Last Updated : May 14, 2018

The 2018 Kilauea volcanic activity of Hawaii: SAR analysis result by ALOS-2 data

Crustal Deformation Observed by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

Released: May. 9, 2018, updated: May. 14, 2018, Japanese version of this page

Result of Analysis


Fig1.Descending InSAR
Fig. 1. Descending SAR interferogram [PNG: 1.3MB]

Fig2.Ascending InSAR
Fig.2. SAR interferogram [PNG: 1.3MB]

Fig2.Ascending MAI
Fig.3. MAI [PNG: 1.4MB]

Fig. Area
Area of interest
Fig. Date Time Flight Beam Obs. Incidence Angle Bperp KMZ
# (UTC) Dir. Dir. Mode*1 *2 (around epicenter)
1 2018-01-20 2018-05-12 22:09 Des. Right W-W 45-49° -217m 0.5MB
2 2018-02-27 10:22 Asc. Right F-F 35° -211m 1.0MB
2018-05-08

*1 F:Fine (10m), *2 W: Normal
(cf. ALOS-2 Project / PALSAR-2 (JAXA))


Analysis by GSI from ALOS-2data of JAXA.
These results were obtained through the activity of the SAR analysis working group of the Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction.

Model Calculation

観測結果
 Fig.3. Calculated crustal defomation and residual : SAR interferogram


Fig.4. Calculated crustal defomation and residual : MAI


Table1. Parameters of the estimated model
Lon
(°)
Lat
(°)
Dep
(km)
Length
(km)
Width
(km)
Strike
(°)
Dip
(°)
Open
(m)
Volume
(m3)
-154.925 19.455 0.1 7.4 1.7 60 90 3.9 4.9×107







※A uniform opening of a vertical dike is assumed for the model calculation

モデルの3D模式図
        Fig.5. Schematic View

Satellite

ALOS-2 (Advanced Land Observing Satellite 2) launched by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on May 24, 2014

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KOBAYASHI Tomokazu : Chief Researcher
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