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| Titel |
Retrieval of SO2 from thermal infrared satellite measurements: correction procedures for the effects of volcanic ash |
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S. Corradini, L. Merucci, A. J. Prata |
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Englisch
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1867-1381
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In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques ; 2, no. 1 ; Nr. 2, no. 1 (2009-05-26), S.177-191 |
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250000436
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/amt-2-177-2009.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
The simultaneous presence of SO2 and ash in a volcanic plume can lead to a
significant error in the SO2 column abundance retrieval when multispectral
Thermal InfraRed (TIR) data are used. The ash particles within the plume with
effective radii from 1 to 10 μm reduce the Top Of Atmosphere (TOA)
radiance in the entire TIR spectral range, including the channels used for
SO2 retrieval. The net effect is a significant SO2 overestimation.
In this work the interference of ash is discussed and two correction
procedures for satellite SO2 volcanic plume retrieval in the TIR spectral
range are developed to achieve an higher computational speed and a better
accuracy.
The ash correction can be applied when the sensor spectral range includes the
7.3 and/or 8.7 μm SO2 absorption bands, and the split window bands
centered around 11 and 12 μm required for ash retrieval. This allows
the possibility of simultaneous estimation of both volcanic SO2 and ash in
the same data set. The proposed ash correction procedures have been applied
to the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Spin
Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) measurements. Data collected
during the 24 November 2006 Mt. Etna eruption have been used to illustrate
the technique. The SO2 and ash estimation is carried out by using a best
weighted least squares fit method and the Brightness Temperature Difference
(BTD) procedures, respectively. The simulated TOA radiance Look-Up Table
(LUT) needed for the SO2 column abundance and the ash retrievals have been
computed using the MODTRAN 4 Radiative Transfer Model.
The results show the importance of the ash correction on SO2 retrievals at
8.7 μm, where the corrected SO2 column abundance values are less
than 50% of the uncorrected values. The ash correction on SO2 retrieval
at 7.3 μm is much less important and only significant for low SO2
column abundances. Results also show that the simplified and faster
correction procedure underestimates the ash correction compared with the more
time consuming but more accurate correction procedure. Such underestimation
is greater for instruments having better ground pixel resolution, i.e.
greater for MODIS than for SEVIRI. |
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