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Keith A.. Horton Faculty

Keith A. Horton
Assistant Researcher

Ph.D., University of Hawaii, 1995

Home Page: http://frostedcatbrains.higp.hawaii.edu/
Email: keith@higp.hawaii.edu
Office: POST 510A
Phone Number: (808) 956-4139
Fax Number: (808) 956-6322

University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Hawai`i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
1680 East-West Road, POST 602
Honolulu, HI 96822
USA


Research Interests:
Remote sensing, Environmental geophysics, Atmospheric effects on infrared measurements

Current Projects:
Airborne and ground-based infrared spectral field measurements

Spectral phenomenology associated with environmental distrubances

Environmental and atmospheric effects on infrared spectroscopy

Remote Raman spectroscopy for Mars rover applications

Scanning lidar imaging of near-shore marine aerosol fields

Construction, characterization, and deployment of a real-time volcano thermal monitoring system

Infrared and ultraviolet spectral measurements of volcanic SO2 emissions

Publications (partial listing):

Williams-Jones G., Horton K.A., Elias T., Garbeil H., Mouginis-Mark P.J., Sutton A.J., and Harris A.J.L. (2006) Accurately measuring volcanic plume velocity with multiple UV spectrometers. Bull. Volcanol., 68, 328-332, in press <7385>

Sharma S.K., Lucey P.G., Ghosh M., Hubble H.W., Horton K.A. (2003) Stand-off Raman spectroscopic detection of minerals on planetary surfaces. In Elsevier, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, in press.

Porter J.N., Horton K.A., Mouginis-Mark P.J., Lienert B., Sharma S.K., and Lau E. (2002) Sun photometer and lidar measurements of the plume form the Hawaii Kilauea Volcano Pu'u O'o vent: Aerosol flux and SO2 lifetime. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29, No. 16, 10.1029/2002GL014744.

Johnson J.R., Lucey P.G., Horton K.A., and Winter E.M (1998) Infrared measurements of pristine and disturbed soils 1. Spectral contrast differences between field and laboratory data. Remote Sens. Environ, Vol. 64, 34-46.

Horton K.A., Johnson J.R., and Lucey P.G. (1998) Infrared measurements of pristine and disturbed soils. 2. Environmental effects and field data reduction, Remote Sens. Environ., Vol. 64, 47-52.


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