Satoru Oishi, Masahiro Iida, Masahide Muranishi, Mariko Ogawa, Ratih Indri Hapsari, Masato Iguchi
The present study shows the possibility of using Xband multi-parameter radar to detect volcanic tephra for estimating the amount of volcanic tephra in the air even when the amount of volcanic tephra is very low. The model proposed in this study can detect tephra with diameters of 0.5mmto 3 mm. Through the observation experiment and the model proposal, the present study shows successful detection of volcanic tephra in the air by using X-band multi-parameter radar. © 2015, Fuji Technology Press. All rights reserved.
Research Center for Urban Safety and Security, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan; Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe, 6578501, Japan; Department of Civil Engineering, State Polytechnic of Malang, Malang, East Jawa, Indonesia; Sakurajima Volcano Research Center, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, 1722-19 Sakurajima-Yokoyama, Kagoshima, 891-1419, Japan