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Mount Oyama Eruption Forces Evacuation!

View of Miyakejima (Miyake-jima or Miyake Jima) Island, Japan, showing thick layers of ash deposited by the eruption of Mount Oyama on July 14-15, 2000. (This SRTM perspective image was provided by the NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS and United States/Japan ASTER Science Team to the Earth Observatory Newsroom.)

• http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?2307
• http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/gallery.htm?name=MJ
• http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=4084

In the year 2000, the summit volcano Mount Oyama produced several ash and steam eruptions. Accompanied by numerous earthquakes, these volcanic eruptions forced the evacuation of the entire population of Miyakejima Island, one of the Izu Islands about 200 km (125 mi) south of Tokyo.

Instruments on NASA's Earth-orbiting satellites have recorded the Mount Oyama eruptions and their effects. Sample data sets of the eruptions are made available on this CD-ROM and supporting Web site by the Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project. Data sets such as these acquaint scientists with the characteristics of Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) data. Their use is indicated by, but not limited to, the following:

• Geologists to study how volcanoes work
• Atmospheric scientists to study wind patterns and transport directions at different altitudes based on the movement of smoke, ash, and atmospheric gases
• Risk assessors to determine where the most damage occurred and how to mitigate it
• Science educators (high school and college) to gain an overview of
  • What satellites do
  • General image analysis
  • Image analysis applied to the study of volcanic eruptions

EOSDIS Data Sampler #2
Version 1.0
Mount Oyama Volcanic Eruptions 2000

Landsat 7 ETM+ and SeaWiFS images are also provided. Data sets for these images are available from the Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) Alliance.

Use the menu bar above to go to the Mount Oyama Eruptions page for additional images and information. The menu bar also provides links to pages with information about the Terra mission, instruments, and data-viewing tools.

Full granules of the data on this CD-ROM and other EOSDIS data products are available from the data centers of the DAAC Alliance and through the EOS Data Gateway (EDG) online ordering service:

• For information about the data centers of the DAAC Alliance and their products and services, go to the Web site at http://nasadaacs.eos.nasa.gov.
  
• To search and order data, go to the EDG at http://eos.nasa.gov/imswelcome.

The material contained on this CD-ROM will be maintained and updated on the Web site at http://eos.nasa.gov/outreach/.

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Version 1.0 Release Date: November 15, 2001
Second Printing: January 15, 2004
Third Printing: March 29, 2004

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