Sulfur Dioxide Emission Rates from Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i, 2007-2010

Sulfur Dioxide Emission Rates from Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, 2007–2010

By T. Elias and A.J. Sutton

Abstract

Kīlauea Volcano has one of the longest running volcanic sulfur dioxide (SO₂) emission rate databases on record. Sulfur dioxide emission rates from Kīlauea Volcano were first measured by Stoiber and Malone (1975) and have been measured on a regular basis since 1979 (Elias and Sutton, 2007, and references within). Compilations of SO₂ emission-rate and wind-vector data from 1979 through 2006 are available on the USGS Web site (Elias and others, 1998; Elias and Sutton, 2002; Elias and Sutton, 2007). This report updates the database, documents the changes in data collection and processing methods, and highlights how SO₂ emissions have varied with eruptive activity at Kīlauea Volcano for the interval 2007–2010.

First posted June 20, 2012

Report PDF (5.5 MB)
Tables 3–7 spreadsheets. These tables are provided in several file formats (1.2 MB total).

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Suggested citation:

Elias, T., and Sutton, A.J., 2012, Sulfur dioxide emission rates from Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, 2007–2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1107, 25 p. (Available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1107/.)

Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Methods and uncertainties

Conclusions

References Cited

five spreadsheet tables