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Eyjafjallajökull Volcano Eruption

The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland erupted on Wednesday, April 14, 2010, for the second time in a month. The volcano has caused chaos for European travelers due to airport closures. Aura's Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) instrument captured images of the ash plume on April 15.

After the initial eruption, the ash that is extremely hazardous to aircraft, has subsided and most of the emission has been gaseous as seen in these OMI Sulfur dioxide (SO2) images. However, a new ash cloud was now visible and monitored closely.

Aura OMI Eyjafjallajökull volcano, aerosol index and sulfur dioxide measurements
Aura OMI Eyjafjallajökull volcano
These are near-real-time OMI images of ash plume (left) and sulfur dioxide (right) from the Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull Volcano eruption.
Images courtesy of Simon Carn, Mich. Tech.

5.07.2010

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Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland

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Ash plume from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano

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Aura’s Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) instrument can distinguish between aerosol types, such as smoke, dust, and sulfates, and measures cloud pressure and coverage, which provides data to derive tropospheric ozone.…

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