At St. Helens, Little Lava but Plenty of Data. Kenneth Chang.
by Chang, Kenneth; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 20Science. Publisher: New York Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Cascade Range | Geological Survey (U.S.) | Global Positioning System | Saint Helens | Technological innovations | Volcanic activity prediction | Volcanological research | VolcanologistsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "When Mount St. Helens was last erupting in the 1980s, Dr. Elliot Endo recalls using a ruler to measure the size of the squiggles on seismographs. Now he tracks St. Helens with a high-end cellphone. 'I look at my plots on a Treo 600, and it's really cool,' said Dr. Endo, scientist-in-charge at the United States Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Wash. Technology developed over the last two decades 'has allowed us to do a better job of monitoring and allowed us to interpret the data much more quickly,' he said." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article examines how improved technology has made the study of volcanoes more accurate, faster and safer.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: At St. Helens, Little Lava but Plenty of Data, Oct. 12, 2004; pp. F1+.
"When Mount St. Helens was last erupting in the 1980s, Dr. Elliot Endo recalls using a ruler to measure the size of the squiggles on seismographs. Now he tracks St. Helens with a high-end cellphone. 'I look at my plots on a Treo 600, and it's really cool,' said Dr. Endo, scientist-in-charge at the United States Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Wash. Technology developed over the last two decades 'has allowed us to do a better job of monitoring and allowed us to interpret the data much more quickly,' he said." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article examines how improved technology has made the study of volcanoes more accurate, faster and safer.
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