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Eyeing Explosive Ash Clouds from Above and Below
Author(s) -
Alka Tripathy-Lang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo158099
Subject(s) - explosive material , environmental science , astrobiology , meteorology , geography , physics , archaeology
Satellites in the sky combined with computers on the ground detect and track volcanic ash clouds, like those produced by Soufrire St. Vincent in April, in near-real time.