlauea eruption response. The majority of the videos in this dataset were collected to aid in situational awareness, for scientists, emergency managers, and the National Park Service during an evolving volcanic crisis. Additional videos were collected during gas measurement and mapping flights.