MOUNTS | Monitoring Unrest From Space
Publications
- system description and recent eruptive events:
Valade, S., Ley, A., Massimetti, F., D’Hondt, O., Laiolo, M., Coppola, D., Loibl, D., Hellwich, O., Walter, T.R., Towards Global Volcano Monitoring Using Multisensor Sentinel Missions and Artificial Intelligence: The MOUNTS Monitoring System, Remote Sens., 2019, 11, 1528
BibTeX reference
@article{Valade2019,
title={Towards Global Volcano Monitoring Using Multisensor Sentinel Missions and Artificial Intelligence: The MOUNTS Monitoring System},
author={Valade, Sébastien and Ley, Andreas and Massimetti, Francesco and D’Hondt, Olivier and Laiolo, Marco and Coppola, Diego and Loibl, David and Hellwich, Olaf and Walter, Thomas R.},
journal={Remote Sensing},
volume={11},
year={2019},
number={13},
article-number={1528},
url={https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/13/1528},
ISSN={2072-4292}
DOI={10.3390/rs11131528}
}
- algorithm used to analyze Sentinel-2 images:
Massimetti, F., Coppola, D., Laiolo, M., Valade, S., Cigolini, C., Ripepe M., Volcanic Hot-Spot Detection Using SENTINEL-2: A Comparison with MODIS–MIROVA Thermal Data Series, Remote Sens., 2020, 12(5), 820
BibTeX reference
@article{Massimetti2020,
author = {Massimetti, Francesco and Coppola, Diego and Laiolo, Marco and Valade, Sébastien and Cigolini, Corrado and Ripepe, Maurizio},
title = {Volcanic Hot-Spot Detection Using {SENTINEL-2}: A Comparison with {MODIS–MIROVA} Thermal Data Series},
journal = {Remote Sensing},
volume = {12},
year = {2020},
number = {5},
article-number = {820},
url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/5/820},
issn = {2072-4292},
doi = {10.3390/rs12050820}
}
- algorithm used to filter speckle from Sentinel-1 images:
Davis, T., Jain, V., Ley, A., D’Hondt, O., Valade, S., Hellwich, O., Reference-free despeckling of Synthetic-Aperture Radar images using a deep convolutional network, IGARSS 2020 (+ showcase website)
BibTeX reference
@article{Davis2020,
author = {T. {Davis} and V. {Jain} and A. {Ley} and O. {D'Hondt} and Valade, Sébastien and O. {Hellwich}},
booktitle = {IGARSS 2020 - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium},
title = {Reference-Free Despeckling of {Synthetic}-{Aperture} {Radar} Images Using a {Deep} {Convolutional} {Network}},
year = {2020},
volume = {},
number = {},
pages = {3908-3911},
doi = {10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9323293}
}
- algorithms developed to improve analysis of Sentinel-5P images:
Markus, B., Valade, S., Wöllhaf, M., Hellwich, O., Automatic retrieval of volcanic SO2 emission source from TROPOMI products, Front. Earth Sci., 2023, 10
BibTeX reference
@article{Markus2023,
author = {Markus, Balazs and Valade, Sébastien and Wöllhaf, Manuel and Hellwich, Olaf},
title = {Automatic retrieval of volcanic {SO}$_{2}$ emission source from {TROPOMI} products},
journal = {Frontiers in Earth Science},
volume = {10},
year = {2023},
url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.1064171},
doi = {10.3389/feart.2022.1064171},
issn = {2296-6463},
}
- volcanological studies using data and analysis from MOUNTS (selection):
Valade S., Coppola D., Campion R., Ley A., Boulesteix T., Taquet N., Legrand D., Laiolo M., Walter T. R. and De la Cruz-Reyna S.Lava dome cycles reveal rise and fall of magma column at Popocatépetl volcano, Nature Communications, 2023
BibTeX reference
@article{Valade2023,
title = {Lava dome cycles reveal rise and fall of magma column at Popocat{\'e}petl volcano},
author = {Valade, S{\'e}bastien and Coppola, Diego and Campion, Robin and Ley, Andreas and Boulesteix, Thomas and Taquet, No{\'e}mie and Legrand, Denis and Laiolo, Marco and Walter, Thomas R. and De la Cruz-Reyna, Servando},
journal = {Nature Communications},
volume = {14},
number = {1},
year = {2023},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38386-9},
DOI = {10.1038/s41467-023-38386-9}
}
Coppola D., Valade S., Masias P., Laiolo M., Massimetti F., Campus A., Aguilar R., Anccasi R., Apaza F., Ccallata B., Cigolini C., Cruz L. F., Finizola A., Gonzales K., Macedo O., Miranda R., Ortega M., Paxi R., Taipe E., and Valdivia D.Shallow magma convection evidenced by excess degassing and thermal radiation during the dome-forming sabancaya eruption (2012–2020), Bulletin of Volcanology, 2022
BibTeX reference
@article{Coppola2022,
title = {Shallow magma convection evidenced by excess degassing and thermal radiation during the dome-forming Sabancaya eruption (2012-2020)},
author = {D. Coppola and S. Valade and P. Masias and M. Laiolo and F. Massimetti and A. Campus and R. Aguilar and R. Anccasi and F. Apaza and B. Ccallata and C. Cigolini and L. F. Cruz and A. Finizola and K. Gonzales and O. Macedo and R. Miranda and M. Ortega and R. Paxi and E. Taipe and D. Valdivia},
journal = {Bulletin of Volcanology},
volume = {84},
