CVG PUBLICATION LIST

In review

Oppenheimer, C., and McGonigle, A.J.S., Exploiting ground-based optical sensing technologies for volcanic gas surveillance, Annali di Geofisica, in review.

Mather, T.A., Allen, A.G., Oppenheimer, C., Pyle, D.M., and McGonigle, A.J.S., Size-resolved particle compositions of the tropospheric plume of Masaya volcano, Nicaragua, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, sub judice.

Mather, T., Pyle, D.M., Oppenheimer, C., Tropospheric volcanic aerosol, in Volcanism and the Earth’s Atmosphere (Robock, A. and Oppenheimer, C., eds), American Geophysical Union Monograph, sub judice.

McGonigle, A.J.S., Oppenheimer, C., Hayes, A.R., Galle, B., Edmonds, M., Caltabiano, Salerno, G. and Burton, M., Volcanic sulphur dioxide fluxes from Etna, Vulcano and Stromboli measured with an automated scanning ultraviolet spectrometer, J. Geophys. Res., sub judice.

Duffell, H.J., Oppenheimer, C., Pyle, D., Galle, B., McGonigle, A.J.S. and Burton, M.R., Geochemical precursors to a minor explosive eruption at Masaya volcano, Nicaragua, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, sub judice.

Edmonds, M., Oppenheimer, C., Pyle, D. M., Herd, R. A and Thompson, G., SO₂ emissions from Soufrière Hills Volcano and their relationship to conduit permeability, hydrothermal interaction and degassing regime, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, sub judice.

Wiart, P., and Oppenheimer, C., Large magnitude silicic volcanism in north Afar: The Nabro Volcanic Range and Ma’alalta volcano, Bulletin of Volcanology, sub judice.

Toyos, G., Oppenheimer, C., Permenter, J., de Silva, S.L., Hubbard, B., and Thouret, J.-C., A GIS-based analysis of lahar hazard in Arequipa, Perú, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, sub judice.

2003

Oppenheimer, C., Pyle, D.M., and Barclay, J. (eds), 2003, Volcanic Degassing, Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 213, in press.

Edmonds, M., Herd, R.A., Galle, B., and Oppenheimer, C., Automated, high time-resolution measurements of SO₂ flux at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, Bulletin of Volcanology, accepted.

Oppenheimer, C., Ice core and palaeoclimatic evidence for the great volcanic eruption of 1257, International Journal of Climatology, in press.

Kerle, N., van Wyk de Vries, B., and Oppenheimer, C., New insight into the factors leading to the 1998 flank collapse and lahar disaster at Casita volcano, Nicaragua. Bulletin of Volcanology, in press.

Oppenheimer, C., 2003, Volcanic degassing, Treatise on Geochemistry, Volume 3, Chapter 6, Elsevier, in press.

Kerle, N., Froger, J-L., Oppenheimer, C., and van Wyk de Vries, B. Remote sensing of the 1998 mudflow at Casita volcano, Nicaragua. International Journal of Remote Sensing, in press.

Burton, M., Allard, P., Murè, F., and Oppenheimer, C., FTIR remote sensing of fractional magma degassing at Mt. Etna, Sicily, in Volcanic degassing, Geological Society Special Publications, 213, in press.

Edmonds, M., Oppenheimer, C., Pyle, D.M., Herd, R., Rainwater and ash leachate analysis as a proxy for plume chemistry at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, in Volcanic degassing, Geological Society Special Publications, 213, in press.

Horrocks, L., Oppenheimer, C., Burton, M., Duffell, H., Compositional variation in tropospheric volcanic gas plumes: evidence from ground-based remote sensing, in Volcanic degassing, Geological Society Special Publications, 213, in press.

McGonigle, A.J.S., & Oppenheimer, C., Optical sensing of volcanic gas and aerosol emissions, in Volcanic degassing, Geological Society Special Publications, 213, in press.

Oppenheimer, C., 2003, Climatic, environmental and human consequences of the largest known historic eruption: Tambora volcano (Indonesia) 1815, Progress in Physical Geography, in press.

Galle, B., Oppenheimer, C., Geyer, A., McGonigle, A., Edmonds, M., and Horrocks, L.A., 2003, A miniaturised ultraviolet spectrometer for remote sensing of SO₂ fluxes: a new tool for volcano surveillance, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 119, 241-254.

2002

Allen, A.G., Oppenheimer, C., Ferm, M., Baxter, P.J., Horrocks, L., Galle, B., McGonigle, A.J.S., and Duffell, H.J., 2002, Primary sulphate aerosol and associated emissions from Masaya volcano, Nicaragua, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, D.O.I. 10.1029/2002JD002120, 4 December 2002.

McGonigle A.J.S., Oppenheimer C., Galle B., Mather T. and Pyle D., 2002, Walking traverse and scanning DOAS measurements of volcanic gas emission rates, Geophysical Research Letters, DOI 10.1029/2002GL015827, 26 October 2002.

