Three-years of SO2 flux measurements of Mt. Etna using an automated UV scanner array: Comparison with conventional traverses and uncertainties in flux retrieval

(1)Sviluppo di sistemi di monitoraggio Dipartimento di Protezione Civile della Regione Sicilia, (2)INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, sezione di Catania — Italy), (3)NOVAC (Network for Observation of Volcanic and Atmospheric Change)EU-funded Sixth Framework Programme project 18354. ()4 UK NERC National Centre for Earth Observation via the “Dynamic Earth and geo-hazards”.

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