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Continuous GPS monitoring station and data on the Island of Hawai'i

By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Color photograph and plots of GPS equipment and data
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Detailed Description

Left: Annotated photo showing a continuous GPS monitoring station installed by HVO on the Island of Hawai'i. USGS photo by A.P. Ellis. Right: Example graph of processed daily GPS data positions in the east-west (top panel), north-south (middle panel), and vertical (bottom panel) axes for a GPS monitoring station at the summit of Kīlauea over the past two years. Vertical light red lines show onsets for the January 5, 2023, June 7, 2023, and September 10, 2023, Kīlauea summit eruptions. USGS plot. 

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