Insensitivity of Tree-Ring Growth to Temperature and Precipitation Sharpens the Puzzle of Enhanced Pre-Eruption NDVI on Mt. Etna (Italy).

On Mt. Etna (Italy), an enhanced Normalized Difference in Vegetation Index (NDVI) signature was detected in the summers of 2001 and 2002 along a distinct line where, in November 2002, a flank eruption subsequently occurred. These observations suggest that pre-eruptive volcanic activity may have enha...

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Main Authors: Ruedi Seiler, James W Kirchner, Paul J Krusic, Roberto Tognetti, Nicolas Houlié, Daniele Andronico, Sebastiano Cullotta, Markus Egli, Rosanne D'Arrigo, Paolo Cherubini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5242533?pdf=render