Oppenheimer, C., and Yirgu, G., 2002, Thermal imaging of an active lava lake: Erta ‘Ale volcano, Ethiopia, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 23, 4777-4782.

Porter, J.N., Horton, K., Mouginis-Mark, P., Lienert, B., Lau, E., Sutton, A.J., Elias, T., and Oppenheimer, C., 2002, Sun photometer and lidar measurements of the plume from the Hawaii Kilauea volcano Pu‘u ‘O‘o vent: estimates of aerosol flux rates and SO₂ lifetime, Geophysical Research Letters, DOI 10.1029/2002GL014744, 23 August 2002.

Oppenheimer, C., 2002, Limited global change due to largest known Quaternary eruption, Toba ≈74 kyr BP?, Quaternary Science Reviews, 21, 1593-1609.

Kerle, N. and Oppenheimer, C. 2002, Satellite remote sensing as a tool in lahar disaster management, Disasters, 26, 140-160.

Richter, D., Erdelyi, M., Curl, R.F., Tittel, F.K., Oppenheimer, C., Duffell, H.J., and Burton, M., 2002, Field measurement of volcanic gases using tunable diode laser based mid-infrared and Fourier transform infrared spectrometers, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 37, 171-186.

Oppenheimer, C., Burton, M.R., Durieux, J., and Pyle, D.M., 2002, Open-path Fourier transform spectroscopy of gas emissions from a carbonatite volcano: Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 37, 203-214.

Oppenheimer, C., Edmonds, M., Francis, P., and Burton, M.R., 2002, Variation in HCl/SO₂ gas ratios observed by Fourier transform spectroscopy at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, in Druitt, T.H., and Kokelaar, P. (eds) The eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, from 1995 to 1999. Geological Society, London, Memoir, 21, 621-639.

Edmonds, M., Pyle, D., and Oppenheimer, C., 2002, HCl emissions at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies, during the second phase of dome-building: November 1999 to October 2000, Bulletin of Volcanology, 64, 21-30.

2001

Horrocks, L.A., Oppenheimer, C., Burton, M.R., Duffell, H.R., Davies, N.M., Martin, N.A., and Bell, W., 2001, Open-path Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of SO₂: an empirical error budget analysis, with implications for volcano monitoring, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 106, 27647-27659.

Duffell, H., Oppenheimer, C., and Burton, M.R., 2001, Volcanic gas emission rates measured by solar occultation spectroscopy, Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 3131-3134.

Watson, I.M., and Oppenheimer, C., 2001, Particle-size distributions of ash-rich volcanic plumes determined by sun photometry, Atmospheric Environment, 35, 3561-3572..

Edmonds, M., Pyle, D., and Oppenheimer, C., 2001, A model for degassing at the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies, based on geochemical data, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 186, 159-173.

Burton, M.R., Oppenheimer, C., Horrocks, L.A., Francis, P.W., 2001, Diurnal changes in volcanic plume chemistry observed by lunar and solar occultation spectroscopy, Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 843-846.

2000

Burton, M.R., Oppenheimer, C., Horrocks, L.A., and Francis, P.W., 2000, Remote sensing of CO₂ and H₂O emission rates from Masaya volcano, Nicaragua, Geology, 28, 915-918.

Amelung, F., Oppenheimer, C., Segall, P., and Zebker, H., 2000, Ground deformation near Gada ‘Ale volcano, Afar, observed by radar interferometry, Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 3093-3096.

Francis, P., Horrocks, L., and Oppenheimer, C., 2000, Monitoring gases from andesite volcanoes, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 358, 1567-1584.

Watson, I.M., Oppenheimer, C., Voight, B, Francis, P.W., Clarke, A., Stix, J., Miller, A., Pyle, D.M., Burton, M.R., Young, S.R., Norton, G., Loughlin, S., Darroux, B., and MVO Staff, 2000, The relationship between degassing and deformation at Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 98, 117-126.

Watson, I.M., and Oppenheimer, C., 2000, Particle size distributions of Mt. Etna’s aerosol plume constrained by sun-photometry, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 105, 9823-9830.

Flynn, L.P., Harris, A.J.L., Rothery, D.A., and Oppenheimer, C., 2000, High-spatial resolution remote sensing of active volcanic features using Landsat and hyperspectral data, in Remote Sensing of Active Volcanism, (eds. Mouginis-Mark, P.J., Crisp, J.A., and Fink, J.H.), American Geophysical Union Monograph, 116, 161-177.

Carn, S.A., and Oppenheimer, C., 2000, Remote monitoring of Indonesian volcanoes using satellite data from the Internet, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 21, 873-910.

Van Wyk de Vries, B., Kerle, N., and Petley, D., 2000, Sector collapse forming at Casita Volcano, Nicaragua, Geology, 28, 167-170.

