New USGS Data Release - Digital elevation model of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, based on July 2019 airborne lidar surveys
By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
July 13, 2020
The USGS has recently published a "Digital elevation model of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, based on July 2019 airborne lidar surveys." The surveys covered 219 square miles (567 sq km) and included Kīlauea Volcano's summit, lower East Rift Zone, and middle East Rift Zone (including the entire Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō lava flow field active from 1983 through early 2018).
This USGS data release contains a 1-meter resolution raster digital elevation model (DEM) of the ground surface, including beneath-forest cover ('bare earth'). The DEM can support a variety of earth science, civil engineering, and land-use investigations.