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# Sulfur Dioxide Emission Rates from Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, 2007–2010

#### By T. Elias and A.J. Sutton

| Abstract
Kīlauea Volcano has one of the longest running volcanic sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission rate databases on record. Sulfur dioxide emission rates from Kīlauea Volcano were first measured by Stoiber and Malone (1975) and have been measured on a regular basis since 1979 (Elias and Sutton, 2007, and references within). Compilations of SO2 emission-rate and wind-vector data from 1979 through 2006 are available on the USGS Web site (Elias and others, 1998; Elias and Sutton, 2002; Elias and Sutton, 2007). This report updates the database, documents the changes in data collection and processing methods, and highlights how SO2 emissions have varied with eruptive activity at Kīlauea Volcano for the interval 2007–2010. | First posted June 20, 2012
-  **Report** PDF  (5.5 MB) 
-  **Tables 3–7** spreadsheets .  These tables are provided in several file formats (1.2 MB total). 
- This report is available only on the Web.

**For additional information:**Contact HVOVolcano Science Center, Hawaiian Volcano ObservatoryU.S. Geological SurveyP.O. Box 51, 1 Crater Rim RoadHawaii National Park, HI 96718-0051http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/

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### Suggested citation:

Elias, T., and Sutton, A.J., 2012, Sulfur dioxide emission rates from Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, 2007–2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1107, 25 p. (Available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1107/.)

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### Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Methods and uncertainties

Conclusions

References Cited

five spreadsheet tables

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