Satellite detection, long-range transport, and air quality impacts of volcanic sulfur dioxide from the 2014-2015 flood lava eruption at Bárðarbunga (Iceland)

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
• Main Authors: Schmidt, Anja, Leadbetter, Susan, Theys, Nicolas, Carboni, Elisa, Witham, Claire S., Stevenson, John A., Birch, Cathryn E., Thordarson, Thorvaldur, Turnock, Steven, Barsotti, Sara, Delaney, Lin, Feng, Wuhu, Grainger, Roy G., Hort, Matthew C., Höskuldsson, Ármann, Ialongo, Iolanda, Ilyinskaya, Evgenia, Jóhannsson, Þorsteinn, Kenny, Patrick, Mather, Tamsin A., Richards, Nigel A. D., Shepherd, Janet
• Other Authors: Jarðvísindadeild (HÍ), Faculty of Earth Sciences (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2015
• Subjects: Holuhraun eruption; Bárðarbunga eruption; Volcanic sulfur dioxide; Air pollution; Satellite detection; Volcanic hazards; Eldgos; Brennisteinsdíoxíð; Loftmengun; Gervitungl; Holuhraun; Veiðivötn; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/440; https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD023638

The 2014–2015 Bárðarbunga-Veiðivötn fissure eruption at Holuhraun produced about 1.5 km3 of lava, making it the largest eruption in Iceland in more than 200 years. Over the course of the eruption, daily volcanic sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions exceeded daily SO2 emissions from all anthropogenic sourc...