Wiart, P.A.M., and Oppenheimer, C., 2000, Largest known historic eruption in Africa: Dubbi volcano, Eritrea, 1861, Geology, 28, 291-294.

Perspective view of Dubbi volcano (foreground): note 1861 pumice fall deposits (pale colour) beneath 20 km long lava flows (dark).

Wiart P.A.M., Oppenheimer C, and Francis, P., 2000, Eruptive history of Dubbi volcano, northeast Afar (Eritrea), revealed by optical and SAR image interpretation, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 21, 911-936.

1999

Carn, S.A., 1999, Application of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery to volcano mapping in the humid tropics: A case study in East Java, Indonesia, Bulletin of Volcanology, 61, 92-105.

Delmelle, P, Baxter, P., Beaulieu, A., Burton, M., Francis, P., Garcia-Alvarez, J., Horrocks, H., Navarro, M., Oppenheimer, C., Rothery, D., Rymer, H., St. Amand, K., Stix, J., Strauch, W., and Williams-Jones, G., 1999, Origin, effects of Masaya volcano’s continued unrest probed in Nicaragua, EOS Transactions of American Geophysical Union, 80(48), 575, 579, 581 .

Harris, AJL, Flynn LP, Rothery DA, Oppenheimer C & Sherman SB, 1999, Mass flux measurements at active lava lakes: implications for magma recycling, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 7117-7136.

Horrocks, L., Burton, M., Francis, P., and Oppenheimer, C., 1999, Stable gas plume composition measured by OP-FTIR spectroscopy at Masaya volcano, Nicaragua, 1998-1999, Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 3497-3500.

Lagmay, M.A., Pyle, D.M., Dade, B., and Oppenheimer, C., 1999, The control of crater morphology on flow path direction of Soufriere-type pyroclastic flows, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 7169-7181.

One of Mahar Lagmay’s CFD simulations of volcanic jets.

Pyle, D.M., 1999, Widely dispersed Quaternary tephra in Africa, Global and Planetary Change, 21, 95-112.

Voight, B., et al., 1999, Magma flow instability and cyclic activity at Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, British West Indies, Science, 283, 1138-1142.

Watson, I.M., Oppenheimer, C., 1999, Remote sensing of the optical properties of tropospheric volcanic aerosol plumes. Journal of Aerosol Science 30(1), S561-S562.

1998

Francis P, Burton M, and Oppenheimer C, 1998, Remote measurements of volcanic gas compositions by solar FTIR spectroscopy, Nature 396, 567-570.

Oppenheimer C, 1998, Satellite observations of lava lake activity at Nyiragongo volcano, ex-Zaire, during the Rwandan refugee crisis, Disasters, 22(3), 268-281.

Oppenheimer C., 1998, Volcanological applications of meteorological satellites, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 19, 2829-2864.

Oppenheimer C, Francis P, Burton M, Maciejewski A, Boardman L, 1998, Remote measurement of volcanic gases by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Applied Physics, 67, 505-515.

Oppenheimer C, Francis P and Watson IM, 1998, Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer (AVNIR) observations of Mount Etna’s aerosol plume, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 19, 2823-2828.

Oppenheimer C, and Francis P, 1998, Implications of longeval lava lakes for geomorphological and plutonic processes at Erta 'Ale volcano, north Afar, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 80, 101-111.

Oppenheimer C, Francis P and Stix J, 1998, Depletion rates of SO₂ in tropospheric volcanic plumes, Geophsyical Research Letters, 25, 2671-2674.

Oppenheimer C, Francis P, and Maciejewski A, 1998, Volcanic gas measurements by helicopter-borne fourier transform spectroscopy, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 19, 373-379.

Oppenheimer C, 1998, Satellite observation of active carbonatite volcanism at Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 19, 55-64.

Oppenheimer C, Francis P, and Maciejewski A, 1998, Spectroscopic observation of HCl degassing from Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, Geophysical Research Letters 25, 3689-3692.

Sigmarsson, O., Carn, S., and Carracedo, J.C., 1998, Systematics of U-series nuclides in primitive lavas from the 1730-36 eruption on Lanzarote, Canary Islands, and implications for the role of garnet pyroxenites during oceanic basalt formations, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 162, 137-151.

Young S, Francis PW, Barclay J, Casadevall TJ, Gardner CA, Darroux B, Davies MA, Delmelle P, Norton GE, Maciejewski AJH, Oppenheimer C, Stix J, Watson IM, 1998, Monitoring SO₂ emission at the Soufriere Hills volcano: implications for changes in eruptive conditions, Geophysical Research Letters, 25, 3681-3684.

1996-1997

Oppenheimer C, and Francis P, 1997, Remote sensing of heat, lava and fumarole emissions from Erta 'Ale volcano, Ethiopia, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 18, 1661-1692.

