Matthew Patrick
Dept. of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931

mpatrick@mtu.edu
Office: Dow 203
Phone: (906) 487-2045
Fax: (906) 487-3371
Research interests
I'm interested in understanding the processes which control eruptive behavior at active volcanoes, and use both spaceborne and ground-based monitoring data to explore this. My dissertation dealt with strombolian eruption styles imaged with a thermal (FLIR) video camera, analyzed in conjunction with other geophysical datasets. At MTU my efforts are focused on the staggering amount of activity in Central America and the Northern Andes. I also maintain side projects studying volcanic deformation in Hawaii and using thermal satellite imagery to monitor remote and poorly-known volcanoes in the Antarctic (e.g. Mt. Belinda, South Sandwich Islands).
Some videos I made:
Costa Rica
2 min video of Remote Sensing Workshop at Univ. Costa Rica, taught by Michigan Tech, June 2007
Stromboli

15 min video of the 2004 field season on Stromboli volcano - 60 Mb

 Type 2a (ash rich, gas thrust) strombolian eruption  - 1 Mb

Type 1 (ballistic rich) strombolian eruption  - 1 Mb

 Type 2b (ash rich, convective thrust) strombolian eruption  - 1 Mb
New Zealand Guatemala
Taupo volcanic zone field trip photo/video slideshow, Univ. Hawaii, 2004 - 9 min, 35 Mb Santiaguito volcanic plume, Jan 07 2007 (x16 speed) - 2 Mb