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GNSS Radio Occultation Advances the Monitoring of Volcanic Clouds: The Case of the 2008 Kasatochi Eruption. REMOTE SENSING 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/rs11192199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The products of explosive volcanic eruptions, in particular, volcanic ash, can pose a severe hazard to, for example, international aviation. Detecting volcanic clouds and monitoring their dispersal is hence, the subject of intensive current research. However, the discrepancies between the different available methods lead to detected cloud altitude with significant uncertainties. Here we show the results of an algorithm developed explicitly for high vertical resolution detection of volcanic cloud altitude by using the Global Navigation Satellite System radio occultation (RO) observations. Analyzing the energetic Kasatochi eruption of August 2008 in a case study, we find the volcanic cloud altitudes detected with RO in good agreement (within ~1 km) with cloud altitude estimations from Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) lidar backscatter images in the 4 h range between RO and CALIOP acquisitions. The tracking by combined RO and imaging of the volcanic cloud evolution during the weeks after the eruption indicates a promising potential for operational global cloud altitude monitoring.
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Kim MH, Omar AH, Tackett JL, Vaughan MA, Winker DM, Trepte CR, Hu Y, Liu Z, Poole LR, Pitts MC, Kar J, Magill BE. The CALIPSO Version 4 Automated Aerosol Classification and Lidar Ratio Selection Algorithm. ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES 2018; 11:6107-6135. [PMID: 31921372 PMCID: PMC6951257 DOI: 10.5194/amt-11-6107-2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) version 4.10 (V4) level 2 aerosol data products, released in November 2016, include substantial improvements to the aerosol subtyping and lidar ratio selection algorithms. These improvements are described along with resulting changes in aerosol optical depth (AOD). The most fundamental change in V4 level 2 aerosol products is a new algorithm to identify aerosol subtypes in the stratosphere. Four aerosol subtypes are introduced for the stratospheric aerosols: polar stratospheric aerosol (PSA), volcanic ash, sulfate/other, and smoke. The tropospheric aerosol subtyping algorithm was also improved by adding the following enhancements: (1) all aerosol subtypes are now allowed over polar regions, whereas the version 3 (V3) algorithm allowed only clean continental and polluted continental aerosols; (2) a new "dusty marine" aerosol subtype is introduced, representing mixtures of dust and marine aerosols near the ocean surface; and (3) the "polluted continental" and "smoke" subtypes have been renamed "polluted continental/smoke" and "elevated smoke", respectively. V4 also revises the lidar ratios for clean marine, dust, clean continental, and elevated smoke subtypes. As a consequence of the V4 updates, the mean 532 nm AOD retrieved by CALIOP has increased by 0.044 (0.036) or 52 % (40 %) for nighttime (daytime). Lidar ratio revisions are the most influential factor for AOD changes from V3 to V4, especially for cloud-free skies. Preliminary validation studies show that the AOD discrepancies between CALIOP and AERONET/MODIS (ocean) are reduced in V4 compared to V3.
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- Man-Hae Kim
- NASA Postdoctoral Program (USRA), Hampton, VA, USA
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- NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
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- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, USA
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- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, USA
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Kim MH, Omar AH, Tackett JL, Vaughan MA, Winker DM, Trepte CR, Hu Y, Liu Z, Poole LR, Pitts MC, Kar J, Magill BE. The CALIPSO Version 4 Automated Aerosol Classification and Lidar Ratio Selection Algorithm. ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES 2018; 11:6107-6135. [PMID: 31921372 DOI: 10.1175/2009jtecha1231.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) version 4.10 (V4) level 2 aerosol data products, released in November 2016, include substantial improvements to the aerosol subtyping and lidar ratio selection algorithms. These improvements are described along with resulting changes in aerosol optical depth (AOD). The most fundamental change in V4 level 2 aerosol products is a new algorithm to identify aerosol subtypes in the stratosphere. Four aerosol subtypes are introduced for the stratospheric aerosols: polar stratospheric aerosol (PSA), volcanic ash, sulfate/other, and smoke. The tropospheric aerosol subtyping algorithm was also improved by adding the following enhancements: (1) all aerosol subtypes are now allowed over polar regions, whereas the version 3 (V3) algorithm allowed only clean continental and polluted continental aerosols; (2) a new "dusty marine" aerosol subtype is introduced, representing mixtures of dust and marine aerosols near the ocean surface; and (3) the "polluted continental" and "smoke" subtypes have been renamed "polluted continental/smoke" and "elevated smoke", respectively. V4 also revises the lidar ratios for clean marine, dust, clean continental, and elevated smoke subtypes. As a consequence of the V4 updates, the mean 532 nm AOD retrieved by CALIOP has increased by 0.044 (0.036) or 52 % (40 %) for nighttime (daytime). Lidar ratio revisions are the most influential factor for AOD changes from V3 to V4, especially for cloud-free skies. Preliminary validation studies show that the AOD discrepancies between CALIOP and AERONET/MODIS (ocean) are reduced in V4 compared to V3.