Oppenheimer C, 1997, Surveillance and mapping of volcanoes and their emissions by satellite remote sensing, Geography, 82, 317-333.

Oppenheimer C, 1997, Ramifications of the skin effect for crater lake heat budget analysis, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 75, 159-165.

Oppenheimer C, 1997, Operational volcano monitoring by satellite, Stop Disasters, 32(2), 25-26.

Oppenheimer C., 1996, Crater lake heat losses estimated by remote sensing, Geophysical Research Letters, 23, 1793-1796.

Oppenheimer C, 1996, Volcanism, Geography, 81, 65-81.

Oppenheimer C, 1996, On the role of hydrothermal systems in the transfer of volcanic sulfur to the atmosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, 23, 2057-2060.

Francis P, Maciejewski A, Oppenheimer C, Chaffin C, 1996, New methods make volcanology research less hazardous, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophsyical Union, 77(41), 393-.

Francis P, Chaffin C, Maciejewski A, Oppenheimer C, 1996, Remote determination of SiF4 in volcanic plumes: a new tool for volcano monitoring, Geophysical Research Letters 23, 249-252.

1993-1995

Francis P, Maciejewski A, Oppenheimer C, Chaffin C, Caltabiano T, 1995, SO2:HCl ratios in the plumes from Mt. Etna and Vulcano determined by Fourier transform spectroscopy, Geophysical Research Letters 22, 1717-1720.

Rothery DA, Oppenheimer C, Bonneville A, 1995, Infrared thermal monitoring, in Monitoring active volcanoes (ed. B McGuire, CRJ Kilburn & J Murray), UCL Press, 184-216.

Rothery DA, Oppenheimer C, 1994, Monitoring Mount Erebus by satellite remote sensing, in Volcanological Studies of Mount Erebus, Antarctica (ed. PR Kyle, Antarctic Research Series 66, 51-56.

Rothery DA, Borgia A, Carlton RW, Oppenheimer C, 1993, The 1992 Etna lava flow imaged by Landsat TM, International Journal of Remote Sensing 13, 2759-2763.

Francis PW, Oppenheimer C, Stevenson D, 1993, Endogenous growth of persitently active volcanoes, Nature 366, 554-557.

Oppenheimer C, 1993, Thermal distributions of hot volcanic surfaces constrained using three infrared bands of remote sensing data, Geophysical Research Letters 20, 431-434.

Oppenheimer C, 1993, Mines in the sky, Geology Today, 9(2), 66-68.

Oppenheimer C, 1993, Infrared surveillance of crater lakes using satellite data, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 55, 117-128.

Oppenheimer C, 1993, Infrared surveillance of crater lakes using satellite data, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 55, 117-128.

Oppenheimer C, 1993, I spy with my infrared eye, New Scientist, 5 June 1993, 26-31.

Oppenheimer C, Rothery DA, Pieri DC, Abrams M, Carrere V, 1993, Analysis of Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer data of volcanic hot spots, International J. Remote Sensing 14, 2919-2934.

Oppenheimer C, Rothery DA, Francis PW, 1993,. Thermal distributions at fumarole fields: implications for infrared remote sensing of active volcanoes, J. Volcanology and Geothermal Research 55, 97-115.

Oppenheimer C, Francis PW, Rothery DA, Carlton RW, Glaze LS, 1993, Infrared image analysis of volcanic thermal features: Láscar volcano, Chile, 1984-1992, Journal of Geophysical Research 98, 4269-4286.

1989-1992

Oppenheimer C, 1992, Sulphur eruptions at Volcán Poás, Costa Rica, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 49, 1-21.

Francis P, Oppenheimer C, 1992, Applications of satellite remote sensing techniques to volcanology, in Understanding the terrestrial environment - the role of observation from space, ed. P. Mather, Taylor and Francis, Basingstoke, 37-52.

Oppenheimer C, 1991, People and volcanoes: Taal Island, Philippines. Geology Today 7(1), 19-23.

Oppenheimer C, 1991, Lava flow cooling estimated from Landsat Thematic Mapper infrared data: The Lonquimay eruption (Chile, 1989), Journal of Geophysical Research 96, 21865-21878.

Oppenheimer C, Rothery DA, 1991, Infrared monitoring of volcanoes by satellite, Journal of the Geological Society of London 148, 563-569.

Oppenheimer C, 1990, Sulphurous discoveries. Geographical Mag, May 1990, 44-46.

Oppenheimer C, 1990, Monitoring hot spots from space. Geographical Mag, March 1990, 32-34 .

Francis PW, Glaze LS, Pieri D, Oppenheimer C, Rothery DA, 1990, Eruption terms. Nature 346: 519.

Oppenheimer C, Stevenson D, 1989, Liquid sulphur lakes at Poás volcano, Nature 342: 790-793.