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NOAA Satellites, Scientists Monitor Mount St. Helens for Possible Eruption
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graphic - red dot with arrow Current Volcanic Ash Advisories from the Washington DC advisory center
graphic - red dot with arrow Volcanic Ash Forecast Transport and Dispersion Models
Volcano Information Reference Table: Data, Messages, and Imagery
Volcano Events Imagery - includes multichannel color composite imagery showing ashpicture of a volcano clouds (VSH), hotspots from lava flow (VIR) or both (VOL). We also create grayscale "split-window" images which use a channel differencing technique that enhances the appearance of ash clouds in imagery (DIF). This technique is often useful for distinguishing ash clouds from water vapor clouds.

Experimental GOES Volcanic Ash Products
Volcano Products Page from NOAA's Satellite Services Division  
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Volcano Data and other Products from the NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center
  Volcanoes - Natural Hazards Slide Sets
  Stratovolcanoes of the World - posters and teachers guide
  Glossary of Volcano Terms

Underwater Volcano - LIVE from the Axial Caldera

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View live data from the volcano
Lava flow animation

Bathymetric map of the summit of Axial volcano, showing the caldera, the 1998 lava flow, and the locations of the components of the NeMO Net 2002 system. The NeMO Net surface buoy is anchored at the black dot and its mooring keeps it within the black watch-circle. The Bottom Pressure Recorder (BPR) and two Remote Access Samplers (RAS) are located on the seafloor at the blue dots. The blue circles show the maximum range of the directional (for the RAS) and omni-directional (for the BPR) acoustic modems. The new omni-directional modem clearly has much greater range and therefore gives the monitoring system much greater flexibility.

NEMO Explorer - This web site will take you a mile down beneath the ocean surface to explore Axial Seamount, an active submarine volcano just off the Oregon coast. Using virtual reality, we can put you in a 3-D model of the seafloor and let you view hydrothermal vents and fresh lava flows as if you were really there. At each of the virtual sites below there is an animated tour and links to video clips taken by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV).

 
NOAA's Ocean Explorer web site - public access to current information on a series of NOAA scientific and educational explorations and activities in the marine environment. The site provides a platform to follow explorations in near real-time, learn about exploration technologies, observe remote marine flora and fauna in the colorful multimedia gallery, read about NOAA’s 200-year history of ocean exploration, and discover additional NOAA resources in a virtual library.
Submarine Ring of Fire

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NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Lab (PMEL)
NOAA's Vents Program
NOAA National Geophysical Data Center
NOAA's Satellite Services Division
 


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