EGU22-10749, updated on 10 Jan 2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-10749
EGU General Assembly 2022
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Temporal evolution of Cumbre Vieja explosive activity and ash plumes from ground-based infrared and visible cameras

Janine Birnbaum1, Einat Lev1, Pedro Hernandez2,3, José Barrancos2,3, Germán Padilla2,3, María Asensio-Ramos2, David Calvo2, Fátima Rodríguez2, Nemesio Pérez2,3, and Sonia Calvari4
Janine Birnbaum et al.
  • 1Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, United States of America
  • 2Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
  • 3Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER), Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
  • 4Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Catania, Italy

During the main phase of the 2021 eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano (La Palma, Spain), eruptive activity was characterized by Strombolian eruptions, fire fountaining, white and grey ash and gas-dominated plumes, and lava effusion from multiple events. Over the period November 16 to November 26, we recorded continuous time-lapse IR images and opportunistic visible and IR videos of the vent from multiple ground-based locations. We measure the apparent area of the high-temperature gas-and-ash jet and fire fountaining from time-lapse images recorded between 1 and 60 frames/min to investigate the evolution of the explosive activity and of these plumes on minutes to days time scales. We compare plume size estimates from two different angles and vent-camera distances. We will explore periodicity and relationships between neighboring vents and discuss the implications for processes occurring in the shallow-most plumbing system of the volcano.

How to cite: Birnbaum, J., Lev, E., Hernandez, P., Barrancos, J., Padilla, G., Asensio-Ramos, M., Calvo, D., Rodríguez, F., Pérez, N., and Calvari, S.: Temporal evolution of Cumbre Vieja explosive activity and ash plumes from ground-based infrared and visible cameras, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-10749, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-10749, 2022.