number = {2},
year = {2022},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-022-01523-1},
DOI = {10.1007/s00445-022-01523-1}
}
Burgi P.-Y., Valade, S., Coppola D., Boudoire G., Mavonga G., Rufino F., and Tedesco D., Unconventional filling dynamics of a pit crater, EPSL, 2021
BibTeX reference
@article{Burgi2021,
title = {Unconventional filling dynamics of a pit crater},
author = {P.-Y. Burgi and S. Valade and D. Coppola and G. Boudoire and G. Mavonga and F. Rufino and D. Tedesco},
journal = {Earth and Planetary Science Letters},
volume = {576},
year = {2021},
pages = {117230},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X21004866},
ISSN = {0012-821X},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117230}
}
About the project
MOUNTS is a project conceptualized and led by Sébastien Valade since in April 2017. Its aim is to develop an operational monitoring system for volcanoes worldwide using satellite imagery. It currently focuses on processing of Sentinel-1 (SAR), Sentinel-2 (SWIR), and Sentinel-5P (TROPOMI) data. Artificial intelligence "plugins" are developed and implemented in the processing chain to assist monitoring tasks.
The project was from April 2017 to October 2019 funded by GEO.X and carried at TU-Berlin (Computer Vision & Remote Sensing group, Prof. O. Hellwich) and GFZ (Physics of Earthquakes and Volcanoes section, Priv. Doz. T. Walter). Since March 2020, the project is carried at UNAM (Instituto de Geofísica, Mexico City). The server running both the system and website is however still hosted at CV TU-Berlin, with the kind agreement of Prof. Hellwich.
MOUNTS is strongly inspired by the operating MIROVA system, with which tight collaborations are ongoing.
Contact
Contact Sébastien Valade (valade@igeofisica.unam.mx) in order to get more information on the system, register for automatic email alerts for SO2/thermal anomalies/deformation, and/or add volcanoes to monitor.
MOUNTS Twitter account: @MountsSystem
Credits & Acknowledgements
- Funding sources:
. 2017-2019: GEO.X 2-year postdoc fundings for the bottom-up project MOUNTS
. 2019: GEO.X Seed Funding 6-months postdoc for the project MOUNTS-AI dedicated to investigating Artificial Intelligence strategies for volcano monitoring.
. 2021-2023: PAPIIT project IA102221, 2-year project with part of the fundings dedicated to the purchase of new hardware for MOUNTS.
- TU-Berlin:
. Andreas Ley developed and trained the convolutional neural network used by MOUNTS to detect ground deformation from Sentinel-1 interferograms (github).
. Olivier D'Hondt developed the NDSAR toolkit for SAR speckle filtering used in Valade et al. (2019).
. Timothy Davis & Vinit Jain, under the supervision of Andreas Ley & Sébastien Valade, developed and trained the convolutional neural network used by MOUNTS to despeckle Sentinel-1 SAR amplitude images: Davis et al. 2020 (IGARSS)
. Manuel Wöllhaf is contributing to the development of the new backend architecture of MOUNTS. He co-supervised Balazs Markus, whose research project focused on the automatic retrieval of volcanic SO2 emission source from TROPOMI products (Markus et al. 2023).
- MIROVA: members of MIROVA developed the algorithm used to detect hot pixels within the Sentinel-2 SWIR bands (Massimetti et al., 2020). MIROVA is a collaborative project between the Universities of Turin and Firenze (Italy). Developments are underway to increase the interactivity between MOUNTS and MIROVA.
- LGS (University of Firenze): I am immensely grateful to friends and former colleagues of the Laboratorio di Geofisica Sperimentale (LGS), from whom I've learnt so much. This website is inspired by the unique interaction of research and monitoring that is achieved in this group. Many thanks to Maurizio, Giorgio, Dario, Ricardo, Giacomo, Emanuele and others!
- Sentinel data are freely available through ESA's Copernicus Open Access Hub, and are partially processed with the free SNAP toolboxes. Earthquake catalogs are provided by GEOFON (GFZ Potsdam) and USGS, and interrogated using the Pyrocko Toolbox.
Use of the data
The products available on the website are value-added products created from freely available Sentinel data provided by ESA. The products are released under the following conditions: permission to freely copy, share and quote for non-commercial purposes, with attribution to MOUNTS and ESA as the original source.
If used for academic purposes, contacting Sébastien Valade (valade@igeofisica.unam.mx) and citing the above mentioned publication (Valade et al. 2019 Remote Sensing) is kindly appreciated.
Disclaimer
The information presented within the MOUNTS website are provided "as is" and users bear all responsibility and liability for their use of data and images, and for any indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of any use of, or inability to use, the data.
