Real time retrieval of volcanic cloud particles and SO 2 by satellite using an improved simplified approach

• Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
• Main Authors: S. Pugnaghi, L. Guerrieri, S. Corradini, L. Merucci
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Earthwork. Foundations; TA715-787; Etna; Eyjafjallajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3053-2016; https://doaj.org/article/14984a24c72046ab8ed803944fb29446

Volcanic plume removal (VPR) is a procedure developed to retrieve the ash optical depth, effective radius and mass, and sulfur dioxide mass contained in a volcanic cloud from the thermal radiance at 8.7, 11, and 12 µm. It is based on an estimation of a virtual image representing what the sensor woul...