Open AccessNear real-time monitoring of the April-May 2010 Eyjafjallajökull ash cloud: an example of a web-based, satellite data-driven, reporting system
Author(s) -
Philippe Labazuy,
Mathieu Gouhier,
Andrew Harris,
Yannick Guéhenneux,
Maxime Hervo,
Jean Bergès,
Patrick Fréville,
Philippe Cacault,
S. Rivet
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of environment and pollution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.167
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1741-5101
pISSN - 0957-4352
DOI - 10.1504/ijep.2012.049673
Subject(s) - cloud computing , satellite , plume , volcanic ash , environmental science , meteorology , cloud top , remote sensing , volcano , real time computing , computer science , geology , operating system , engineering , geography , aerospace engineering , seismology
International audienceDuring the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano (Iceland) we set up a system designed to ingest satellite data and output volcanic ash cloud products. The system (HVOS = HotVolc Observing System) ingested on-reception data provided every 15 minutes by the SEVIRI sensor flown aboard the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellite. Data were automatically processed and posted on the web to provide plume location maps, as well as to extract plume metrics (cloud top height and mass flux), in near-real time. Given the closing speeds for aircraft approaching such hazardous ash clouds, reporting delays for such products have to be minimised
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