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Table 3 Statistics for the MIROVA-derived eruption parameters for, and total SO2 mass emitted during, each eruption

From: Effusive crises at Piton de la Fournaise 2014–2015: a review of a multi-national response model

Eruption

Duration

(days)

No. cloud-free MODIS images

Peak TADR

(m3/s)

Volume

(× 106 m3)

Mean Output Rate (m3/s)

SO2 mass

(kt)

June 2014

2

3

7.4

0.34

2.1

0.09

February 2015

12

8

1.8

0.82

0.8

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May 2015

14

24

37

6.5

5.6

4.80

July–August 2015

2

7

22

1.6

9.2

0.22

August–October 2015

69

92

59

45

7.6

33.80