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JPSS Volcanic Hazards Initiative: VOLCAT SO2 Properties

This post is a companion to the previous post on VOLCAT SO2 Alerts. Please see that post for background on the CrIS instrument and definitions of the acronyms used here. In particular, it deals with the SO2 cloud properties derived in VOLCAT by the CrIS SO2 algorithm. The CrIS algorithm estimates the height and column […]

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JPSS Volcanic Hazards Initiative: VOLCAT SO2 Alerts

As described in a previous blog post, the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Volcanic Hazards Initiative seeks to develop volcanic cloud products from the JPSS series satellites (Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20) addressing current and future needs of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Airways Volcano Watch (IAVW). A major component of this work has been the […]

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