VOLCANO: Monitoring SO2 emissions from the Eyjafjall ajökull eruption

[Kirsten Chojnicki <kchojnic@xxxxxxx>]

 

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Monitoring SO2 emissions from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption

From: Simon Carn <scarn@xxxxxxx>

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Dear colleagues,

 

To permit tracking of sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from the ongoing eruption at Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland, we are now producing subsets of SO2 measurements made over Iceland by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA's Aura satellite. OMI collects data at around 1:30-2:00 pm local time every day.

 

Note that since OMI is an ultraviolet (UV) sensor, data collected at high latitudes in the winter can be noisy. Data quality will improve over time as we progress into the northern hemisphere spring and summer. SO2 emissions at low altitudes are also unlikely to be detected in the presence of thick cloud cover, which is common in Iceland.

 

The direct link to the OMI SO2 images for Iceland is:
http://so2.umbc.edu/omi/pix/daily/0410/iceland_0410.html

 

Best regards,
Simon

 

 

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