Volcanic clouds at Sakurajima in the 21th century

21世紀の桜島火山噴煙

Volcanic Cloud Research Group, Kagoshima Univ. and Kumamoto Univ.

Observation at B (10.3 km from Showa crater) : Very strong eruption on 2013. 8.18,

Flow of eruption clouds in 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 highlights , 2013 more , 2014 , 2015 , 2016

Name of each photograph: b12Mdd_hhmmssc as b=Point B, 12=2012, M= Month (a, b, c for 10, 11, 12) , hhmmss= hr., min. & sec.
c= camera [e= Olympus mu40digital, h= Sony DSC-HX5, no mark= DSC-HX50V (sw: sweep panorama), n= DSC-V3 near-infrared (p2, p3: merged paronama of 2, 3 photos)]

Multipoint observations at A, B, K and T : 2014 and source sites, 2015 with radar data, and other years from the links above and below

Comparison of radar and camera images in 2013-2014 for selected 6 eruptions

Volcanic clouds and SO2 high concentration events in and around Sakurajima

Typical and peculiar events in 2009-2012 from B, T and others , From Tarumizu in 2001-2012


ASTER and Ground Observation : 2009-2013.1 , 2013.5-9 , 2014- 2016 , MODIS Images 2014.11-2015

Sakurajima Eruption and Ash Dispersal, 2009.4.9 : 桜島2009.4.9 の爆発噴煙と降灰

Sakurajima eruption at Showa crater (Web camera archive of eruption clouds in Japanese since 2006, link to Kumamoto Univ. )

Reports:

Recent reports on volcanic clouds and related works (2003 - 2015)

Recent Reports on Volcanic Gas Problems in Japan (2003 - 2013)



Sakurajima Volcano, Japan 1st. summary, 1997;

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