Investigating the use of the Saharan dust index as a tool for the detection of volcanic ash in SEVIRI imagery

• Published in: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
• Main Authors: Taylor, Isabelle, Mackie, Shona, Watson, Matthew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Ash detection; Saharan dust index; Satellite remote sensing; SEVIRI; Thermal infrared; Volcanic ash; Etna; Eyjafjallajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1983/ca5a208d-7ac7-4ce1-981e-c7b8ed272097; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/ca5a208d-7ac7-4ce1-981e-c7b8ed272097; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.08.014; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84941283932&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Despite the similar spectral signatures of ash and desert dust, relatively little has been done to explore the application of dust detection techniques to the problem of volcanic ash detection. The Saharan dust index (SDI) is routinely implemented for dust monitoring at some centres and could be uti...