Satellite-derived sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from the 2014–2015 Holuhraun eruption (Iceland)

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Carboni, Elisa, Mather, Tamsin A., Schmidt, Anja, Grainger, Roy G., Pfeffer, Melissa A., Ialongo, Iolanda, Theys, Nicolas
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Holuhraun; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4851-2019; https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/19/4851/2019/

The 6-month-long 2014–2015 Holuhraun eruption was the largest in Iceland for 200 years, emitting huge quantities of sulfur dioxide ( SO 2 ) into the troposphere, at times overwhelming European anthropogenic emissions. Weather, terrain and latitude made continuous ground-based or UV satellite sensor...