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Location: North-eastern flank of Cleveland volcano, Alaska
Installation Date: September 2022 (AVERT project)
Instrumentation:
- StarDot NetCam SC camera
- TCP/IP enabled camera
- Capable of capturing video (H.264 compression or Motion-JPEG) or still imagery
- Dual-camera system (visible + IR) mounted in Pelican 1150 case
Data Collection:
- Still images requested by single-board computer across LAN
- Images analyzed prior to telemetry to minimize bandwidth usage
- Two filters applied: sunrise/sunset times and image quality assessment
- Standard deviation of pixel brightness used to filter cloudy conditions
Network Role:
- Part of the visible imagery monitoring network at Cleveland
- Provides direct visual assessment of volcanic activity
- Complements other monitoring techniques
Site Characteristics:
- Located on the Islands of Four Mountains in the central Aleutian Arc
- “Open-vent” volcano with persistent gas plume
- Part of AVERT super-site with dual hut configuration
Data Access:
Additional Infrastructure:
- Co-located with IR camera (dual-camera system)
- Co-located with broadband seismometer
- Co-located with 3-component fluxgate magnetometer
- Co-located with meteorological station
- Co-located with scanning DOAS sensor
- Co-located with GNSS antenna
- Part of AVERT super-site with dual hut configuration
Monitoring Capabilities:
- Visual monitoring of volcanic activity
- Plume observation and tracking
- Weather condition assessment
- Integration with thermal imagery
- Edge computing for image quality determination
