Explorations in the design of a multisensor system for seismic and geodetic monitoring of volcanoes

• Main Author: Akshat Dave
• Other Authors: Wong Kai Juan, Steven
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Physical sciences and engineering; DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48532
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Volcanic eruptions can be one of the most sudden and shocking agents of change. The eruption of Mt. Tambora, Indonesia in 1815 affected global climate, agriculture and eventually world economy. The “Year without a summer” reminds us how such events can instantaneously claim over 71, 000 people’s liv...