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Table 2 Comparison of time-averaged lava flow characteristics as determined from field measurements and InSAR

From: Mapping and measuring lava volumes from 2002 to 2009 at El Reventador Volcano, Ecuador, from field measurements and satellite remote sensing

 

Field measurement & mapping from imagery

Retrieved from radar imagery (excluding dome area)

Total surface area of flows (m2)

3.6 ± 0.9 × 106

3.4 ± 0.7 × 106

Total lava volume (m3)

90 ± 37 × 106

75 ± 24 × 106

Mean effusion rate (m3/s)

9 ± 4

7 ± 2