CHRONOLOGY OF THE EPISODE 54 ERUPTION AT KILAUEA VOLCANO, HAWAII, FROM GOES-9 SATELLITE DATA

The free availability of GOES satellite data every 15 minutes makes th ese data an attractive too! for studying short-term changes on cloud-f ree volcanoes in the Pacific basin. We use cloud-free GOES-9 data to i nvestigate the chronology of the January 1997, episode 54 eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii. Seventy-six images for this effusive eruption were collected over a 60-hour period and show the opening and shutdow n of active fissures, the draining and refilling of the Pu'u 'O'o lava lake, and the cessation of activity at the ocean entry.