Day–Night Monitoring of Volcanic SO<sub>2</sub> and Ash Clouds for Aviation Avoidance at Northern Polar Latitudes
We describe NASA’s Applied Sciences Disasters Program, which is a collaborative project between the Direct Readout Laboratory (DRL), ozone processing team, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA), and Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), to expedite the processi...
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| author | Nickolay Krotkov Vincent Realmuto Can Li Colin Seftor Jason Li Kelvin Brentzel Martin Stuefer Jay Cable Carl Dierking Jennifer Delamere David Schneider Johanna Tamminen Seppo Hassinen Timo Ryyppö John Murray Simon Carn Jeffrey Osiensky Nate Eckstein Garrett Layne Jeremy Kirkendall |
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| description | We describe NASA’s Applied Sciences Disasters Program, which is a collaborative project between the Direct Readout Laboratory (DRL), ozone processing team, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA), and Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), to expedite the processing and delivery of direct readout (DR) volcanic ash and sulfur dioxide (SO<sub>2</sub>) satellite data. We developed low-latency quantitative retrievals of SO<sub>2</sub> column density from the solar backscattered ultraviolet (UV) measurements using the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) spectrometers as well as the thermal infrared (TIR) SO<sub>2</sub> and ash indices using Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instruments, all flying aboard US polar-orbiting meteorological satellites. The VIIRS TIR indices were developed to address the critical need for nighttime coverage over northern polar regions. Our UV and TIR SO<sub>2</sub> and ash software packages were designed for the DRL’s International Planetary Observation Processing Package (IPOPP); IPOPP runs operationally at GINA and FMI stations in Fairbanks, Alaska, and Sodankylä, Finland. The data are produced within 30 min of satellite overpasses and are distributed to the Alaska Volcano Observatory and Anchorage Volcanic Ash Advisory Center. FMI receives DR data from GINA and posts composite Arctic maps for ozone, volcanic SO<sub>2</sub>, and UV aerosol index (UVAI, proxy for ash or smoke) on its public website and provides DR data to EUMETCast users. The IPOPP-based software packages are available through DRL to a broad DR user community worldwide. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c59154e30ad44e58815fb1dbb55529252023-11-22T16:44:00ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922021-10-011319400310.3390/rs13194003Day–Night Monitoring of Volcanic SO<sub>2</sub> and Ash Clouds for Aviation Avoidance at Northern Polar LatitudesNickolay Krotkov0Vincent Realmuto1Can Li2Colin Seftor3Jason Li4Kelvin Brentzel5Martin Stuefer6Jay Cable7Carl Dierking8Jennifer Delamere9David Schneider10Johanna Tamminen11Seppo Hassinen12Timo Ryyppö13John Murray14Simon Carn15Jeffrey Osiensky16Nate Eckstein17Garrett Layne18Jeremy Kirkendall19Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USAJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USAEarth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USAOzone Science Investigator Processing Facility, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, USAOzone Science Investigator Processing Facility, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, USADirect Readout Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USAGeophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USAGeographic Information Network of Alaska, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USAGeographic Information Network of Alaska, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USAGeographic Information Network of Alaska, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USAAlaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, AK 99775, USAFinnish Meteorological Institute, 00100 Helsinki, FinlandFinnish Meteorological Institute, 00100 Helsinki, FinlandSodankylä Satellite Data Centre, FMI, 00100 Helsinki, FinlandNASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23666, USAGeological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USAAnchorage VAAC/AAWU, Anchorage, AK 99501, USAAnchorage VAAC/AAWU, Anchorage, AK 99501, USANASA Earth Applied Sciences Disasters Program, Headquarters, Washington, DC 20001, USAEnvironmental Systems Research Institute, Louisville, CO 40018, USAWe describe NASA’s Applied Sciences Disasters Program, which is a collaborative project between the Direct Readout Laboratory (DRL), ozone processing team, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA), and Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), to expedite the processing and delivery of direct readout (DR) volcanic ash and sulfur dioxide (SO<sub>2</sub>) satellite data. We developed low-latency quantitative retrievals of SO<sub>2</sub> column density from the solar backscattered ultraviolet (UV) measurements using the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) spectrometers as well as the thermal infrared (TIR) SO<sub>2</sub> and ash indices using Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instruments, all flying aboard US polar-orbiting meteorological satellites. The VIIRS TIR indices were developed to address the critical need for nighttime coverage over northern polar regions. Our UV and TIR SO<sub>2</sub> and ash software packages were designed for the DRL’s International Planetary Observation Processing Package (IPOPP); IPOPP runs operationally at GINA and FMI stations in Fairbanks, Alaska, and Sodankylä, Finland. The data are produced within 30 min of satellite overpasses and are distributed to the Alaska Volcano Observatory and Anchorage Volcanic Ash Advisory Center. FMI receives DR data from GINA and posts composite Arctic maps for ozone, volcanic SO<sub>2</sub>, and UV aerosol index (UVAI, proxy for ash or smoke) on its public website and provides DR data to EUMETCast users. The IPOPP-based software packages are available through DRL to a broad DR user community worldwide.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/19/4003satellite direct readoutvolcanic sulfur dioxidevolcanic ashaviation geophysical hazardsultraviolet remote sensinginfrared remote sensing |
| spellingShingle | Nickolay Krotkov Vincent Realmuto Can Li Colin Seftor Jason Li Kelvin Brentzel Martin Stuefer Jay Cable Carl Dierking Jennifer Delamere David Schneider Johanna Tamminen Seppo Hassinen Timo Ryyppö John Murray Simon Carn Jeffrey Osiensky Nate Eckstein Garrett Layne Jeremy Kirkendall Day–Night Monitoring of Volcanic SO<sub>2</sub> and Ash Clouds for Aviation Avoidance at Northern Polar Latitudes Remote Sensing satellite direct readout volcanic sulfur dioxide volcanic ash aviation geophysical hazards ultraviolet remote sensing infrared remote sensing |
| title | Day–Night Monitoring of Volcanic SO<sub>2</sub> and Ash Clouds for Aviation Avoidance at Northern Polar Latitudes |
| title_full | Day–Night Monitoring of Volcanic SO<sub>2</sub> and Ash Clouds for Aviation Avoidance at Northern Polar Latitudes |
| title_fullStr | Day–Night Monitoring of Volcanic SO<sub>2</sub> and Ash Clouds for Aviation Avoidance at Northern Polar Latitudes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Day–Night Monitoring of Volcanic SO<sub>2</sub> and Ash Clouds for Aviation Avoidance at Northern Polar Latitudes |
| title_short | Day–Night Monitoring of Volcanic SO<sub>2</sub> and Ash Clouds for Aviation Avoidance at Northern Polar Latitudes |
| title_sort | day night monitoring of volcanic so sub 2 sub and ash clouds for aviation avoidance at northern polar latitudes |
| topic | satellite direct readout volcanic sulfur dioxide volcanic ash aviation geophysical hazards ultraviolet remote sensing infrared remote sensing |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/19/4003 |
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