Open Access#12017
Detecting volcanic sulfur dioxide plumes in the Northern Hemisphere using the Brewer spectrophotometers, other networks, and satellite observations
Zerefos, Christos S; Eleftheratos, Kostas; Kapsomenakis, John; Solomos, Stavros; Inness, Antje; Balis, Dimitris; Redondas, Alberto; Eskes, Henk J
Zerefos, Christos S; Eleftheratos, Kostas; Kapsomenakis, John; Solomos, Stavros; Inness, Antje; Balis, Dimitris; Redondas, Alberto; Eskes, Henk J; Allaart, Marc; Amiridis, Vassilis; Dahlback, Arne; Bock, Veerle De; Diémoz, Henri; Engelmann, Ronny; Eriksen, Paul; Fioletov, V. E; Gröbner, Julian; Heikkilä, Anu; Petropavlovskikh, Irina; Jarosławski, Janusz; Josefsson, Weine; Karppinen, T; Köhler, Ulf; Meleti, Charoula; Repapis, Christos; Rimmer, John; Savinykh, Vladimir; Shirotov, Vadim; Siani, Anna Maria; Smedley, Andrew R. D; Stanek, Martin; Stübi, Rene
The paper makes a convincing case that the Brewer network is capable of detecting enhanced SO2 columns, as observed, e.g., after volcanic eruptions. For this reason, large volcanic eruptions of the past decade have been used to detect and forecast SO2 plumes of volcanic origin using the Brewer and other ground-based networks, aided by satellite, trajectory analysis calculations and modelling. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 654109.