Airborne laser swath mapping of the summit of Erebus volcano, Antarctica: Applications to geological mapping of a volcano Bea Csathoa,1, Toni Schenkb, Philip Kylec, Terry Wilsond, William B. Krabille aDepartment of Geology, University at Buffalo, 855 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA,
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[email protected] Phone: 716-645-6800 x3921 Fax: 716-645-3999 In Press, Special Issue on Erebus Volcano, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research Keywords: Erebus volcano, lidar, volcanic geomorphology, DEM generation, feature extraction 1 Abstract The lidar observations reported here have provided the first high precision topographic data on the active craters of Erebus volcano, Antarctica. Digital elevation data are invaluable for geomorphic analysis of volcanoes especially when combined with methods to automatically extract landscape features. The data are indispensable for studying eruptive events and volcano-tectonic processes. Airborne laser scanning or lidar is a rapidly emerging technology to map surface topography with high accuracy and detail, comparable to a 1:1 000 scale map.