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- Man-Hae Kim
- NASA Postdoctoral Program (USRA), Hampton, VA, USA
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- NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
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- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, USA
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- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, USA
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- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, USA
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- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, USA
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Observing eruptions of gas-rich compressible magmas from space. Nat Commun 2016; 7:13744. [PMID: 28000791 PMCID: PMC5187499 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Observations of volcanoes from space are a critical component of volcano monitoring, but we lack quantitative integrated models to interpret them. The atmospheric sulfur yields of eruptions are variable and not well correlated with eruption magnitude and for many eruptions the volume of erupted material is much greater than the subsurface volume change inferred from ground displacements. Up to now, these observations have been treated independently, but they are fundamentally linked. If magmas are vapour-saturated before eruption, bubbles cause the magma to become more compressible, resulting in muted ground displacements. The bubbles contain the sulfur-bearing vapour injected into the atmosphere during eruptions. Here we present a model that allows the inferred volume change of the reservoir and the sulfur mass loading to be predicted as a function of reservoir depth and the magma's oxidation state and volatile content, which is consistent with the array of natural data.
Satellite observations are an important tool in volcano monitoring, but observations such as ground deformation and gas emissions are treated independently. Here, the authors present a model coupling them through their link to magma volatile contents and storage depths prior to eruption
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Prata AJ, Prata AT. Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash concentrations determined using Spin Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager measurements. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/2011jd016800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Newman SM, Clarisse L, Hurtmans D, Marenco F, Johnson B, Turnbull K, Havemann S, Baran AJ, O'Sullivan D, Haywood J. A case study of observations of volcanic ash from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption: 2. Airborne and satellite radiative measurements. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/2011jd016780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Marenco F, Johnson B, Turnbull K, Newman S, Haywood J, Webster H, Ricketts H. Airborne lidar observations of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash plume. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1029/2011jd016396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Corradini S, Merucci L, Prata AJ, Piscini A. Volcanic ash and SO2in the 2008 Kasatochi eruption: Retrievals comparison from different IR satellite sensors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2009jd013634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Krotkov NA, Schoeberl MR, Morris GA, Carn S, Yang K. Dispersion and lifetime of the SO2cloud from the August 2008 Kasatochi eruption. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2010jd013984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Haywood JM, Jones A, Clarisse L, Bourassa A, Barnes J, Telford P, Bellouin N, Boucher O, Agnew P, Clerbaux C, Coheur P, Degenstein D, Braesicke P. Observations of the eruption of the Sarychev volcano and simulations using the HadGEM2 climate model. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2010jd014447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Kristiansen NI, Stohl A, Prata AJ, Richter A, Eckhardt S, Seibert P, Hoffmann A, Ritter C, Bitar L, Duck TJ, Stebel K. Remote sensing and inverse transport modeling of the Kasatochi eruption sulfur dioxide cloud. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2009jd013286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Langmann B, Zakšek K, Hort M. Atmospheric distribution and removal of volcanic ash after the eruption of Kasatochi volcano: A regional model study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2009jd013298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Kravitz B, Robock A, Bourassa A. Negligible climatic effects from the 2008 Okmok and Kasatochi volcanic eruptions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2009jd013525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Bourassa AE, Degenstein DA, Elash BJ, Llewellyn EJ. Evolution of the stratospheric aerosol enhancement following the eruptions of Okmok and Kasatochi: Odin-OSIRIS measurements. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2009jd013274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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