Jasper Baur

Description:

This project aims to derive and analyze the velocity of a lava flow site at Fissure 8 from the 2018 Lower East Rift Zone of Kilauea in Hawaii, from drone imagery collected by the USGS. This research is part of a larger project to understand and model multi-phase (lava, bubbles, and crystals) lava flows, and ultimatley better predict lava flow emplacement. I have derived velocity vector fields using particle image velocimetry (PIV), and analyze these data in xarray.

 

Scientific Questions:

• How can I accuratley extract lava flow surface velocity from drone footage?

• How does lava flow velocity at Site 6 change throughout a day?

• Understanding the flow geometry, and it's affect on velocity...

  • influence of flow width, and depth on the apparent velocity?

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Github: https://github.com/jbaur1/rces-final-project 

-You can run the code yourself through the binder in Github, or just check out the project in greater depth!