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Airborne volcanic ash cloud and eruption detection system and method

  • US 7,383,131 B1
  • Filed: 09/27/2006
  • Issued: 06/03/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for detecting predicting volcanic eruptions and predicting plume hazards, comprising:

  • a processor;

    a database having the location of a plurality of volcanoes and communicating with the processor;

    a lightning detector communicating with the processor;

    a weather radar communicating with the processor; and

    program logic running on the processor, the logic configured to correlate the location of a volcano from the database with the presence of lightning from the lightning detector and a volcanic ash plume from the weather radar.

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