
Plastic Landmine Detection Research
PhD STUDENT AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Founder of the Demining Research Community
Analyzing Kilauea Lava Flow Velocities from Drone Flights
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:
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How can I accuratley extract lava flow surface velocity from drone footage?
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How does lava flow velocity at Site 6 change throughout a day?
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Understanding the flow geometry, and it's affect on velocity...
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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!
Drone Clip of Lava Flow:
Thank you to the USGS who collected this footage during the 2018 Kilauea eruption!
Stills from each Flight:


Flight 7
Flight 8

Flight 9

Flight 10
Velocity GIFs:



