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Acoustic Flow Monitors
Elk Rock AFM
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USGS scientist, Kurt Spicer, transports the Elk Rock AFM station to its location.
USGS photograph taken on October 25, 2004, by Dennis Saunders.
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Elk Rock AFM station.
USGS photograph taken on October 25, 2004, by Kurt Spicer.
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Elk Rock AFM station.
USGS photograph taken on October 25, 2004, by Kurt Spicer.
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Elk Rock AFM station.
USGS photograph taken on October 25, 2004, by Kurt Spicer.
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Hoala AFM
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Hoala AFM station (Acoustic Flow Monitor).
USGS photograph taken on November 5, 2004, by Tom Hale.
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Hoala AFM station (Acoustic Flow Monitor).
USGS photograph taken on November 5, 2004, by Tom Hale.
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Hoala AFM station (Acoustic Flow Monitor).
USGS photograph taken on November 5, 2004, by Tom Hale.
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Loowit AFM
August 26, 2005
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Loowit Falls, with U.S. Geological Survey Gage House (upper right). Loowit Gage houses an Acoustic Flow Monitor (AFM).
USGS Photograph taken on August 26, 2005 by Kurt Spicer.
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Aerial view, Loowit Gage House.
USGS Photograph taken on August 26, 2005 by Kurt Spicer.
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2004
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Aerial view, Loowit Falls and the Loowit AFM station (Acoustic Flow Monitor, in yellow circle on right), as seen through helicopter window. Mount St. Helens' lava dome is visible in the background below rim of the crater. Circular smudges are dirty helicopter window, and lower center is window glare.
USGS photograph taken on August 30, 2004, by Kurt Spicer.
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Loowit AFM station (Acoustic Flow Monitor, in housing center) and precipitation gage (on right), looking upstream towards Mount St. Helens' crater. Birm from a 1997 lahar is visible along the channel. Mount St. Helens' east crater wall is visible in the background.
USGS photograph taken on August 30, 2004, by Kurt Spicer.
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Example of Loowit AFM signal -- small lahar from early morning October 6, 2004.
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View of Mount St. Helens crater and the Sasquach Steps as seen from the north. The dark "muddy" looking area in the right foreground is old erosional debris flows from Step Channel (on right) over the years. The lighter ribbon of grey to the left of the darker area is a lahar from Loowit Channel from early morning of October 6, 2004. The yellowish-green color on the surface is plant growth.
USGS Photograph taken on 6 October 2004 by John Pallister.
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Aerial view from the crater mouth looking downstream at Step (left) and Loowit (right) channels. The lighter grey from Loowit Channel is the lahar of early morning, October 6, 2004. Step Channel and Loowit Channel merge on the Pumice Plain. Spirit Lake is visible on the upper right. The yellowish-green color on the surface is plant growth.
USGS Photograph taken on 6 October 2004 by John Pallister.
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Loowit Channel with lahar of October 6, 2004, with the Step Channel visible on the right. The yellowish-green color on the surface is plant growth.
USGS Photograph taken on 6 October 2004 by John Pallister.
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